Party: Arum Rae w/ Press [Rock/Soul/Pop]

Party: Arum Rae w/ Press [Rock/Soul/Pop]

Genre: Rock/Soul/Pop
Cover: $8 Adv / $10 DOS
Ages: 21+
Event Listing: http://ashevillemusichall.com/music-schedule/arum-rae/


Arum Rae:

Arum Rae, formerly known as White Dress, is a modern day siren based in Brooklyn, by way of Austin, TX. Arum’s music and her voice is here to inspire... it is honest at its core so that you can do with it what you please, with no regrets. Everything Arum has lived through and all of the songs that have been born from it, are not meant to impress. They are meant to lead. Her ability to transcend styles allows the music to complement country, resurrect the soul, feel the blues, and ruin then re-invent rock, through her deeply rooted foundation as a singer-songwriter.

Arum's name is derived from a water lily (Arum lily) in Latin. Growing up, her family moved often, so at every new school, she always found shelter in the music programs. At her third high school, her choir teacher heard her potential, and took Arum under his wing and helped secure her a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music.

During her last semester in Boston she started writing original music, learning to play guitar to accompany herself so she wouldn't have to depend on anyone and find her own voice... artistically and literally, studying the vocal stylings of Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone.

After relocating to Brooklyn, Arum was introduced to producer Sanford Livingston, and the two hit it off immediately. They began recording together in August 2013 and are pleased to present their first EP, Warranted Queen. With a minimal use of instrumentation, combined with Sanford’s heavy beats tailored around Arum's dynamic voice and lyrics, the EP is a brilliant fusion of their mutual influences.

Arum has toured extensively over the past several years, opening up for, and sharing stages with legends like Willie Nelson, Rodriguez, BB King, Dan Auerbach, Gary Clark Jr., Peter Bjorn & John, and The Civil Wars, to name a few. She also co-wrote the song "If I Didn't Know Better" with John Paul White of The Civil Wars that eventually found its way to the season one theme song on the NBC television show Nashville, and charted as a hit single on iTunes and Billboard.

With renewed energy and passion, Arum looks to 2014 and beyond to place her mark on the industry that has given her so much. A mark she hopes will embolden artists and singers like herself to pursue their passions without pause or regret or fear.

Website: www.arumrae.com

Check out a video: http://youtu.be/zNuM9TockA4


Press:

Press began in late 2009 as a group of teenagers in Tallahassee, Florida. Through college, the band recorded and released two EPs and tracked a full-length album at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, Georgia. In Fall 2014 the band moved to the mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina, where they currently reside.

Listen: presssounds.bandcamp.com

Invited: Logan Bruce, Rachel Rose Pearlstein, Katherine Powell, McIver Wells, Charlie Traveler Presents, OneStop Asheville, AshevilleMusic Hall