Brightblack Morning Light
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| Brightblack Morning Light | |
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| Origin | Northern California, USA |
| Genres | Psychedelic music, folk rock, funk |
| Years active | 2002 - current |
| Labels | Matador, Drag City |
| Website | Brightblack Morning Light |
| Members | |
| Rachael Hughes Nathan Shineywater Danielle Stech-Homsy |
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Brightblack Morning Light (formerly Brightblack) is a band based in New Mexico, specializing in permutations of folk rock and psychedelic music. The group is based around the core trio of Rachael Hughes, Danielle Stech-Homsy (aka Rio en Medio) and Nathan Shineywater.
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[edit] Biography
Founded by N.D. Shineywater while he was living in a tent "against babylon system." Soon Alabama friend & pianist Rachael Hughes helped form BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT, who has opened for Os Mutantes, Vashti Bunyan, Lungfish, Laurie Anderson, & in 2009, My Bloody Valentine. Their debut for New York City's Matador Records made Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2006, the follow up Lp for Matador Records, "Motion To Rejoin" was recorded using solar panels, made the Top 10 Albums Of 2008 in the UK GUARDIAN's alternative section. Recently in 2009 the band played San Francisco Fillmore opening for Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions.
BBML have also curated San Francisco's Noise Pop at Great American Music Hall. BBML has played festivals in Norway, Sweden, Spain, and UK with several other lounges played in Scotland, Brussels & Denmark. The band has toured since 2005.
They are currently on tour in Europe with Los Angeles experimental duo VoicesVoices as their backing band, along with Rio en Medio's Danielle Stech-Homsy.
"TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2006" ROLLING STONE
"TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2008" UNCUT UK
BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT is N.D.Shineywater & Friends.
[edit] Albums
- Brightblack Morning Light (2006, Matador Records)
- Motion to Rejoin (2008, Matador Records)
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