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Driven by vocals that mix the subtle, velvety style of Norah Jones with the power of Neko Case, West of East pairs intelligently crafted lyrics with their own blend of acoustic folk and gritty, electric guitar soaked alt-country.
 "Sara Moilanen and Tim Suchocki may follow in the footsteps of folk-twang artists such as Neil Young, Lucinda Williams and John Prine, but manage to carry their own weight in the genre by shifting the emphasis to Molianen’s more soulful vocal style and their introspective-yet-uplifting lyricism."
- wmseradio, Sonic Diet, WMSE Radio Blog (Jun 01, 2010) "If you like the kind of thoughtful, smooth and beautiful music of, say, John Prine or Norah Jones, you will indeed like West of East. " - David Smith, Stumpjack Coffee Blog (Apr 01, 2009) "I dig the energy. Love the lead vocals...that resonant, female, powerful voice " - Kat Froelich, 88.9 Radio Milwaukee DJ, Speaking as a judge on the WAMI CD Roulette panel (Sept 26, 2010) |
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(Sept. 30, 2011)
Our pal Tony Memmel just put out a record completely on his own. He recorded it in his apartment, then mixed and mastered it himself too. Give it a listen and let us know what you think of it. I'm listening now and I'm liking it so far...listen here. (Sept. 24, 2011) Anyone in Appleton and Green Bay? We'll be at Copper Rock Coffee on College ave in Appleton tonight and at The Attic Books and Coffee in Green Bay tomorrow. Come spend the evening with us! (Sept. 14, 2011) Here's a video that our pal Mark Gustafson took of us playing in the Busking Barn at the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival last year. It's a no electricity version of "Love in the Twilight Zone." Lisa Ridgely is singing backup vocals and Jeremy Dishaw is on the upright bass. (Sept. 11, 2011) In Milwaukee this afternoon? Come hang out in the new beer garden at Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall the weather is perfect for it. Let us and Lady Cannon play you some tunes. We'll have the full band with us AND it's a family friendly event. (Sept. 7, 2011) Madison friends! Don't forget, we are playing in your town this Friday at the Froth House! 11 N. Allen St. 7PM. Hope to see you there! (Aug 24, 2011) Just a few days until the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival and we can't wait! We'll be playing in the Busking Barn on Friday from 7 -8. Stop by and say hi if you're there. Let us know the internet sent you. (Aug 18, 2011) Have you tried Spotify yet? If so you can add our album to a playlist and listen to us whenever you want! (Aug 7, 2011) Don't forget, We're at Linneman's tonight with Hurray for the Riff Raff and The Tumbleweeds. 9:00. There will be prizes! (Aug 6, 2011) Here are some photos our friend Brian took of our show in Two Rivers. Super fun! Check out his flickr page. (Aug 5, 2011) We'll be at Nixon Park in Hartland, WI tonight with our FULL BAND. If you happen to find yourself in the Lake Country tonight between 7 and 9 grab a chair and come on over. (July 23, 2011) A full day of work, then a night of out of town playing. Just unloaded the van and we are exhausted! Thanks to all of you in Two Rivers that made tonight fantastic. We love you guys and can't wait to do it again. (July 22, 2011) We'll be in the refreshing air conditioning of the Seven Seas in Hartland tonight enjoying a couple of cold beers and playing some tunes. Come join us from 7 - 10 pm. (July 20, 2011) Sara's been blogging about her experience songwriting at the Steel Bridge Songfest Construction Zone. Read about it and listen to the songs! (July 15, 2011) We are storming the Bastille at Bastille Days today! Come get some great food, lots of cool shopping and your West of East fix all in one place. We play at the far Eastern Stage (corner of Van Buren and Kilbourn). See you there! (July 9, 2011) Some dinner and then Sara and I are off to play some songs for the good people at the Nice Ash Cigar Bar in Waukesha. Come join us for a good glass of whiskey and some music. (June 28, 2011) Next up: We'll be on The Refugee Stage at Summerfest on Tuesday, July 5th at 3:00. Come play hookie with