#sami stevens

It looks to me like this is being self-released.

The incredible Sami Stevens came by Self Immolation Studios to put vocals on two songs on the forthcoming project by JG Thirlwell and Simon Hanes. She has a new solo album coming out on July 28, check it out!

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11.10.22 Tredici Bacci played a phenomenal show at Barbes, with occasional vocal help from JG Thirlwell in the absence of vocal goddess Sami Stevens.

05.29.19 At the new Nitehawk cinema in Prospect Park, Morricone Youth did a great job supplying an alternate soundtrack to the original Mad Max film, which was shown with subtitles. The great Sami Stevens guested on vocals.

I’m delighted to post the new video from Tredici Bacci, “Felicity Grows”. This song was written by myself and Tredici Bacci leader Simon Hanes. Simon is a dear friend and frequent collaborator of mine, and we have written many songs together for the female voice - this is the first one to see the light of day. It’s featured on the excellent new Tredici Bacci album, La Fine Del Futuro, on NNA Tapes. The album also features a version of the ancient hymn ‘O Come O Come Emmanuel’ reinterpreted in the style of a Morricone-ish gunfighter ballad and sung by myself. You can stream the album and order it on CD or colored vinyl at the Bandcamp page here.

A year ago, on Xmas eve 2016, I went to the midnight mass at Park Church Co-op in Greenpoint on Christmas eve, where a string quartet including Jessica Pavone were performing seasonal music. One of the tunes they performed beautifully was "O Come O Come Emmanuel". The performance somehow invoked in my imagination Morricone's gunfighter ballads, despite the fact that the tune is over 1000 years old. I talked with Simon Hanes of Tredici Bacci about reimagining it in the style of Morricone, given his love for the maestro, and he said let's do it, which resulted in his incredible arrangement of the song with me and Sami Stevens singing it. So it seems appropriate to post it here during this holiday season.

02.01.17  Day two of Simon Hanes’ residency at Zorn’s club The Stone heralded the debut of the sultry sounds of Anonym, featuring Hanes on acoustic guitar, Sami Stevens on vocals, Joanna Mattrey on viola and Evan Allen on pump organ. The set comprised of five or six great new cinematic chamber / prog originals by Hanes, along with one by Stevens and delicate, intricate arrangements of pieces by Ennio Morricone and Charles Ives. This band already sounds fully formed and I look forward hearing this material recorded.