New Article in Victory Music
Hilary Field has written a new article on the music of The Senate for Victory Music online. Featuring an interview with Nick Drummond.
“The acoustic guitar is a very percussive instrument,” says Nick. “I love that. I spent seven years playing African drums as I was growing up. The transition from that to the acoustic guitar was great. There is a lot that you can do if you approach the guitar that way.”
Swing over to the press page to read more.
Losing a Friend
The Senate has lost a friend.
Our longtime friend and promoter Brian Robinson passed away on Saturday night of natural causes. We send our condolences to his family and closest circle of friends.
Brian’s influence and guidance helped The Senate tremendously through our youth as a band. He helped us navigate the murky waters between playing music as a group, and becoming a band. His only request to us was that we become better at our little parts of the whole, and in doing so make the whole bigger than it’s little parts. Brian was constantly pushing us, prodding us, encouraging us to step outside of what we thought we could do. He made us better musicians, better performers, better writers and better people. He was a consummate giver, and he was a friend.
It is no exaggeration to say we would not be the band we are today, without Brian. The sweet sounds of his beloved Phish carried him to a better place. He will be missed.
The Senate is older now!
A big heartfelt thank-you to everyone who came out to celebrate our birthday with us. We had a great evening, and we feel so fortunate to have so many great friends to come party with us. Check out the gallery page for more images from the show.
I also want to send a big thank you to the wonderful musicians who helped us play the night away:
Colin, Brennan, Kaia, Tyler, and Evan. You guys are a pleasure.
The Senate & Garrison Keillor
The Senate played on the Chuckanut Radion Hour with special guest Garrison Keillor of NPR’s A Prarie Home Companion. Said Garrison, “I’ve never heard of a rock band named for a deliberative body. . . but they are a great, great, wonderful group… brilliantly Dionysian music — you can’t play like that past age thirty.”
Hopefully they’ll prove him wrong…
The Senate in the Press
“Before watching The Senate play live, try to throw all your pre-conceived notions about acoustic rock out the window. Then watch this band dismantle any leftover biases with their explosive sound, known by the masses as “face-melting acoustic riffage.” By the end of the evening you will never look at a set of acoustic strings in the same way.”
Swing over to our press page to read the entire article written by Amy Kenna in Whats Up Magazine.
Live at Solstice Now On Sale
We have finished our brand-new live CD/DVD – The Senate Live at Solstice! Check out the clip above to get a taste of it, and swing over to our music page to order your copy now!