At the Kettlehouse, Lake Street Dive's evolution tackles political So they recorded Fun Machine, an EP featuring their takes on beloved pop tunes, including Faith by George Michael and Rich Girl by Daryl Hall and John Oates.
Lake Street Dive Responds To Departure Of Mike "McDuck" Olson - L4LM In some ways that is true, we had a lot of really lucky breaks. In many years of interviewing musicians, actors, artists, and authors, Ive never stumbled across such an anecdote from a personal friend who also knows my interview subject. Interview with Mike "McDuck" Olson, Lake Street Dive's Guitarist/Trumpeter. Kearney wrote "Hello? The pandemic postponed touring and delayed the release of an album, and also prompted the exit of founding member Mike Olson (guitar, keyboards, trumpet, vocals) in May 2021. She has also performed with Vilray under the name Rachael and Vilray, as well as with The Fundies and the Tennessee Terraplanes. And when you do that, you cant step out when youre burned out and, you know, read a book while someone else is doing a take. Rachael brings them to life masterfully, but she didnt write them. 36 City Paperhas been bringingthe best news, food, arts, music and event coverage to the Holy City since 1997. Drummer Mike Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, Trumpet player and guitarist, Mike "McDuck" Olson and lead singer Rachael Price met in college in Boston at The New England Conservatory of Music. The founding membersCalabrese on drums, McDuck on guitar and trumpet, Kearney on bass, and Price as lead vocalistfirst came together in 2004 in Boston, while attending the New England Conservatory of Music. The group has always maintained a friends and fun first mentality, clearly seen in social media feeds that date back to a prolific Vine channel in 2013 that featured their creative antics on tour. Your comprehensive live music resource for show listings, artist tracking, music news, photos, reviews and more. The band released their next album Promises, Promises in 2008. "[36], Price has said that the band's performances are influenced by the audience in front of them. Lake Street Dive/Members. The title of Lake Street Dive's Free Yourself Up is both an exhortation to listeners and a statement of purpose . However, since everyone has such a command of their instruments, each time a song is played, there are variations and embellishments that DO change night to night. , we hired a relatively big-name producer to work with on that; with. Joining a band as tight musically and personally as Lake Street Dive is no small feat.
Rachael Price: 10 Interesting Facts About The Lake Street Dive Lead Singer For Calabrese, the whiplash between the end of 2019 and summer of 2021 was severe, impacting his life in ways both personal and professional. In 2021 the band was inter alia part of the Newport Folk Festival in July. 2. Lake Street Dive was founded in May 2004 by guitarist and trumpet player Mike "McDuck" Olson, a Minneapolis transplant who recruited phenomenal singer Rachael Price (above), stand-up bassist Bridget Kearney and drummer Mike Calabrese. Support our continued efforts to highlight the best of Charleston with a one-time donation or become a member of the City Paper Club. 'Cause Mike can be very formal," remembered Price one recent morning at a caf in Brooklyn over eggs and coffee . We all went through phases where we were all so busy with not only this band but with a lot of other projects. After 16 years playing in Lake Street Dive, it is time for a change, Olson wrote. We always worked really closely in the studio with the producer and the engineers and the people that we had surrounded ourselves with, but we had never really gone the extra mile and put the onus squarely on our shoulders, really put ourselves in the role of producer. That was our garage band in college, Calabrese says.
Bon Voyage, McDuck | By Lake Street Dive - Facebook "I'm going to hang up my trumpet, and let someone else take a turn on the tour bus.". -. You all met in conservatory.
Mike Olson Interview - You have a story. Let's tell it. In 2005, bandmember Bridget Kearney won the Jazz Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest with the band's performance of her song "Sometimes When I'm Drunk and You're Wearing My Favorite Shirt". The sold-out crowd is more . Why, do you know someone that wants to audition? We have sort of an ongoing joke where we like to say that we have spent our entire career falling ass-backwards into success. Personally, very early on, I was always very drawn to Miles Davis. I saw you all at a small music festival in Madison, WI this past summer and the MC for the event was very excited to announce the amazing next band: Lake Street Drive! The collective mind-meld works. Who is playing guitar for Lake Street Dive now? why did remy hii leave harrow. Lake Street Diveguitarist and trumpeter Michael McDuck Olson, upright bassist Bridget Kearney, singer Rachael Price, and drummer Michael Calabresewas originally intended as a project to explore a sound the group tagged free country, a hybrid of country-and-western and free jazz. We met up during his Chicago stop, and when I told him Id be writing about Lake Street Dive for their return to Ravinia on August 26, his eyes lit up. He would tell stories of this semi-mythical Lake Street of yore, I dont know how indeed mythical it was. [20] Their traditional Halloween video was Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". We got rings; we got a card; we took him out to dinner. How did that come to be? How much power can a water wheel generate? Lake Street Dive is set to release their third studio album and Nonesuch Records debut, Side Pony, on February 19.
