Artist description Despite the youth of its membership, Broadside Electric is Philadelphia's leading and longest-lived electric folk band, celebrating their tenth anniversary of "Folk Music With Teeth" in 2000. After ten years, four CDs and one mixed-media CD demo, this quintet of 20-somethings continues to attract critical praise and national attention. They have built a solid reputation for thoroughly original arrangements and painstaking research into traditional English, Celtic and Eastern European music.

Music Style Folk, Rock, Progressive

Musical Influences Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Boiled In Lead, Jethro Tull

Similar Artists Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention

Group Members Joe D'Andrea (Drums, Assorted Percussion, Other Fiddle, Vocals); Amy Ksir (Flute, Tin Whistles, Oboe, Vocals); Tom Rhoads (Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Cittern, Dulcimer); Jim Speer (Chapman Stick, Bass Guitar, Recorders, Crumhorn, Vocals); Helene Zisook (Electric and Acoustic Violins, Mandolins, Vocals)

Instruments Bass, Chapman Stick, Warr Guitar, Cittern, Crumhorns, Drums, Dulcimer, Flute, Guitars, Mandolin, Oboe, Recorders, Tin Whistle, Violins

Albums Black-edged Visiting Card, Amplificata, More Bad News, With Teeth

Press Reviews "Pennsylvania's answer to Steeleye Span." - College Music Journal; "They give members of the usual folk audiences something new to talk about." - Steve Winick, Dirty Linen; "Your typical British Isles/Klezmer progressive rock folk band."; "This outrageously creative Philly-area electric folk band starts with a hodgepodge of musical traditions including Irish, British, Klezmer, Balkan and American folk, filters them through a progressive rock sensibility, and manages to push the results in unique and delightful new directions." - Mark Stewart; "Following in the footsteps of such bands as Fairport Convention, this quintet of young musicians takes traditional ballads and dance tunes, applies modern (and some old) instruments and musical approaches, and makes exciting music, all the while maintaining great respect for the source material. Their musical tools include guitars (acoustic and electric), fiddle, Chapman Stick, whistles, drums, dulcimer and multiple part vocal harmonies." - The Folk Project

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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