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May 13, 2013 | 10:42 AM | By

Review: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper plays to a reverential World Cafe Live crowd

If there is an entry point into the multitudes of lovelorn folk poetry that is Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, “Bird Balloons” – the most rocking track off of its debut album Ripely Pine - might not seem to be it at first. But lead singer Aly Spaltro strummed forth this Afghan Whigs-esque tale to open Lady Lamb’s tight, intimate 10-song set on Sunday night at World Café Live Upstairs to a crowd of 50 reverential listeners. They hung on her every syllable about lions, vultures and Eros. High points abounded, including her solo banjo-plucked “Regarding Ascending the Stairs” and the finale, “Crane Your Neck,” with the refrain of “You’ve gotta be starving; you’ve gotta be starving for it.” Starving at first, perhaps, but by the end of the show, the crowd was thoroughly sated.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Photos + Videos, Events, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, World Cafe Live, Xenia
February 25, 2013 | 3:00 PM | By

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper shares new video for “The Nothing Part II” (playing World Cafe Live on 5/12)

LadyLambIf you’ve visited the Facebook page or website of Portland, ME singer-songwriter Lady Lamb the Beekeeper recently, you may have a sneaking suspicion that Aly Spaltro likes pie.  The validity of that suspicion can be confirmed with Spaltro’s latest music video for “The Nothing Part II,” taken from her debut full-length Ripley Pine.  The video, shot in Spaltro’s newly adopted home of Brooklyn, features a masked trouble-maker collecting people from parks, kitchens and sofas for a forced pie-eating contest that turns into a ritualistic food fight of sorts.  Lady Lamb the Beekeeper has announced a rescheduled Philly date for May 12th at World Cafe Live upstairs; tickets and information can be found here.  Watch the new video for “The Nothing Part II” below.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, News, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, World Cafe Live
January 23, 2013 | 12:00 PM | By

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper premiers “Bird Balloons” (playing Johnny Brenda’s on 2/9)

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper is from Portland, Maine, but could easily be from Portland, Oregon. The music of 23-year-old Aly Spaltro is rugged and defiant with a cool, experimental quality that calls to mind Blitzen Trapper or Chromatics—Portland-based artists committed to the craft of genre-defying. There’s a dark, St. Vincent-esque quality to Spaltro’s compositions, and, in fact, the two have toured together. Spaltro is on her own now, though, touring to promote her debut album, Ripely Pine. This week she released the album’s first single, called “Bird Balloons” and will be playing a show at Johnny Brenda’s on February 9th. Tickets and information for the 21+ show are available here. Below, stream “Bird Balloons.”

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Recordings, Johnny Brenda's, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper