Tons of news in Solyoni land my friends. Please take notes.
We begin with a recap of last month's historic Singer/Songwriter Showcase at the Hopvine Pub featuring Dan Lurie with members of the Solyoni collective. This performance is already being hailed as one of the greatest concerts in music history, right beside that Fleetwood Mac reunion they always show on PBS, and any number of performances by Cher. A concert event this legendary deserves it's own page, so we've created one. The Solyoni Hopvine Showcase page features video footage, exclusive photographs, and if you concentrate hard enough, authentic smells from the show. So check it out by clicking here. You'll be amazed.
Prairie Monsters update: Solyoni's Dan Lurie, Dominic Aulisio and hopefully multi-instrumentalist/diva Bethany Gordon will meet up in Ohio in mid-October. From there, they will drive Aulisio's Grandpa-style Mercedes to Wilmington North Carolina to continue work on the long awaited Solyoni roadtrip album, Prairie Monsters. The group will be teaming up with Robert Lurie, flamboyant guitarist/occasional rapper for the Solyoni collective, who lives with two cats in the small coastal town.
Lastly, in an effort to make things a little less confusing in the Solyoni world, we've decided that Solyoni is now one big ol' musical collective. Everything written by Dan Lurie or Dominic Aulisio is a Solyoni song. Any musician who adds a missed guitar note, drum beat, banshee-like cry, etc. to a Solyoni song is instantly a member of the Solyoni collective. What does this mean? It means the Brotherhood of The Yakuza name will be dropped. All songs recorded by Brotherhood of The Yakuza are now Solyoni songs and will be part of an upcoming full-length Solyoni album. So now you have two Solyoni albums to look forward to. Both Prairie Monsters and the as-yet untitled full-length album featuring songs from the Brotherhood of The Yakuza ep, are both being worked on, and should be completed within the next 6 to 8 months. Want to learn more about the many dashing members of the Solyoni collective? Check out our new The Solyoni Collective page. You might be surprised by some of the faces you see.
That's all for now. As you can see, we're going to be very busy over the next few months. If at any point you get the feeling we've dissapeared, rest assured we will have huge, important, and hopefully wittier updates on all this action sometime around early November. At that time, it is strongly encouraged that you wear diapers.
