It’s now official, SSO is going global.. and by that we mean our album will be available online at most major online retailers. In fact, SoundRoots.org has even put our album as one of the top 10 world music albums this month. Read about it at http://www.soundroots.org/2012/06/top-10-global-albums-june-2012.html.
This project also includes hiring Richey, Pete, and Joel to perform and work on production for the film score. The film is almost finished and the music is fantastic, so please help support the musicians that played and worked on the recording. You can donate at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1278664273/saints-of-the-old-city-orchestral-score-recording
Joel’s alter ego, Sexy Sax Joel, just had his song licensed to MTV After Hours With Josh Horowitz. Check it out at the beginning and end at:
We’re excited to introduce SSO’s newest full time member, drummer Matt Ellis. He also just recently got sponsored by Soultone Cymbals and Silverfox Drumsticks. Not too shabby. Read more about Matt and his life story at http://www.somervillesymphonyorkestar.com/about/matt-ellis.
Come see the SSO play an extended set at Church of Boston as part of their free Tuesday nights sponsored by www.mysecretboston.com with special guests, The Highway. Check out our Tour page for more info.
Along with his passion for music, SSO founder Joel Edinberg is now writing restaurant reviews in a he said/she said format for the new website www.2dineforboston.com. It just launched to check it out to find good restaurants in the Boston area. I know, as musicians we typically don’t get to eat much food, so this is a very special treat!
Joel will be joining the Wine Bottega in the North End on Friday, January 27 between 5-8pm to help pair different wines with our album. Lots of red wine to be drunk and even maybe some Russian wine (i.e. vodka… jk). http://thewinebottega.com/spin-the-bottle-somerville-symphony-orkestar/
Go to our tour page at http://www.somervillesymphonyorkestar.com/tour to get more info. We have shows coming up on Jan 20 at TT the Bear’s place, Feb 3rd at Harlow’s Pub in Peterborough, NH and on Feb 4 at the Radio Bean in Burlington, VT.
We would love to thank Christina Lacoste for her great review of our set on November 18 with Walter Sickert and the Army of Toys. Read it here at http://digboston.com/experience/2011/11/pandoras-box-church-night-one/
Tune in to WERS 88.9FM on Sunday, October 16 at 9:15AM to listen to an exclusive live performance an interview for WERS’s live music week. We’ll be playing some songs off of our new album for our first live radio show! Either tune in to 88.9FM or go to http://www.wers.org/ for more info.