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Update #10: We're Chuggin' Along!
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Posted on June 8, 2011
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Update #9: Look where we are:)
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Update #8: Another Demo-"Bread and Butter"
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Update #7: New Demo to Download/Listen To-"Snowflake"
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Update #6: Backers! New Demo and Pictures!
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T NEED OR WANT A TELEGRAM, JUST LOTS OF COPIES OF THE CD, HERE YOU GO: You get...a signed postcard from the band, a Shiny and the Spoon button and sticker, THREE signed copies of Ferris Wheel, TWO signed copies of our debut EP, and a copy of "New Stuff," (a homemade DVD, full of goodies, including a live performance video, old YouTube videos, a NEW professional-quality music video, fun stuff, and more fun stuff...all packaged with one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn, love-fueled artwork), a first-edition Shiny and the Spoon t-shirt, a signed 8x10 of the Ferris Wheel album art by Mark Utley, and Producer Credit (your name in the liner notes!)
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Amber Nash and Jordan Neff have been inseparable on and off stage, performing as Shiny and the Spoon-an eclectic, ukulele-centered, folk-pop duo. Jordan insists that he is the "Spoon", although Amber will tell you otherwise.
The duo gives off the warmth and intimacy of the likes of Johnny Cash and June Carter, with originals that are soulful and clever. In a live setting, they're able to quiet a large crowd with haunting, minimal instrumentation and lilting harmonies only to rile the room up again with foot-stomping, a pounding lagerphone, belly-rumbling bluesy vocals, and the occasional rockin' kazoo solo.
Within a few months of making music together, Shiny and the Spoon made a name for themselves in the local Cincinnati music scene. Interviews with Cincinnati's CityBeat Magazine, WNKU, ICN6TV, and Lexington's Red Barn Radio have gotten their sound out to lots of thirsty ears. Their debut EP received rave reviews from multiple sources including AmericanaUK, Call It Folk, and FensePost.
In 2009 Shiny and the Spoon made their Midpoint Music Festival debut where they were deemed a "Cincinnati Bell Ringer" (reserved for "cutting edge bands"). They were also invited to showcase at CityBeat's BRINK New Music Showcase for up-and-coming local bands, and were nominated for a 2009 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for New Artist of the Year.
Nash and Neff continue to draw larger and larger crowds at their local shows and are frequently described in print as a "local favorite," and a "band to watch." It's not uncommon to see the crowd singing along to their favorite songs and calling out for more of those rockin' kazoo solos.
The duo recently became a trio with the addition of Mark Utley (of Magnolia Mountain) on upright bass.
Shiny and the Spoon released their debut EP to a packed house in January of 2010 and are currently working on their first full-length album set to come out in late summer 2011.
