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UKEFARM RADIO ADDS "PINEAPPLE POUNDCAKE" TO IT'S PLAYLIST!!!!

3/21/2015

If you're into ukulele music, and you must be a little or you probably wouldn't even be reading this, then you owe it to yourself to check out John Baxter's UkeFram Radio at http://www.ukefarmradio.com/index.html
or click here.

John honored us this past week by adding the first single "Pineapple Poundcake" from "Constellation" to his playlist! I gotta say it's pretty darn cool to be rubbing elbows and strumming arms with such a impressive gathering of ukulele talent.

UkeFrarm radio offers a wide array of genres from classic Hawaiian to Tin Pan Alley to all sorts of singer-songwriters and, well, pretty much every style in-between! It's a ukulele buffet and it's being served up 24 hours a day… and it's free! (Although to listen without ads you'll need a paid subscription, but it's nice to have the option of either/or.)

I heard well known ukulele artists like Jake Shimabukuro, Victoria Vox, Daniel Ho and Lyle Ritz as well as folks that, until I tuned in, I wasn't yet familiar with like Beth Withney, Kelli Rae Powell, Uku The Mighty and Lucky Uke... all in the space of an hour or so.

Plus there were plenty of performers that I'd heard of, but never actually heard. So it's a really great source for checking out new ukulele tuneage before you buy.

THANKS for making us a part of your ukulele world John, we appreciate it!

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The first single from "Constellation" is... "Pineapple PounDcake!" - Hear it here!

3/18/2015

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It's an all-acoustic little ditty that starts out with a single ukulele rhythm pattern, then a bass, lead uke and second rhythm ukulele join in and the song really takes off. You can listen to it at the bottom of this post or on our home page here.

It also includes our tribute to "Pennsylvania 6-5000"* thrown in for good measure, yep you read that right, and we think it's a real a toe tapper.

Timothy Jay started playing the rhythm part during a rehearsal as a break from the more focused work we doing at the time. Chris and I quickly joined in and suddenly we realized we wanted to refocus our rehearsal. We were all just having so much fun with each other on this that we stuck with it the rest of the night until it solidified into the track you’ll hear here.

During those initial run throughs it was tentatively titled “Pineapple Lovefest,” but the more we rehearsed it the more it sounded like we were calling out a fondness for the female anatomy. Once you get an idea like that in your head it’s hard to get rid of it. Not that we don’t all share that particular fondness, but it’s just not the kind of thing we generally choose to right songs about. (Although who knows what the future holds. ;-)

Anyway after trying out a bevy of alternatives, all starting with “pineapple” because not only was that first rhythm part tickled out of an DaSilva all-bamboo pineapple tenor ukulele, but to our ears the song had a decidedly Hawaiian flavor, we finally settled on “Pineapple Poundcake.”

There's only 42 more days before the full CD "Constellation" is released, so mark your calendars on April 28th and come back for details on how you can get your copy!

*for those who aren’t familiar, “Pennsylvania 6-5000” is a big band instrumental… well mostly instrumental, first made famous by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in 1940.

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Here's A Sneak Peek at The Cover for Davenport Johnson's new CD!

3/15/2015

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The cover for our upcoming CD "Constellation" is finished and we wanted to share it.

We're going to be releasing our first single "Pineapple Poundcake" later this week, so come back and get a taste of the album!

In the meantime here's the cover! We ARE excited! Only a month an a half before the full CD drops on April 28th!

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The Title Of The New Davenport johnson CD WILL BE...

3/11/2015

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"Constellation." And it'll be released on April 28th!

When you look up into the night sky you see unrelated stars that, from our earthly point of view, seem to be so close together as to form pictures. Such are the songs on our upcoming CD. While they express music in a few different styles, from our point of view they form a bigger picture that will hold them together forever in our eyes (and ears!)

With touches of Americana, folk, newgrass, alt. country, rock 'n' roll and even some jazz influences, we're thinking we may need to coin a new genre name for what we do. Alt. Folk?

Anyway, we're super proud of the final mixes and can't wait for them to be heard and hopefully loved by everyone out there.

We'll be previewing a track from it on our home page in the near future as well as revealing the cover image in a few weeks. It's looking very cool in the sketch stages!

And don't forget the CD itself will be available at CD Baby, as well as the digital version everywhere digital music is sold, on April 28th!

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UKEFARM RADIO ADDS "PINEAPPLE POUNDCAKE" TO IT'S PLAYLIST!!!!

The first single from "Constellation" is... "Pineapple PounDcake!" - Hear it here!

Here's A Sneak Peek at The Cover for Davenport Johnson's new CD!

The Title Of The New Davenport johnson CD WILL BE...

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