Lake Street Dive, coming to Bethlehem: 'We threw caution to the wind' It was less of a conscious decision and more of a foregone conclusion for me, I would hazard to say that was also the case for the rest of the band. I was recently reminded of an Andy Warhol quote: In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes. This has become so much more true with the advent of YouTube. Mike Olson, trumpeter and guitarist (among other things) for Lake Street Dive, is a St. Louis Park native. That sudden surge in popularity fueled a tour, not to mention a brief legal bindPrice was under contract elsewhere, so the groups original label fronted them the money to buy her out. Fifteen years and nine albums later, with a handful of world tours and television appearancesunder their belt and over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, Lake Street Dive has been more successful than they could have dreamed of back in those early college days. [23], The band released their second album with Nonesuch, Free Yourself Up in May 2018. And I think that is very true, not only as a band, but also as individuals. "The Court's abortion precedent is erroneous, inconsistent, uneven, and unreliable," the Republican Attorneys General wrote. Theres nothing I love more than making an impression on someone, he says. Its freed us all up, says McDuck, referencing the bands album title. The band has been influenced by classic pop and swing era jazz. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. So Calabreses developed his own lines when describing the sound: When I talk about the bands genre, I sometimes say, Were a pop band from earlier decades. More often, I say, Were a song band. Were trying to write good songs that people want to dance to, or at least feel strongly about. Could you all speak about how it feels to have something so personal sung on stage by Rachael? [9] Mike Calabrese also left his other band, Ward Hayden and The Outliers (then known as Girls, Guns, and Glory), to focus on Lake Street Dive. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. That closeness is most evident in their wildly collaborative songwriting Rachaels lyrics about love and love lost sound genuinely hers, but theyre often written by other members of the band. Why did you limit yourself to being a 4 piece? With their current lineup comprised of founding members Rachael Price (vocals), Bridget Kearney (bass), and Michael Calabrese (drums)as well as keyboardist/vocalist Akie Bermiss and touring guitarist James CornelisonLake Street Dive continues to create joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity, intelligence, and irresistible . With their genre-defying soulful sound and clever lyrics, this group of friends and artists is sure to continue their rise. Click on the different category headings to find out more. I guess the director and his daughter were at one of our shows! Did you realize it going in? If you pour some music on whatevers wrong, itll sure help out. Levon Helm, Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. John Prine. These range from songs by the Mamas and the Papas,[34] ABBA, the Drifters, Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates, Jackson 5 and Paul McCartney.
Lake Street Dive makes a splash - Star Tribune I cant say I have a favourite thing to cook. Receive their stories each day by signing up for our free daily newsletter, which delivers the latest local news directly to your inbox every morning. Don't Make Me Hold Your Hand (Reprise) 13. As a kid in college, I wanted to be that kind of band leader, so when I did put together a bandI played in a handful over the yearspicking personalities was very, very, very important to me, and something that I wanted to style after Miles Davis. The four of you are immensely talented and educated musicians. He claimed that he was able to walk to most of his gigs just up and down Lake Street, in and out of bars, playing with the various bands that he was a member of at the time. We always worked really closely in the studio with the producer and the engineers and the people that we had surrounded ourselves with, but we had never really gone the extra mile and put the onus squarely on our shoulders, really put ourselves in the role of producer. But theres more than one angle to such a deep song, which Price and Kearney wrote in 2019. [5] Using their prize ($1,000 cash and 1,000 CDs produced by Disc Makers) Lake Street Dive released their debut album In This Episode in 2006. Rachael is such an amazing singer, but all of you are very talented vocalists. (Photos by Ari Strauss) There was a lot of soul in the air when Lake Street Dive and Valerie June took the stage at Wolf Trap last week.
Lake Street Dive: A Worthy Band On the Rise | CultureSonar by Matt Collar. Lake Street Dive may visit 100 cities a year, so McDuck didnt have to rely on Conde Nasts annual lists when choosing where to land. Mike Olsen, you have a tremendous amount of freedom because of how tight a rhythm section you are playing with. Making It Obvious: Lake Street Dive rings the changes with songs for feeling strong. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. [21], Lake Street Dive signed with Nonesuch Records in 2015 and released Side Pony in February 2016 with their new label. 985 Concerts. We found the people to be lovely, the food scene is a knockout, and the pace of life is more up our alley than in the Northeast.. In 2015 they performed at only 98 venues. Meghan Joyce. Always a popular draw locally, Lake Street Drive returns to Asheville on Tuesday, Jan. 8, for a show at The Orange Peel. Im going to hang up my trumpet, and let someone else take a turn on the tour bus. Those kids are school age now. I feel like there werent genres before pop music; there was just where a style of music was from. Mike "McDuck" Olson (guitar, trumpet), Bridget Kearney (bass) and while attending New England Conservatory for music, as well as Keyboardist Akie Bermiss who joined .