Friction Farm - Singer/songwriter duo

fRiCTiON fARM ... meet the band
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Friction Farm is Aidan Quinn on guitar and vocals and Christine Stay on vocals and bass maybe a little harmonica. The Past The songwriting duo formed the band Friction Farm to record and perform their songs. They released their debut CD “Galileo's Horse” in 1999. And then the party started. The CD garnered great reviews , the band (now including a drummer and keyboard player) attracted a well known manager, showcased for major labels, sold a bunch of Cds, played some great shows. In 2001 they released a second CD “Choose Red for the Sky” to even better acclaim, sold even more CDs, played bigger, better shows. And nothing else happened. That, of course, is the best thing that could ever happen. Aidan and Christine returned to writing songs. With new found confidence in performing, they felt comfortable playing shows as a duo. And that's where the songs really began to shine. Audiences could understand the lyrics, Christine developed more character to her lead vocals. Aidan, always skilled at harmonies, could really be heard. The music grew more intricate showcasing Aidan's flat picking ability. Friction Farm enjoyed some really special performance oppportunites, opening for folks as disparate as rockers Bad Company and the uncategorizable Tori Amos; great Florida festivals like SunFest and the South Florida Folk Fest. Finally, in 2004 they released “Believe” an ecelectic mix of eleven songs ranging from the simple beauty of the title cut, to the twangy alt-country of “Down” to the stick-in-your-head pop melody of “Gravity”.
The Present If that first CD had an underlying theme, it was certainly hope. The opening cut “Believe” the most direct harbinger of hope and “Washing Machine” perhaps the least obvious. In between, “Louisianna” found hope in the amazing capacity of ordinary people, “Sit At My Table” delivers it in the form of friendship and “Whole Heart Broken” in the experience of life itself. And that's what Friction Farm was banking on: hope in the experience itself. The folk and acoustic community were welcoming and supportive. The pair opened for Rod MacDonald, The Kennedy's, Lucy Kaplansky. They won a songwriter competition, they played great shows, and finally released a second CD “34 degrees, 32 minutes” The Future There will be shows... lots shows... because that's the fun stuff! There will be side trips to unusual roadside shrines and oddities. And there is a new found excitement for writing in the Song of the Week Project and in Cooking on the Road with Friction Farm, a cookbook in progress. If the past is any prediction of the future, stay tuned, good things are bound to be around the next curve. Find out more about Aidan or Christine Photos were taken by Geoff Livingston

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Friction Farm is Aidan Quinn on guitar and vocals and Christine Stay on vocals and bass maybe a little harmonica.

The Past
The songwriting duo formed the band Friction Farm to record and perform their songs. They released their debut CD “Galileo's Horse” in 1999. And then the party started. The CD garnered great reviews , the band (now including a drummer and keyboard player) attracted a well known manager, showcased for major labels, sold a bunch of Cds, played some great shows. In 2001 they released a second CD “Choose Red for the Sky” to even better acclaim, sold even more CDs, played bigger, better shows.

And nothing else happened.

That, of course, is the best thing that could ever happen. Aidan and Christine returned to writing songs. With new found confidence in performing, they felt comfortable playing shows as a duo. And that's where the songs really began to shine. Audiences could understand the lyrics, Christine developed more character to her lead vocals. Aidan, always skilled at harmonies, could really be heard. The music grew more intricate showcasing Aidan's flat picking ability. Friction Farm enjoyed some really special performance oppportunites, opening for folks as disparate as rockers Bad Company and the uncategorizable Tori Amos; great Florida festivals like SunFest and the South Florida Folk Fest. Finally, in 2004 they released “Believe” an ecelectic mix of eleven songs ranging from the simple beauty of the title cut, to the twangy alt-country of “Down” to the stick-in-your-head pop melody of “Gravity”.

The Present
If that first CD had an underlying theme, it was certainly hope. The opening cut “Believe” the most direct harbinger of hope and “Washing Machine” perhaps the least obvious. In between, “Louisianna” found hope in the amazing capacity of ordinary people, “Sit At My Table” delivers it in the form of friendship and “Whole Heart Broken” in the experience of life itself. And that's what Friction Farm was banking on: hope in the experience itself. The folk and acoustic community were welcoming and supportive. The pair opened for Rod MacDonald, The Kennedy's, Lucy Kaplansky. They won a songwriter competition, they played great shows, and finally released a second CD “34 degrees, 32 minutes”

The Future
There will be shows... lots shows... because that's the fun stuff! There will be side trips to unusual roadside shrines and oddities. And there is a new found excitement for writing in the Song of the Week Project and in Cooking on the Road with Friction Farm, a cookbook in progress.

If the past is any prediction of the future, stay tuned, good things are bound to be around the next curve.

Find out more about Aidan or Christine

Photos were taken by Geoff Livingston