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brittain ashford

...not to keep you in place.

About Me

miss ashford is in favor of bagels.

*see also commodore duchess


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/29/2005
Band Website: brittainashford.com
Band Members: bashford = autoharp + marxophone + dulcimer + melodica + toy piano
caitlin + alexander + miles + tambourine = other good stuff
Influences: public transport, bicycles, falling leaves, puddles of slush, gravel roads, grocery stores, fruit stands, freezing rain, hot showers, elevators, trash talkers, bookstores, wanting more, home, long distance calls, long shots, short walks, distant plans, big windows, hard wood floors, dental floss, tom’s of maine, loose change and squirrels. and waiting.
Record Label: yes, please.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

les inrockuptibles blurb!

which means something to the effect of:"The ethereal and ravishing folk of a New Yorker who recently ... toured France. With her menagerie of instruments."...
Posted by brittain ashford on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:45:00 PST

une autre revue!

Vérifiez la nouvelle revue des popnews.com.http://www.popnews.com/popnews/brittain-ashford/ Sorry, for the people who don't speak french..."Une jeune femme qui a mûri (la voix ôte tout doute) mais qui ...
Posted by brittain ashford on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:13:00 PST

The first review for There, But For You, Go I

http://www.mille-feuille.fr/Modules/Chroniques/Fiche/?c_id=1 182"Continuant son exploration des nouveaux talents folk aussi originaux que peu connus (pour l'instant), Waterhouse Records s'intéresse au ...
Posted by brittain ashford on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:10:00 PST

une lettre vers la france :

merci à chacun qui est venu pour écouter, nous ont donné la nourriture, ont laissé nous dormir dans leur maison, et les CD achetés. merci, merci, merci.i hope to go back soon... and i promise to know ...
Posted by brittain ashford on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:25:00 PST

the record is done...

Hello, cats and kittens.Technically, the recording process was wrapped up about two weeks ago, but we're putting all the final touches on the graphics and packaging now. You can get your copy come Mar...
Posted by brittain ashford on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST

New Year, New Year

2007 kicked my ass.And now I'm recording like a crazy person and writing tons of stuff. Added a mountain dulcimer to my roster of dumb-ass folk instruments (I mean that with the utmost love) and just ...
Posted by brittain ashford on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:55:00 PST

Paris in the spring time

News! What news!Looks like I will be headed to France to do a tour, hosted by the awesome WATERHOUSE RECORDS, touring with the lovely POLLYANNA! This is all very exciting, as you can imagine. Details ...
Posted by brittain ashford on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:54:00 PST

seattle, santa monica, pictures, songs, blah blah blah

So I'm back at my Brooklyn base after my west coast jaunt. Thanks to Al for recording most of the Crocodile show for posterity; you can see several videos on the Commodore Duchess page: http://myspace...
Posted by brittain ashford on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:42:00 PST

thank you thank you

Big thanks to all who came out to the Seattle shows! Ball of Wax was a blast and the Crocodile show was frickin' AWESOME. If you missed that, well, that's too bad. Commodore Duchess probably palyed on...
Posted by brittain ashford on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:32:00 PST

fuck fuck fuck

fuck fuck fuck fuck. fuck!
Posted by brittain ashford on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:22:00 PST