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Cordelia's Dad
Cordelia's Dad (left to right: Cavanaugh, Irvine, Eriksen) at the 20th Anniversary reunion show, April 29, 2007.
Cordelia's Dad (left to right: Cavanaugh, Irvine, Eriksen) at the 20th Anniversary reunion show, April 29, 2007. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Background information
Origin Northampton, Massachusetts
Genre(s) Folk, alternative rock
Years active 1987–
Label(s) OKra, Return to Sender, Omnium, Scenesof, Appleseed, Kimchee, Normal, Dark Beloved Cloud
Website cordeliasdad.com
Members
Tim Eriksen
Peter Irvine
Eliza Cavanaugh
Gerard Gualberto
Former members
Tom King (1987–93)
Bradford West
Steve Maggs
Becky Miller (1993–95)
Rani Arbo
Cath Oss (1993–2001)
Laura Risk (1996–?)

Cordelia's Dad is a band from Northampton, Massachusetts that combines folk and punk rock influences and was instrumental in the creation of the genre later to be dubbed "No Depression". Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Laura Risk is an acclaimed California -born Violinist. She specializes in performing and teaching the diverse Fiddle repertoire of Scotland and Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our The band formed in 1987 and was active until 1998, when the members relocated to different parts of the country. After releasing an album of older material in 2002 the band has reunited in 2007 for their twentieth anniversary.

Cordelia's Dad was founded in 1987 by Amherst College students Tim Eriksen (bass, vocals), Peter Irvine (drums), Tom King (guitar). Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Although all three had previous experiences with traditional American music their initial sound was closer to that of alternative rock bands like Dinosaur Jr. and accordingly they recorded their first, eponymous album at Fort Apache Studios in Boston. Traditional music is the term now used in the terminology of Grammy Awards for what used to be called " folk music " Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Fort Apache Studios is a New England recording studio internationally renowned for Alternative rock sessions produced there since 1986 The main distinguishing characteristic from their Fort Apache peers was that with few exceptions, their early recorded output consisted entirely of Anglo-American traditional folk tunes recorded as rock songs. Their second album How Can I Sleep, recorded by Dave Schramm continued the prominent use of traditional material, but increased the share of songs played as acoustic folk songs, starting a trend to call the sound of the band "schizophrenic". Dave Schramm, born and raised on Long Island New York, is an American musician best known for his stint as the lead guitarist for Yo La Tengo during the Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn The transition to folk outfit was completed in 1993 with the recording of the limited release mini-album The Joy Fun Garden for German mail order label Return to Sender (a sublabel of Normal Records, which released all Cordelia's Dad albums in Germany). King left after the recording to be replaced by bassist Cath Oss. Eriksen switched to guitar and their third regular album, Comet (1995) continued the conversion toward an acoustic sound, with only a single song, the closer "Jersey City", being played with rock instruments.

In 1996, the band released the punk-infused live album Road Kill (1996) as a farewell to their rock side, which for the next years would continue only as a side project named "io". The members of the main, now fully acoustic band had previously taken up shape note singing, and the new interest made an appearance on the Steve Albini produced album Spine (1998), for which folk fiddler Laura Risk joined the band. Shape notes are a music notation designed to facilitate congregational singing Steven Frank Albini (born July 22, 1962) is an American Audio engineer, singer songwriter Guitarist, and music journalist Laura Risk is an acclaimed California -born Violinist. She specializes in performing and teaching the diverse Fiddle repertoire of Scotland and Spine would become their most critically acclaimed album, but also the last for four years, as band members moved away from their West Massachusetts home base. Irvine moved to Portland, Oregon to become a music lawyer, Oss moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne, later joining Spraydog, while Eriksen moved to Minneapolis and later participated in creating the soundtrack for the movie Cold Mountain. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England Spraydog are a band from Newcastle upon Tyne, who formed in Chester-le-Street and Newcastle upon Tyne UK Cold Mountain is the original soundtrack of the 2003 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning film Cold Mountain Cold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger,

The album What It Is, while released in 2002, contained music recorded during two sessions in 1997–98, and the band remained in hiatus until Eriksen and Irvine moved back to Massachusetts, and to celebrate their 20th anniversary, decided to reunite for local shows, playing both acoustic and electric sets.

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