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- Daphne Glover - vocals, guitar, 5-string banjo
- Craig "Honeyboy" Edwards - fiddle, Telecastor, vocals, mandolin
- Brad Bensko - bass, vocals
- Matt Gouette - drums
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Wrung from the rags of New London's speakeasies, Raise the Rent stir together a wicked musical cocktail, drawing from the deep well of the American songbook. Fusing honky-tonk torch vocals with swing and gypsy fiddling, swirling jazz-pop, and zydeco and ragtime harmony singing, they bring together the gems of their own original songs with a top-shelf selection of beloved American broadsides of a bygone age.
Sweet singing chanteuse Daphne Glover has her roots in the folk community where she developed her wares from an early age with The Windlasses and later the still active Ida Red. With her new outfit, Raise the Rent, she delves into the swinging jazz of Blossom Dearie and the sexy pop sensibilities of Feist and Neko Case. Raise the Rent are currently developing material for their first full-length. First up is an ep, Whispers, featuring five songs recorded recently in New London, CT with Andy Stackpole, Ed Briones, and Eddie Shea.
Whether you're in the mood for an easy evening of sweet melodies or a night of swinging tunes, Raise the Rent is a band you must pull over to hear!
"Featuring the sultry voice of Daphne Glover, whose melodies and delivery would be at home in a '30s Parisian café, a midnight set in a Nashville honky-tonk, or a blues juke in East Baton Rouge, Raise the Rent are one of the area's finest and most unique bands. But it's not just Daphne. Multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Craig Edwards, who's fluidly adept in styles from sea chanteys to zydeco; drummer Matt Gouette, a fine pop songwriter in his own right; and bassist Brad Bensko round out the group - across the board, this is a really intuitive unit."
- Rick Koster, The Day
"The musicianship on this record is incredible - the steady tight rhythm section along with the fiddle and lead guitar work of Craig Edwards... you couldn't hope for a better backdrop to lay your vocals on and the vocals are what most people are going to take away from this record. Daphne Glover has really become known for her sultry cabaret vocal stylings and this record bears that out.'
- Adam Wujtewicz, wailingcity.com
Booking Information:
roadsideattractions@gmail.com
Press Support:
Rich @ Hozomeen PR kosimar@gmail.com
Band site(s):
www.raisetherentmusic.com
myspace.com/raisetherent
roadsideattractions.bandcamp.com