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Spuyten Duyvil brings amped up Americana to Kittery ME

"Amped Up Americana At It's Best"

6-piece powerhouse Spuyten Duyvil (pronounced spite-'n dive-'l), a rising band from the Hudson Valley region brings amped up Americana and barn-burning foot-stomping fun to The Dance Hall in Kittery ME, Friday July 25th at 8PM.   

Spuyten Duyvil's soaring vocals, traditional jug band energy, slide guitar and Chicago-style blues harp propel the listener on a barn-burning romp through the last 100 years of American Roots music. 

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Recent stops on the journey that began on a front porch with a Bouzouki and copy of Rise Up Singing include the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival, The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Mad. Sq. Park, The Turning Point, Towne Crier, Caffe Lena, Bethel Woods, Rockwood Music Hall Stage II, and Musikfest. 

Listening to this joyous six piece band for the first time is like throwing a cherry bomb into a lake. It wakes you up. Their 2011 release, "New Amsterdam" was a DJ favorite receiving enthusiastic airplay on over 165 stations in 5 countries and a “Top American Roots Album 2011” nomination from The Alternate Root TV. The band's highly anticipated follow up, "Temptation"  released in October of 2013.  The CD made it to #7 on the Folk DJ Chart in it's first month out.  The first track "I'll Fly Away" grabbed the #2 spot.  "Temptation" also made it into the top #30 on the Roots 66 Airplay Chart.

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 "They're a mighty powerhouse...Lead vocals are handled with guts and power by Beth Kaufman, who has a clear, gospel-tinged voice...Miller's songwriting is fantastic, too, channeling straight honky-tonk country one minute and drug-addled mystical blues the next...All the playing is hot." - Stephen D. Winick, Folklorist, Music Critic, Editor, The Huffington Post 4/5/2013 

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