News
January 17, 2010
Greetings Honorary Barefooters!
I hope that you all were blessed this holiday season and that the New Year has met you with nothing but graciousness.
Some exciting things are headed our way. Sometime during this season we will be recording our first full-length album for Lonesome Pine Records. If you get a minute, check our their website. (http://www.lonesomerecords.org/) They have published some really great collections of Appalachian music. Needless to say we are more than excited and grateful to have such an opportunity. We will let you know when the album will be released when we figure all that out.
We are also booking hard for summer 2010. So far we have a few really awesome festivals on our calendar, but hopefully more will follow. We're definitely planning on returning up north, making a similar trip as we did last year, and we're very stoked about that. Check our Shows page for all the details.
We've added a new feature to our website. You can join our mailing list on the contacts page, so that's cool. Especially since our own Tommy Norris has put the entire website together! Talk about a grassroots movement...
Finally, you may have noticed a new face in our pictures. That is our new guitar player and lead vocalist Quentin Acres, from Oneida, TN. We are very happy to have him on board. Read more about him on our Bio page.
As you probably guessed, all of us are still college students. That has forced certain limitations on us in the past because not all of us have been enrolled at the same school. Fortunately, that period in our history is soon to be over. Tommy, who had been attending Western Carolina University, which is two hours from ETSU, where the rest of us go, will graduate in the spring. Of course, for this to happen, Tommy has to be a dedicated student for one more grueling semester. Can he do it???? He better.
Point being, once Tommy graduates and moves to the Tri-Cities area, we will no longer be booking shows only for the summer, and we really hope that it will allow us to gain more of a following in our base city.
For now that will do it! Looking forward to meeting you somewhere along the dusty trail when the air is no longer freezing cold!!
-Noah
August 20, 2009
Hello and thanks for stopping by! If you are looking for information regarding the movement to un-shoe horses, then you have come to the wrong place! But if you are looking for some good music, well, I think we can help you out, if I do say so myself. And if you did come seeking horse related conversation, thanks for stumbling onto our page, and please do have a look around!
We are The Barefoot Movement, an all acoustic, Americana band drawing from Bluegrass, Folk, Rock, Celtic, and various other styles that we have come across in our musical journeys. We are all currently college students, working towards our golden back up plan, should playing for tips and dinner loose its appeal.
My name is Noah, and I play fiddle and sing for the band. This summer we have been playing as many places as would open their doors for us. We've been all the way to Erie, PA, and even made a stop in the Big Apple. Mini-touring in our mini-van has given us invaluable experience and memories, and we all can say that we grew musically and as people during the past few months. With but a few shows left in the summer, we are settling down for a long year devoted to academics.
Though we'll be taking a break from performing, except for the occasional show here and there, we will still be busy recording our first full length album. (Details to come later!!) We're also working on a few other things, like getting this website a little more interactive, maybe perhaps adding a guest-book, getting our mailing list up and running, and getting better photos, videos, and other such media. Anyways, next summer we plan to play just as hard and much more than we did this summer. We will, (who am I kidding? I mean, I will) continue to update the site as news comes along. If you feel inclined to stay tuned, please do. We really appreciate the support.
Speaking of which, I'd like to take a moment to say, on behalf of myself and the rest of the barefoot gang, thank you, thank you, thank you to all the people who have come to see us this summer. To all those who have bought CDs and stickers. To all the venues who gave us the opportunity to share our music. To the folks who gave us a place to stay when we were on the road. To the folks who put gas in our car (Mom and Dad... the honorary barefooters.) And anyone else who has been there in any way. We've been really lucky so far, and we can only be grateful and hope that the same luck follows us next year. We hope the same for you too!
Thanks, and remember.... Barefoot is better!
P.S. If you would like more information or would like to order a CD, which right now is a five song demo, featuring the songs on our music page, please send an email to info@barefoot-movement.com
-Noah