Congress of Starlings

Check out our new tune: BROOD XIII. The song uses cicada calls to celebrate the emergence of the 17 year cicadas in Illinois this summer. These fascinating and LOUD dudes wait underground for 17 years before rising again. There are thousands of them!Many thanks to The University of Michigan and Dave Marshall for allowing us to use their cool cicada recordings. If you're into cicadas, go to www.cicadamania.com. It's a fun & informative site.More about Congress of Starlings:"Vision and chemistry are two words that continually surface in trying to describe the songwriting duo of Congress of Starlings. Known primarily for gorgeous vocal harmonies and stellar songwriting, Andrea & Aerin do not settle for the the standard folk stasis of guitar and voice. Instead they employ a wide palette of sounds and instruments from Aerin's ever-present tenor guitar to Andrea's computer generated tones. Their live show ranges from traditional acoustic folk shows to laptop tinged anti-folk and back again. The duo's 2004 appearance at the National Women's Music Festival was described as "music that swings from thunderous electronic rants to breathtaking acoustic ballads". In 2004 the duo supported their separate solo albums Numinous (Andrea) and Birthmark (Aerin) by performing together at many colleges and festivals including Iowa Womens Music Fest, Estrojam, National Womens Music Fest, and Queer is Folk. Along the way they have shared the stage with talent such as Dar Williams, Melissa Ferrick, Michelle Malone, Kinnie Starr, Lowen & Navarro, Zoe Lewis, Gail Ann Dorsey and Ember Swift. They are currently holed up in their home studio working on a co-written album.