{"id":29316,"date":"2019-06-22T08:08:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T12:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=29316"},"modified":"2019-06-22T08:08:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T12:08:37","slug":"on-stage-two-acts-with-local-roots-come-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=29316","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Two acts with local roots come home"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Allen Tate<\/p><\/div>\n

Two acts that are performing in the area on June 22 have Pennsylvania roots and are playing venues very close to where their careers started \u2013 Allen Tate and The Ocean Blue.<\/p>\n

Tate, who went to high school in Fort Washington and now lives in Brooklyn, will come back to the area for a show Saturday night at Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For a long time, music fans were familiar with Tate as a singer and stage performer but not with Tate performing his own material. The singer with the golden baritone voice has been delighting ears for years as the vocalist for the band San Fermin.<\/p>\n

When he has a break from San Fermin, Tate works on his solo career \u2013 a career that saw him release his debut solo album, \u201cSleepwalker,\u201d in 2016 on Votiv Music, and his sophomore album, \u201cIn The Waves,\u201d on May 3 via Sleep Well Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy live set is almost all the new record,\u201d said Tate, during a phone interview last week from his home in Brooklyn. \u201c\u2018Sleepwalker\u2019 was not a record for a live band.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tate began composing \u201cSleepwalker\u201d in the fall of 2014 during a three-week stay in Copenhagen, where San Fermin had performed to an enthusiastic reception.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a break with San Fermin at the end of summer in 2014 so I took off for Copenhagen,\u201d said Tate, who grew up in nearby Chalfont and was a basketball standout at Germantown Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was at the end of touring after our first record. I wanted to go to Copenhagen because I didn\u2019t know anybody there. Scandinavian cities are interesting because everyone is nice, but everyone also keeps to themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was able to do my own thing without interruptions. I\u2019d walk eight or nine miles a day and then work on music. By October, Copenhagen gets pretty grey and that influenced the album. I think it\u2019s a sparse album. On a lot of the tunes, you can feel the space that it\u2019s happening in. If you feel the space, it can be nice, or it can be empty. The themes are about different times when you either feel alone \u2013 about being lonely or wanting to be alone.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Sleepwalker\u2019 is very internal and pensive \u2013 feelings about being alone. On the new album, almost every song is about things I was talking about with people in my life. It\u2019s more of a social album \u2013 definitely a more connected effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tate started recording \u201cIn The Waves\u201d last year but the project actually began long before that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I finish a project, there is big sense of relief,\u201d said Tate. \u201cThen, two weeks later, I think of things I should have done. In the fall of 2017, I did some demos with friends in upstate New York. We did four songs. I pitched around trying to find a producer. I wanted to work with John Agnello because he had worked with a lot of projects I like.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted to go in the studio in early 2018. I only had four-and-a-half songs. I lied and told him I had nine or 10 songs and needed to write one more. I\u2019m usually a slow writer so it was good to have time pressure. I had to write six songs in two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour of the songs were written with more guitar. It was a right next step for me so I started in that world \u2013 louder guitars and more rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tate and Agnello teamed up to make the album and used three different studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith John, we used Downtown Recording Studio in Soho, Russell Street Recording in Green Point here in Brooklyn, and Hobo Sound in Hoboken, New Jersey,\u201d said Tate. \u201cI think we did the whole record in eight days. John works quickly. We recorded the basic tracks live with a three-piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stayed with a rock sound. When I did \u2018Sleepwalker,\u2019 I wasn\u2019t even sure I wanted to play those songs live.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tate also has his career with San Fermin.<\/p>\n

San Fermin is an American baroque pop band, started by Brooklyn-based composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone.<\/p>\n

\u201cEllis and I met at a songwriting workshop at Berklee College in Boston,\u201d said Tate, who attended New York University on a basketball scholarship. \u201cWe put the first album out in September 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduated for NYU and was working as a legal clerk for a non-profit firm. I was studying for the LSATs. But I never took the test. The plan was to study and go to law school. The success of the first San Fermin album changed the path.<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Fermin told me \u2013 we\u2019ll pay you to go on tour. San Fermin has had a lot of success over the last few years. We\u2019ve had a lot of TV appearances and we\u2019ve played to huge crowds in other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Allen Tate — https:\/\/youtu.be\/RBoPDPzbwFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Boot and Saddle, which has Josh Agran as the opener, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Boot and Saddle are The Babe Rainbow on June 23, Kristen Hersh on June 24, Pelican on June 25, and William Clark Green on June 26.<\/p>\n

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The Ocean Blue<\/p><\/div>\n

The Ocean Blue is an indie rock band that got its start in the Harrisburg area but still considers the Chameleon Club in Lancaster to be its \u201chometown club.\u201d<\/p>\n

On June 22, The Ocean Blue — David Schelzel, Oed Ronne, Bobby Mittan, Peter Anderson — will return to Lancaster to make a venue debut at Tellus 360 (24 East King Street, Lancaster, 717-393-1660, www.tellus360.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cCentral Pennsylvania is still our home base,\u201d said Schelzel, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chameleon \u2013 here wasn\u2019t a venue that played more of an important role in our career. Early in our career, (Chameleon\u2019s) Rich Ruoff gave us a lot of all-ages shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ocean Blue certainly dosan\u2019t need all-ages shows for its fans now. Actually, many of the band\u2019s early fans probably have kids old enough todrink legally in the state.<\/p>\n

