Artist description Petunia is a quintet which plays Amy Denio's mesmerizing music.

Music Style Mesmerizing Folk Rock

Musical Influences N. Indian Vocals, Balkan, Rock

Similar Artists Cocteau Twins, Alanis Morisette, Beth Custer,

Artist History Denio formed Petunia for her collaborative projectwith David Dorfman Dance in NYC. Petunia performedthe soundtrack for David Dorfman Dance's piece"To Lie Tenderly" at MassMOCA, Duke University, and atthe Next Wave Series 2000 at Brooklyn Academy ofMusic.

Group Members Amy Denio: voice, electric guitar, accordionHahn Rowe: electric violinDavid Dorfman: baritone sax, organJesse Manno: saz, sampler, bass, voiceTobias Ralph: drums

Instruments Electric guitar, accordion, electric violin, organ, sampler, bass, baritone sax, drums

Albums Tattoo (Unit Circle); Greatest Hits (Unit Circle); Tongues (Spoot); Birthing Chair Blues (Knitting Factory)

Press Reviews About Denio: A peripatetic purveyor of multitudinous musical delights…her one-woman shows are replete with linguistic gymnastics, instrumental improvisations, and more mood elevators than a year's worth of your favorite pharmaceutical. Derk Richardson, East Bay Express (California)Denio has established herself at the crossroads of jazz, experimentation, white funk, and rock. Not many musicians can even envision the kind of musical gamut Denio so offhandedly enjoys exploring, and even few do it with such gusto, humor, and wit. (Rock's 10 Smartest, strongest women) Elizabeth Vincentelli, Request Magazine Once your have heard her perform, adoration could turn to something stronger. On stage (she) doesn't sing, she emotes…She has a remarkable stillness, an otherworldliness from which emanates melodies quite unlike what you may have heard before. Vinod Advani, Sunday Times of India (Bombay)Those familiar with Denio's body of work will no doubt agree that her early insubordination to the conventional rules of music theory has yielded happy returns. It has, among other things, resulted in nineteen solo and group recordings that range from lush rock tapestries with supernal voicings to multilingual ethnic raveups, to texturally clamorous meanderings, to free-thinking jazz compositions and everything in between. Thomas Peake, Westword (Denver, Colorado)Denio is the Peppermint Patty we all knew as kids: smart, funny, able to make music from paper clips, rubber bands, and blades of grass. Andew Jones, Option Magazine

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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