Roosevelt Dime Steamboat Soul Now available Everywhere Imagine yourself relaxing on a steamboat as it lazily floats down the Mississippi River all the way to The Big Easy. Suddenly, the band strikes up a tune, music fills the air and everyone is on their feet, clapping, dancing and singing along. Welcome to the world of Roosevelt Dime, a five-piece, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based band that blends elements of acoustic jug-band blues, New Orleans soul and neo-folk to create an original sound best described as King’s County Steamboat Soul. The band’s nontraditional lineup - consisting of banjo, electric and washtub basses, percussion, trum- pet and woodwinds - and seamless mixture of musical genres has already caught the eye of many publica- tions including The New York Times. They are Clockwise from left: Bruce Harris, trumpet; Eben Pariser, making a big splash with their latest studio album bass; Seth Paris, woodwinds; Andrew Green, banjo; and Tony Montal- Steamboat Soul, released in June of 2011, and bano, drums/percussion. Each band member also contributes vocals. currently have a live CD, Live @ The Filter Bubble due out in early 2012. Festivals: Oberlin Folk Fest (OH) Festival of Arts and Ideas (CT) Press: Delmarva Folk Fest (DE) Black Potatoe (NJ) “A perpetual crowd-pleaser, Roosevelt Dime often has Lancaster Festival of the Arts (OH) commuters soulfully stomping their feet in the subway and X-Fest (PA) Meeting of the Minds (PA) passersby lindy-hopping in the park.” – The New York Times Columbia Festival of the Arts (MD) Common Ground Country Fair (ME) “This is music that alternates between being smooth as Sterling Folk Fest (NY) premier bourbon and abrasive as blacktop chippings. You VEnues: have the mood - they have music to match.” Bowery Ballroom (NY) – FolkWords The Bitter End (NY) Jalopy Theater (NY) “[Steamboat Soul] meanders along the Mississippi taking Port City Music Hall (ME) in all the music from the riverboats, the basement jazz bars, Musikfest Town Square Stage (PA) the bourbon-soaked street corners of the French Quarter, ... Toad (MA) and all this from a band who turned Radiohead’s “High Unity Center for Performing Arts (ME) and Dry” into a late night Honky Tonk smooch classic.” The Grape Room (PA) – Northern Sky Sullivan Hall (NY) Visit www.rooseveltdimemusic.com/press.html to see Official showcases at the International Folk Alliance (TN), more press and reviews and North East Regional Folk Alliance (NY), 2011. www.RooseveltDimeMusic.com 391 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238, (718) 344-8329 [email protected].