Lez Zeppelin w/ Blueberry
LEZ ZEPPELIN
Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist, Steph Paynes, the all-girl quartet,LEZ ZEPPELIN, has since gained unanimous critical acclaim as one of the most exciting live acts around, becoming the first female rock act to pay homage to Led Zeppelin and to garner rave reviews across the board. LEZ ZEPPELINs tays true to the musically audacious spirit of the original, delivering the legendary rock band’s blistering arrangements and monstrous sound note-for-note at sold-out frenzied shows around the world.In June, 2013,Jimmy Page attended their show in London and said of the group, “They played the Led Zeppelin music with an extraordinary sensuality and an energy and passion that highlighted their superb musicianship.”The thing that setsLEZ ZEPPELIN apart is the seamless and unique way they inject their gender-bending performance into the original material.They have been featured on major television including the BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, MTV, VH-1, FOX and radio shows world wide, such as Sirius XM and NPR. The group’s first studio album, Lez Zeppelin, was produced by legendary producer/engineer,Eddie Kramer(Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix). The group’s second LP, Lez Zeppelin I, is an authentic re-make of Led Zeppelin’s first album, using the very same vintage equipment employed by Led in 1968. Lez Zeppelin also recorded a holiday song,Mystic Snowman, awry mash-up of Stairway and Frosty the Snowman.The group just released its third album,The Island of Skyros, which features the band in full force with the addition of a string section. All records are distributed in the United States, Japan and Europe. Since Lez Zeppelin’s formation, the group has broken both glass and class ceilings. Whether it’s playing on catwalk above Times Square for 40,000 ,or on the main stage at Bonnaroo, Hellfest and theIsle of Wight; flying to India fora benefit concert for ambulances or taking the stage–twice!–atMadison Square Garden, it’s clear that the unique power, personality and magical force of Lez Zeppelin is far beyond that of a “tribute” act.SPIN Magazine called them “the most powerful all-female band in rock history.”For those sceptics who still dare to ask: Can four women pull off the exuberant, powerful and musically intricate performances for which Led Zeppelin are known, a LEZ ZEPPELIN show is nothing short of a revelation
Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist, Steph Paynes, the all-girl quartet,LEZ ZEPPELIN, has since gained unanimous critical acclaim as one of the most exciting live acts around, becoming the first female rock act to pay homage to Led Zeppelin and to garner rave reviews across the board. LEZ ZEPPELINs tays true to the musically audacious spirit of the original, delivering the legendary rock band’s blistering arrangements and monstrous sound note-for-note at sold-out frenzied shows around the world.In June, 2013,Jimmy Page attended their show in London and said of the group, “They played the Led Zeppelin music with an extraordinary sensuality and an energy and passion that highlighted their superb musicianship.”The thing that setsLEZ ZEPPELIN apart is the seamless and unique way they inject their gender-bending performance into the original material.They have been featured on major television including the BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, MTV, VH-1, FOX and radio shows world wide, such as Sirius XM and NPR. The group’s first studio album, Lez Zeppelin, was produced by legendary producer/engineer,Eddie Kramer(Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix). The group’s second LP, Lez Zeppelin I, is an authentic re-make of Led Zeppelin’s first album, using the very same vintage equipment employed by Led in 1968. Lez Zeppelin also recorded a holiday song,Mystic Snowman, awry mash-up of Stairway and Frosty the Snowman.The group just released its third album,The Island of Skyros, which features the band in full force with the addition of a string section. All records are distributed in the United States, Japan and Europe. Since Lez Zeppelin’s formation, the group has broken both glass and class ceilings. Whether it’s playing on catwalk above Times Square for 40,000 ,or on the main stage at Bonnaroo, Hellfest and theIsle of Wight; flying to India fora benefit concert for ambulances or taking the stage–twice!–atMadison Square Garden, it’s clear that the unique power, personality and magical force of Lez Zeppelin is far beyond that of a “tribute” act.SPIN Magazine called them “the most powerful all-female band in rock history.”For those sceptics who still dare to ask: Can four women pull off the exuberant, powerful and musically intricate performances for which Led Zeppelin are known, a LEZ ZEPPELIN show is nothing short of a revelation
BLUEBERRY
Blueberry- keys and vocals
Kenny Siegal- bass, guitar
Jay Collins- sax
Otto Hauser- drums
Gwen Snyder lives on her own planet – the planet Blueberry. And if you have even the tiniest drop of soul in your sauce, you’re really going to like it there. It’s a place where lush folds of velvet vapor rise like street steam after a summer rain; where soft, sexy keyboard swells rub up against hip-swaying, sole-sliding bass lines; where Erykah Badu, Prince, and Donovan make sweet love to the sounds of Stevie wonder’s Innervisions and Roxy Music’s Avalon. A landscape where quiet storms hover and glide over endless fields of deep, funky hooks. Ready to visit this enchanted world? Good news: It’s closer than you think.
