Shedding Feathers | en

In late 1968, David Bowie briefly led a trio called Feathers, which also included his girlfriend Hermione Fatheringale on vocals and guitar, and guitarist John "Hutch" Hutchinson (who had played with Bowie in 1966 as part of the Buzz). More folk-rockish than other Bowie endeavors before or since, they were a multi-media group that, in addition to performing songs by Bowie and Jacques Brel, used tape recordings and mime. Feathers never released any recordings, but Fatheringale and Hutchinson did play on a couple of unreleased Bowie 1968 tracks, "Ching-A-Ling" (which eventually came out on the 1984 early Bowie rarities LP...

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The Ruffled Feathers remind you of a time in which you never existed. Their music is often described through references to Beirut, Regina Spektor, and early Arcade Fire; basically, bands that speak to the group’s enthusiastic employment of mandolins, ukuleles, trumpets and accordions, in addition to the usual suspects of guitar, keys, drums and bass. But, as with most descriptions by way of comparison, these references all fall short of encapsulating the Ruffled Feathers sound, which is a serious, yet celebratory, investigation of the human experience. While 2010′s Lost Cities EP was captured in their living rooms on borrowed equipment,...

Shedding Feathers is the music of one that often whispers under the covers, prefers to be outdoors in the smallest hours of the morning, believes tip-toe'ing is an art form, leaves secret notes and treasure-hunt clues in the dusty pages of ancient books in glorious old bookstores and park benches, and when not doing any of those such things, she quite likes to invent confections and find very small things to sew onto messenger bags. Shedding Feathers is also passionately dedicated to keeping The Post in thriving business and firmly believes that no amount of emails or jpeg files will...

Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns and Preston Wimberly, grew up steeped in music; playing solo gigs, touring with local bands and working at venues. The four guys came together in Austin in 2010 through coincidence, mutual friends, and a shared love of the classics: Petty, Dylan, Cash, The Band, Allman Bros, Neil Young and Willie Nelson. They immediately began playing together and became The Wild Feathers. The young band spent the next year writing and defining their sound and touring around the country, sharing the stage with Delta Spirit, Surfer Blood and The Heavy, even landing an opening spot...