Editorial Reviews After relocating to Oakland, the duo formed the band Mars Arizona for the "Love Songs from the Apocalypse" project . D.B. Walker enlisted for psychedelic guitar and dobro duty as well as engineering three of the songs from the CD at his studio in beautiful Pescadero, CA. He grew up trading licks with his good friend Hershel Yatovitz (Chris Isaak band). Michael Oliver, a long time Berkeley native joined in on drums. Sofa was born in Katmandu, played bass on most of the new record and unwittingly served as spiritual advisor. Blessing the effort with some tasty B3 organ is Larry Steelman. Larry has been well known in Los Angeles for years, as a composer, teacher, and pianist for the likes of Natalie Cole, Keiko Matsui, Mick Jagger, Johnny Mathis, Ute Lemper, and others. He was joined on his last solo recording by Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report), Ralph Humphrey (Frank Zappa) and Carl Verheyen (Supertramp). Tom Heyman (Chuck Prophet, Court and Spark, Map of Wyoming, Alejandro Escoveda, and Billy Bragg) stopped by the band's Treehouse Studio in Oakland Hills and blessed the effort with pedal steel .
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About the Artist
Nicole Storto and Paul Knowles met in 1998 in a Tempe, Arizona, record store and started writing and recording demos during frequent trips to Sedona, Arizona. They soon moved to Chicago, put together a demo CD via MP3.com and played their first live date as a duo (Drowning Noah) at the infamous Double Door in Wicker Park. They were asked to appear on ABC's "World News Tonight" in a piece about Internet music piracy a few weeks later. They then topped the MP3.com Pop/Rock charts with "All Heaven," a song they recorded in Champaign, IL, featuring some haunting slide guitar from Trigger Gospel guitarist Andon Davis.
Album Description
"Love Songs from the Apocalypse" is an eclectic blend of Americana that isn't afraid to rock