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winter/sessions

The self-proclaimed rebels of michigan folkgrass.

About Me

Music critic and historian Drew Hampton has this to say about the winter/sessions- "The winter/session's cerebral lyrics and eclectic sound have demanded the attention of prominent musicians within the superb Michigan folk music scene while capturing the imagination of festival goers statewide. Original and honest, the winter/sessions are lifting the wool off of music lover's eyes and showing them what music should and can be."

ask about our new album, solstice/sessions!

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Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: wintersessions.com
Band Members: Russ Brakefield: banjo, mandolin, vocals, dreams. Ben Fidler: mandolin, acoustic guitar, vocals, banjo brushes. Jeff Hollingsworth: morale, flyers/reputation, hymnal arranger, dub turner. Mark Lavengood: slide guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals, piano bench drum, jouissance. Matt Sucaet: acoustic guitar, mandolin, slide banjo, vocals, astro van.the baltimore and ohio

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Influences: put a dollar in the machine and you'll remember when...
Sounds Like: the earth was a rotating orb and we were all lovers.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

solstice/sessions

the summer is upon us, and we have much to do. our missing heart chamber, ben, arrives on our nation's day of independence to celebrate papa good's new marriage, and from there the surreal sets in. ...
Posted by winter/sessions on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:48:00 PST

winter/sessions band bio (online press kit)

winter/sessions  progressive folk, bluegrass, acoustic        The winter/sessions started in 2001 as an aesthetic movement to pass the long winter m...
Posted by winter/sessions on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:57:00 PST

O-Hi-O!

Our Ohio run was sucsessful! Or at least as sucsessful as drinking scorpion liquor and dancing with Janet Jackson back-up dancers can be. A special thanks to Eric Nassau and all at his house who made...
Posted by winter/sessions on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:23:00 PST

MEMPHIS/SESSION CD!

A quick note to all you who have stumbled upon we winter/sessions:We will be paying at the ever magical Harvest Gathering in Lake city the weekend of Septenmer 14th. It is put on by the great folks o...
Posted by winter/sessions on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST

10,000 and many more

10,000 plays? Whose listening? If you're out there get to the Harvest Gathering in Lake City. Maybe we'll give you a cd...and a hug.Thanks for listening.
Posted by winter/sessions on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:53:00 PST

weeping willow video debut

most of you know about our little camp blodgett on the shores of lake michigan.  it gives lower income kids the opportunity to experience otherwise alien activities; including a bluegrass folk mu...
Posted by winter/sessions on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:07:00 PST

colorado

recorded outdoors, in the sunshine, by a few tomato plants and some fresh basil. please take and enjoy while you swim to the shores of wherever you might be traveling...
Posted by winter/sessions on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:18:00 PST

talkin' monster pig...

"It brought a little tear to my eye."--Guy from Alabama at Short's on learning someone had taken the time to write a song about the monster pig and in doing so proved to his ladyfriend that the magica...
Posted by winter/sessions on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:45:00 PST

memphis/sessions=first LP

This past weekend we found ourselves in the sleepy little town of Memphis, MI to record our first "official" album (thanks again Randy). Some of the songs are old and a few are new but all reflect ou...
Posted by winter/sessions on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:06:00 PST

ghost/cat/sessions.2

  It is hard to explain how a sessions happens. At times it is structured, such as our recent ghost/cat/sessions, and others it is as spontaneous as the songs we create. Matt had it right that no...
Posted by winter/sessions on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:21:00 PST