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moe provencher

...brrrrrr

About Me

traveling west via boston and atlanta, moe’s been bringin’ wit, whiskey, and poignant folk tunes to seattle stages for the past 6 years. a founding member of alt-country duo pelusa, she can currently be seen playing with her self-titled solo project as well as busking ’round town w/ MoZo and occasionally w/ the appalachia-meets-soul collaboration of pitchfork pinstripe.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/5/2007
Band Website: moeprovencher.com
Band Members: moe = acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, and vocals

also sometimes:
aimee zoe tubbs = drums, percussion, piano, and vocals

michele khazak= vocals, swank

bob rice = lead guitar
Influences: currently in rotation? hmm...
john prine, blue scholars, steve earle, lyrics born, june carter cash, johnny cash, juanita family and friends, the coup, paul simon, mississippi john hurt, ramblin' jack elliot, townes van zandt, the detroit cobras, and bunches of others.

Sounds Like:
Record Label: nope
Type of Label: None

My Blog

back in the swing of things

feeling my stomach drop out on me every time the pendulum shifts.  I seem to be in a short arc these days.  It's exciting and nauseating.  I notice I've yet to post a "returned home to ...
Posted by moe provencher on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:55:00 PST

did i say elephants?

where did i last leave off?  seems like 3,000 years ago, but i think it was more like a month.  so many things to talk about... spent the last 10 days or so lounging around a couple of diff...
Posted by moe provencher on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:26:00 PST

the western ghats

we left the Keralan coast yesterday and headed to the mountains...arrived here in Kumily after a bone-rattling bus ride up into the Ghats, getting higher and higher, gazing down at the tops ...
Posted by moe provencher on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:37:00 PST

lands end.

we rang in the new year at the "land's end" of the sub-continent...otherwise known as kanyakumari, it's the place where the bay of bengal, the indian ocean, and the arabian sea all converge...we watch...
Posted by moe provencher on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:04:00 PST

masala dosai for breakfast!! ...and nescafe

first of all, this keyboard is terrible, so i'll likely keep this short...   where to begin?  india has been keeping all senses busy so far... it's loud, colorful, scary, hot, ra...
Posted by moe provencher on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:32:00 PST

and we’re off...

Many, many thanks to all the fantastic people who played music at the cd release show, as well as all you folks who turned out to listen and drink and dance (and paint on some Arizona sandstone). ...
Posted by moe provencher on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:53:00 PST

hardly strictly

wow.  i spent last weekend down in san francisco (and oakland) to bask in the glory of the hardly strictly bluegrass festival, a FREE weekend-long event on 5 stages in golden gate park featuring ...
Posted by moe provencher on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:33:00 PST

CD Release!

looks like we'll officially release 2+2 to the masses on sat, nov 17th at the conor byrne pub in lovely ballard.  this will be the last show of the year, as aimee and i are taking 12 weeks to tra...
Posted by moe provencher on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:12:00 PST

tie ’em up

got back to seattle late wednesday afternoon after a long day of airplane napping.  played our last show of the tour at the paradise lounge in boston on tuesday night, which was great.  we h...
Posted by moe provencher on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:03:00 PST

an ambassador of corn

saturday started off with an early morning drive out to the WMBR studios in cambridge.  it was great to hang out with doug gesler again...i think i've told most of my peeps back in seattle, but f...
Posted by moe provencher on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:08:00 PST