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Lady Lamb + Sima Cunningham
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Lady Lamb
From her early days, staying late after-hours at her video rental store job in Maine to record songs, to co-producing and arranging her four studio records, Aly Spaltro has remained focused on music that connects, empowers and builds community. She built her fanship the old-fashioned way, getting in front of audiences and projecting her poetic confessionals, silencing rowdy crowds with a cappella opening song in the center of a dark stage. Spaltro quickly developed a reputation as a breakout star in New England and then expanded slowly outwards, moving to New York at twenty to continue work on the songs that would become Ripely Pine. Her voice has never wavered and has grown more honest and open with time, and anyone witnessing the long lines of fans seeking signatures after her performances can see how her work has impacted fans. Her live shows are revelations, a further deep dive into what makes Ripely Pine a mainstay.
Sima Cunningham
Sima is a soothsayer, a friend-soother, a bearer of memories, and the hub of a bicycle wheel with spokes that span the whole City of Chicago. In High Roller, her first full-length out on Ruination Records since 2014, Sima brings all these roles to bear. She floats into the minds of friends who have survived violence, a family member who was never able to speak, a classmate who was lost to bigotry, and builds a floor underneath them, a platform as comforting as a traditional Armenian quilt, as thrilling and delightful as a Tin Pan Alley tune. As she offers support to these loved ones through songs, you feel her prescience and empathy. You feel her clear, fair eyes are gazing not just at an unknown other but at you, too.