The bnd got its syart in 1986 nd released its debut album, \u201cThe Ocean Blue,\u201d on Sire Records in 1989. It followed with two more on Sire \u2013 \u201cCerulean\u201d in 1991 and \u201cBeneath the Rhythm & Sound\u201d in 1993. The Ocean Blue switched to Mercury\/Polydor Records for its 1996 release, \u201cSee The Ocean Blue,\u201d and then put out \u201cDavy Jones\u2019 Locker\u201d in 1999 on March Records.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s latest two LPs are on it own label \u2013 Korda Records. \u201cUtramarine\u201d came out in 2013 and \u201cKings and Queens\/Knaves and Thieves\u201d was just released on June 21.<\/p>\n

Schelzel discussed the decade-plus gap between \u201cDavy Jones\u2019 Locker\u201d and \u201cUtramarine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never really disbanded,\u201d said Schelzel, who now works as a civil lawyer in the \u201cLand of Purple\u201d (Minnesota Vikings and Prince).<\/p>\n

\u201cI took a break to go back to school in the early 2000s. I was till thinking about music and working on it. There was a long time between releases because we all had a lot of things going on with our lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a period of time as a teenager and in my early 20s that I devoted a lot of time to music. But I still had other things. I went to college and got my undergrad degree at Penn State and my law degree at the University of Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a long break, The Ocean Blue rose again to the surface with \u201cUltramarine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had gotten to a point where we had written enough songs and had enough recordings for an album,\u201d said Schelzel, who loves cold weather and thinks winter in Minnesota is beautiful.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother catalyst was forming an indie record label Korda Records, which is a co-op with ex-pats from other bands. We formed Korda at the end of 2012 and we have 20 releases by various bands — including Innocence Mission, our old friends from Lancaster.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Kings and Queens\/Knaves and Thieves\u2019 was recorded mostly in our home studio. Recording technology has changed so much. We learned so much from recording in big studios in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded one track in Buenos Aires, Argentina \u2013 \u2018Paraguay My Love.\u2019 We\u2019ve played Asuncion many times and some of our biggest South American shows were there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is our most mature album to date while \u2018Ultramarine\u2019 fit right in with our earlier releases. \u2018Kings and Queens\/Knaves and Thieves\u2019 is more weighty. It captures where we\u2019re at now. We think that the art form of an album is a collection of songs that relate to each other. Lyrically, it\u2019s our heaviest album to date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Ocean Blue — https:\/\/youtu.be\/avmz3ct2XUU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Tellus 360, which has The Blurrys as the opening act, will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Tellus 360 are Dave Pedrick on June 23 and Leo DiSanto on June 25.<\/p>\n

Serafin Summer Music, which is running now through June 30, has a variety of classical music to offer its fans. The highly acclaimed festival artists hail from China, the Philippines, New Zealand, and also from around the US, including New York City, Oklahoma, Ohio, Kentucky, Atlanta, Florida Pennsylvania, and Delaware.<\/p>\n

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Victor Asuncion<\/p><\/div>\n

All concerts will be held at The Music School of Delaware in partnership with The University of Delaware Department of Music with sponsorship by William J. Stegeman, Ph.D. The shows will be presented at the Music School of Delaware\u2019s Wilmington Branch (4101 North Washington Street).<\/p>\n

The roster of world-class musicians includes Victor Asuncion, piano; Amos Fayette, violin;\u00a0Hal Grossman, violin; Kate Ransom, violin; Benjamin Shute, violin;\u00a0Lisa Vaupel, violin;\u00a0Amadi Azikiwe, viola; Luke Fleming, viola;\u00a0Mary Harris, viola; Charae Krueger, cello;\u00a0Lawrence Stomberg, cello; Guang Wang, cello;\u00a0Miles Brown, bass; Jennifer Nicole Campbell, piano;\u00a0Amy Dorfman, piano; Read Gainsford, piano; Augustine Mercante, countertenor; Eileen Grycky, flute;\u00a0and Christopher Nichols, clarinet.<\/p>\n

The remaining shows in the series are:<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 22 at 5 p.m., FRIENDS and MENTORS<\/p>\n

Brahms Sonatensatz in G Minor for violin and piano<\/p>\n

Schumann \u201cFairy Tales\u201d for clarinet, viola and piano<\/p>\n

Niels Gade Sonata in D Minor, Op. 21 for violin and piano<\/p>\n

Dohnanyi Piano Quintet No.1 in C Minor;<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 23 at 4 p.m. – OUT OF BAVARIA<\/p>\n

Mozart D Major Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello<\/p>\n

Reger Sonata in G Minor for solo viola<\/p>\n

Schumann \u201cFantasy Pieces\u201d Op. 73 for cello and piano<\/p>\n

Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor for violin, viola, cello, piano;<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m. – FRENCH FORAY<\/p>\n

Leclair Duo for two violins<\/p>\n

French Song Set<\/p>\n

Faure Piano Quartet in C Minor;<\/p>\n

Friday, June 28 at 7 p.m. – THE THREE B\u2019s<\/p>\n

Bach G Minor Sonata for solo violin<\/p>\n

Beethoven String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No.4<\/p>\n

Brahms Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 87;<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. – RUSSIAN ROMP<\/p>\n

Khachaturian Trio for clarinet, violin, piano<\/p>\n

Arensky Trio in D Minor, Op. 32 for violin, cello, piano<\/p>\n

Borodin Piano Quintet in C Minor;<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 30 at 4 p.m. – FINALE FIREWORKS<\/p>\n

Brahms Sextet in Bb Major, Op. 18 for two violins, two violas, two cellos<\/p>\n

Tchaikovsky \u201cSouvenir de Florence\u201d for two violins, two violas, two cellos.<\/p>\n

Single tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling (302) 762-1132 or visiting\u00a0www.brownpapertickets.com<\/a>. Show attendees can enjoy a meet-and-greet reception (complimentary refreshments) with the artists following all the festival concerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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