Conveniently, Blueberry also happens to be the name of the ever-changing, party-bringing psychedelic-soul collective that New York singer and multi-instrumentalist Snyder formed in 1999 to play her songs.
Snyder has lent her talents as a musician and vocalist to a diverse and impressive list of industry names: Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner, jazz great Don Byron, Eighties pop act Tears for Fears, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, singer-songwriters Ben Taylor and Jonathan Rice, Brand New Heavies singer N’Dea Davenport, David Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, New York bands Nervous Cabaret and Johnny Society, and many others. And her songs have been used on the soundtracks of such hit TV shows as “Roswell,” “Providence,” and “Felicity.”
But Snyder’s roots as a performer don’t only extend into music. After graduating from New York University’s experimental theater program in the ’90s, she quickly became a key player in the Downtown scene, providing the voice of Janis Joplin’s ghost in the Off-Broadway production “Distortion Taco,” working with famed composer-choreographer Meredith Monk, and starring in several indie films and music videos. Her theatrical lineage makes Snyder a strikingly visual artist, and her performances with Blueberry are a natural outlet for her singular style. Outside of a Blueberry gig, perhaps the best way to get a glimpse of her glittery flash and panache is via the video for the Organika track “The Little Ones.”
Blueberry- keys and vocals
Kenny Siegal- bass, guitar
Jay Collins- sax
Otto Hauser- drums
Gwen Snyder lives on her own planet – the planet Blueberry. And if you have even the tiniest drop of soul in your sauce, you’re really going to like it there. It’s a place where lush folds of velvet vapor rise like street steam after a summer rain; where soft, sexy keyboard swells rub up against hip-swaying, sole-sliding bass lines; where Erykah Badu, Prince, and Donovan make sweet love to the sounds of Stevie wonder’s Innervisions and Roxy Music’s Avalon. A landscape where quiet storms hover and glide over endless fields of deep, funky hooks. Ready to visit this enchanted world? Good news: It’s closer than you think.
Conveniently, Blueberry also happens to be the name of the ever-changing, party-bringing psychedelic-soul collective that New York singer and multi-instrumentalist Snyder formed in 1999 to play her songs.
Snyder has lent her talents as a musician and vocalist to a diverse and impressive list of industry names: Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner, jazz great Don Byron, Eighties pop act Tears for Fears, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, singer-songwriters Ben Taylor and Jonathan Rice, Brand New Heavies singer N’Dea Davenport, David Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, New York bands Nervous Cabaret and Johnny Society, and many others. And her songs have been used on the soundtracks of such hit TV shows as “Roswell,” “Providence,” and “Felicity.”
But Snyder’s roots as a performer don’t only extend into music. After graduating from New York University’s experimental theater program in the ’90s, she quickly became a key player in the Downtown scene, providing the voice of Janis Joplin’s ghost in the Off-Broadway production “Distortion Taco,” working with famed composer-choreographer Meredith Monk, and starring in several indie films and music videos. Her theatrical lineage makes Snyder a strikingly visual artist, and her performances with Blueberry are a natural outlet for her singular style. Outside of a Blueberry gig, perhaps the best way to get a glimpse of her glittery flash and panache is via the video for the Organika track “The Little Ones.”
