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Simple Machines

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Member Since: 11/01/2006
Band Website: www.simplemachinesmusic.com
Band Members: Ki Light - guitar & vocals / Seth Travins - piano, bass, guitar and vocals / Jonathan Talbott - violin and mandolin / Ray Longstar - bass / Ian Solomon - drums
Influences: the band, johnny cash, woody guthrie, frank zappa, endless hours of classic rock radio, 80s metal, the kinks, buffalo springfield, wilco, joan armatrading, steely dan, bob dylan, creedence, the who, richard thompson, belle and sebastian, traditional music of all stripes, a panoply of classical composers, and all the friends, acquaintances and local and regional talents who have given us great music to digest and add to our vocabulary.
Sounds Like: like american roots music but less cool.
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My Blog

new show

we're all going to get together and play a show, you should go!sept 18, main st pub, philmont.  woo!
Posted by on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:28:00 GMT

we’re back!

It's time!  The season our area is best known for is upon us and we're loving it.  Come celebrate the return of fall with us on October 10th at the Philmont Pub.  We're looking forward ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:48:00 GMT

summer plans

Howdy.  Memorial day is past us, gardens are in and we're having our first 90+ days of the year.  Guess it's summer!Speaking of which, the traditional Simple Machines summer slowdown is upon...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:17:00 GMT

april announcements so far

spring is upon us and so are we!just a couple quick updates for you:for those in the WKZE listening area, be sure to check out the next installment of todd mack’s excellent radio show, off the b...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:33:00 GMT

Simple Machines Bio

Singer/songwriter Kiyenne Light has split time between the North Country and Hudson Valley regions of New York since his teens, fronting, writing songs and playing guitar for bands you've never heard ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:39:00 GMT

winter plans

lots of new stuff in the works - new songs, new shows and more...look for postings of new dates soon.  looks like we'll be in hudson in january, then at the main st pub in philmont, one day in fe...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:33:00 GMT

main st public house

if you haven't been to the main st public house in philmont, we urge you to check it out.  we keep playing there whenever we get the chance because it's got such a great atmosphere and clientele....
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:19:00 GMT

June 1 approaches

yeah, it's hot out.  seems to sort of render quaint the notion of waiting till memorial day to plan warm weather crops, doesn't it?we did a show back on st patrick's day at the public house in ph...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 07:08:00 GMT

update

with the Blue Ribbon Boys going more or less full steam ahead and keeping Seth plenty busy, we're going to limit our public appearances for the immediate future while each of us works on various other...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:57:00 GMT

the name

yeah so we changed the name of the band.  it's one less word so we kinda got that going for us.  new shows added, check the list.
Posted by on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:51:00 GMT