Biography
Called “Perhaps the best folk duo our region has to offer” (The Historic Southgate House), Shiny and the Spoon give off the warmth and intimacy of the likes of Johnny Cash and June Carter, with transcendent vocals and a vibrant acoustic core, complimented by sprinklings of Ukulele, Guitar, harmonica, and boot-stomping. Their debut and home-recorded EP earned nods from local publications such as CityBeat and the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, as well as the renowned UK webzine “Americana UK” who called it “an accomplished debut that does exactly what an EP should, makes you want more of the same.”
Joined now by Cincinnati music veteran Pete Brown on Upright Bass, the trio has quickly moved from house concerts to bandstands, offering new audiences the same unadorned simplicity as before, as though the couches and tables had only been pushed far enough away from the stage to allow a better view. Shiny and the Spoon offers a sound that is at once lilting and unabashed; troubled songs sung lightly and without pretense, marked by “a deep current of romantic skepticism that runs just beneath the calm surface” (Ric Hickey). Nash and Neff paint an unforgiving backdrop of what is, before launching you to what can be. It is this quality, unusual to such young songwriters, that has quickly made Shiny and the Spoon one of the region’s most acclaimed folk acts.
After launching their latest release and first full-length album, “Ferris Wheel,” to a packed ballroom at the Historic Southgate House, the trio has received a flurry of attention and acclaim. Produced by John Curley of Ultrasuede Studios, and recorded in numerous locations –from aging shag-lined studios to living rooms and elementary schools- Shiny and the Spoon’s 2011 album “Ferris Wheel” has left a mark on the tri-state region the breadth of which has yet to be seen.
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