us! (June 27, 2011) We would like to say a very special thank you to everyone that listened to us so attentively at the Ontonagon Theatre this weekend and also to all of you that came out to Roxey's to show your support afterward. We had so much fun that I don't think anything could have wiped the smiles off of our faces. We really hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! (June 21, 2011) Feeling pretty good about our full band practice last night for the Boe Harbison tribute show this weekend at the Ontonagon theater. Now we just need the work week to be over so we can get there! (June 19, 2011) The very talented Eric Roseberry took some amazing photos of our set at Paradigm Coffee last night. Thanks Eric! (June 17, 2011) Sara spent the week staying up all night and writing songs at the Steel Bridge Songfest last week. She was paired with a new group of writers everyday. They wrote AND recorded a tune every day. She has written about the first two days on our blog and included recordings of the songs. Head over there and see what she's been up to! (June 16, 2011) Starting Friday, we're on the road again! We'll be at Pato's Place in Two Rivers on Friday and at Paradigm CoffeeandMusic in Sheboygan with Icarus Drifting on Saturday. If you're in the area, we'd love to see you're smiling face! (June 14, 2011) If you're in Milwaukee tonight be sure to head over to Chill on the Hill at Humboldt Park and enjoy an evening of music with The Whiskeybelles and God's Outlaw. (May 20, 2011) Just a reminder that we are playing with the incredibly talented Icarus Drifting tonight at Fire on Water in Milwaukee. Stop down for a drink. I'll buy a lucky and random two of you a drink! (May 11, 2011) Check out this article about Allen Cote. Allen plays Lap Steel with us and is probably the hardest working musician in Milwaukee. Check him out. We're sure you'll love him as much as we do! (May 6, 2011) We're recording some acoustic guitars for the new record tonight. The end product seems so far away at this stage, but slow and steady wins the race, I guess. (May 6, 2011) We're excited to say that we will be playing the The Refugee Stage at summerfest this year! (Apr 27, 2011) Hey everybody, if you hadn't heard, Sara has joined the Whiskeybelles! Don't worry, lots of new West of East stuff is on the way! Go ahead and like the Whiskeybelles facebook page (we promise to not get jealous) and if you are in Milwaukee May 13th, come out to Shank Hall for Sara's debut show with the Belles! Special Guest: Whitney Mann. (Apr 17, 2011) Aaaaand Sara wins Female Vocalist of the Year! A tie with the very talented Heidi Spencer! (Apr 17, 2011) Thanks to WAMI for the Americana Artist of the Year award. We're so proud! (Apr 8, 2011) Check out some photos from our first weekend of recording the new record! Flickr (Mar 30, 2011) Looking forward to getting back to the studio on Friday. If one of these tunes works out how we think it will, we're going to need to get our hands on a bunch of Devil costumes, some 60's bikini girls, some surfboards, and a beach for the music video. (Mar 28, 2011) We started our first weekend of recording our next record! We got final drum tracks for.....wait for it......ELEVEN songs done! Thanks so much to Adam Sullivan our amazing drummer, Ricky Ganiere our co-producer and bass player and Allen Cote on lap steel for working so hard this weekend! Thanks to David Cumming for shooting some video and taking pictures and last but not least, thanks to Ryan Elliott for lending his engineering skills and giving up his house to let us make our noise! (Mar 15, 2011) Voting is now open for the WAMI People's Choice Award. If you like what we do, please, please, please, follow this link and vote for us. Be sure to pick the Southeast Category! (Mar 14, 2011) We had a fantastic time at the WAMI nominee party last night at Yield Bar in Milwaukee. Thanks again to WAMI for the Nominations! (Mar 4, 2011) Thanks WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry), for the Americana Artist of the Year Nomination and also for nominating Sara for Female Vocalist of the Year! Our fingers are crossed! read more news.... |
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