Root Down in the Shadow

Here's a wonderfully bluesy tease to the upcoming Chris Kasper album.   New single "City By The Sea", is just enough to keep fans from getting restless, while he tours with Carsie Blanton along the West Coast.  Hopefully there will be some local dates soon, as 2017 seems so far off right now. City by the Sea by Chris Kasper

Friday night at Connie's Ric Rac the folks of Yes! And... CAMP are making dreams come true.  For me, it's a chance to see Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret , with guests Chris Kasper (solo acoustic) and Birdie Busch on one line-up.   For the kids of low-income neighborhoods in and around the Philadelphia area, it's a chance to make dreams of summer camp come true.  As a kid who never had a chance to go to summer camp, but get to see the excitement in my daughter when I signed her up for camp this summer, I'll gladly spend my concert funds on an event like this!!! So here's the details:  Inner Monologues: A Benefit Concert featuring Johnny Showcase & The Lefty Lucy Cabaret with special guests Chris Kasper (solo acoustic) and Birdie Busch Friday May 2nd , 8pm (Door opens at 7pm). Connie's Ric Rac, 1132 South 9th St. Phila PA 19147 Get your tickets here Not sold? here's more: Sensual Pts 1 & 2 by Johnny Showcase Birdie Busch...

Band Name : Chris Kasper Style: Singer/Songwriter - Roots/ Blues/ Americana Years on the Scene : I moved here from West Virginia in 2004 and put out FlyingBoy in 2006. Current projects and/or members : In Sept 2013, I released the 4th Chris Kasper record entitled Bagabones The band included Kiley Ryan , Phil D'Agostino , and Daniel Bower . Kiley and I also released a collaborative record of original songs titled Foxhound in June 2013. This coming year we have a Daytrotter session in March as well as a film idea we're pursuing. Most unique show: Most unique show was probably Sunrise Set at The Frendly Gathering Festival in Windsor, VT.  It's a summer fest run by professional snowboarders Jack Matrini and Danny Davis . It's held at a defunct ski resort and they invited us to play at the top of the mountain during sunrise. At 4AM Jack and Danny met us at the bottom with an ATV Mule Gator thing. We held on for dear life and they gunned it straight u...

In mid-January the Root Down In The Shadow Cover Club film crew of Bob Sweeney & Paul Lorenz were back in action with our friends at Break Neck Studio .  After a successful first round with Kevin Killen, Christopher Davis-Shannon, Chelsea Mitchell of Dirty Dollhouse and Brian Strouse & Vanessa Winters of The Lawsuits we followed our model of getting four bands into the studio for a Philly centric cover and an original track. Our first release from the 2.0 session of Cover Club at Break Neck Studio features Root Down In The Shadow favorites, Levee Drivers .  Front-man August John Lutz II has been heavily involved in the series as a co-producer, handpicking our Bucks Co. studio partner himself.  His band was a more than obvious choice to include in the series, as Levee Drivers are one of the most captivating bands gracing Philadelphia stages today.  It seems somewhat easy to figure out some of August Lutz' stylistic influences such as Johnny Cas...

Chris Kasper released Bagabones on October 1, 2013.  The self-produced, indie output is the 4th album from the Philadelphia mainstay. Bagabones was written in a small cabin owned by Chris’s late uncle in West Hurley, NY, just outside the town of Woodstock.  The energy of Woodstock danced its way into these songs, along with the calm of Byrdcliffe Mountain and a generous homage to Chris’s musical heroes.  While the album was engineered by Matt Muir of Kawari Studios and mastered by Philly soul producer Jim Salamone ( Teddy Pendergrass ), Chris Kasper stepped into the role of producer and arranger for this new work. Despite Bagabones being Chris Kasper's fourth album, this is my first album to listen to for Kasper as a relative new-comer to the Philadelphia scene.  I knew of Chris Kasper only by reputation from others in the scene.  In fact when going to his album release show in late September, I went without knowing any of his work, but it felt li...