TONIC reunites! MONDAY MAY 9TH at POISSON ROUGE

URSA MINOR @ 7PM

Great music all night: Ursa Minor, Sex Mob, Elysian Fields, Heather Greene, Yuka Honda, Jamie Saft, White Out, Billy Martin, Ben Perowsky, Vernon Reid, Dougie Bowne, Mike Wolf

Don't miss it!  More info / Advance tickets HERE 

158 Bleecker Street, NYC  www.lepoissonrouge.com

SUNDAY April 29TH, show starts @ 7

URSA MINOR SOLO @ 8:30pm, & joining JESSE MALIN @ 9pm

THE BOWERY ELECTRIC  327 Bowery @ 2nd Street, NYC

Great cause, Great music.

More info / Ticket purchases HERE

     Photo by Dina Regine  

Hosted by Adrian Grenier, Music by Ursa Minor.  Proceeds from the auction benefit SHFT Initiatives, to promote sustainability issues through the intersection of commerce, art & design, and communication.  The gala will be held at Liberty Island on Thursday, March 15, 2012, and will kick off Glenfiddich's year-long celebration of its 125th anniversary. Bidding is open to the public.  Interested bidders should contact info@glenfiddich.com    Further info HERE

This staunchly eclectic indie-rock band released its first album, “Silent Moving Picture” (Smells Like), back in 2003. Its second album, “Showface” (Anthemusa), has finally been released, and whatever mystery lies behind the long wait, the new music feels tough and loose, totally incubated. As ever, Ursa Minor lives and dies by the effort of Michelle Casillas, an assertive lead singer and a broodingly earnest songwriter. She used to play keyboards in the band and now focuses on electric guitar, which may account for the punchier underground-rock tone. There are guest turns by the guitarists Teddy Kumpel and Jim Campilongo, the violist Caleb Burhans and a handful of jazz-trained horn players. And the band still has one of the most flexibly rugged rock rhythm sections in New York, with Tony Scherr on guitars, Rob Jost on bass and Robert DiPietro on drums. (Mr. Scherr and Mr. Kumpel produced and mixed the album.) The songs run the gamut — power pop (“She Wants You”), ragalike rock (“No Other”) and retro-grunge (“Guerilla”) — and they’re often infused with surprising details. They make you want to see Ursa Minor in action at a place like the Living Room, where the band will play next Saturday. Details on that show are at ursaminor.info. -Nate Chinen

Ursa Minor, Bruce Cockburn, Melissa Ferrick, Ellis Marsalis, Larry Carlton, And JD McPherson Are Among Nominees Of The 11th Independent Music Awards

March 7, 2012 – “Staunchly eclectic indie rock band” (-NY Times) URSA MINOR of NYC join more than 300 exceptional self-released and independent label artists, as well as former major label acts named today by Music Resource Group (MRG) as Nominees in The 11th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent bands and fans.

Winners will be determined by a panel of 77 influential artist and industry judges including Keith Richards, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Suzanne Vega, Joshua Redman, Tori Amos, Michael Franti, Bettye LaVette, Del McCoury, Ozzy Osbourne, Shelby Lynne, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), Bill Bragin (Lincoln Center), Sara Beesley (Joe’s Pub), Chris Diaz (Knitting Factory Entertainment), and Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter). The results will be announced in April 2012.

In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 20, 2012 to cast their votes at The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox to determine the fan-selected program winners.

URSA MINOR is honored to have "All Of The Time" (written by Robert DiPietro) nominated in the Love Song category!  We need your fan support!  VOTE FOR US at the IMA's POP VOX VOTE HERE   THANK YOU!

Steve Lewis + Kelli Scarr + Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor @ 8pm,  Kelli Scarr @ 9pm,  Steve Lewis @ 10pm

8PM URSA MINOR,  9PM KELLI SCARR,  10PM STEVE LEWIS  WWW.UNION-POOL.COM   484 Union Avenue, Williamsburg Bklyn

URSA MINOR @ 10PM, HARPER BLYNN @ 9PM  www.livingroomny.com

MONDAY DECEMBER 19TH @ THE BELL HOUSE / PUSS N BOOTS is:      Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones, and Catherine Popper. With special guests Teddy Thompson & Jeff Hill, Michelle Casillas, Kaki King, So Brown, Harper Blynn and more!  Featuring burlesque by Nasty Canaste, and Minnie Tonka. Tickets, directions, and more info click HERE. We came!  We Xmassed!  We conquered!  Here are the few self-incriminating snapshots that are legal to post from a rather indescribable night...

Michelle Casillas and Norah Jones.  Photo by Dina Regine

            L to R: Teddy Thompson, Norah Jones, Michelle Casillas, Sasha Dobson, Catherine Popper                 Photo by Dina Regine

            L to R: So Brown, Teddy Thompson, Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones, Michelle Casillas                               Photo by Arthi Krishnaswami

SHOWFACE was produced by Tony Scherr, with Ursa Minor & Teddy Kumpel.  Featuring Michelle Casillas (vocals, guitar), Robert DiPietro (drums, vocals, percussion, wurlitzer, gtr), Rob Jost (bass, vocals, french horns) & Tony Scherr (guitars).  With special guests, Teddy Kumpel, Jason Crigler, Jonathan Goldberger, Jim Campilongo, Caleb Burhans, Ethan White, Chris Brown, Tony Barba, Jesse Neuman, & Ryan Keberle.  Photo by Brianna Hughes, layout by Dina Regine, Steven Dempsey, Edwina Stevenson.

itunes  bandcamp 

URSA MINOR Feature on WRTC FM

Weds. Aug 17th 10:15am

Stream it at www.wrtcfm.com

URSA MINOR @ CMJ 

Weds Oct 19th @ Midnight

@ The Living Room

154 Ludlow Street, NYC

www.livingroomny.com

SHOWFACE just made it's debut onto CMJ's Top 200 and is the #1 record at KSLU in Hammond, LA... GO URSA!

"Tough and loose, totally incubated... one of the most flexibly rugged rock rhythm sections in New York" -New York Times

“One we keep coming back to, finding something new each time” -Time Out New York

“Bold and Original" 
-All Music Guide

“Ethereal yet concise... strong melodies... storm cloud through a picture window”

- Village Voice

Showface, the much anticipated second album from NYC indie rock scene favorite Ursa Minor has arrived, and certainly has delivered.  Singer and Songwriter Michelle Casillas teams up with Tony Scherr, Rob Jost and Robert DiPietro to release a powerful collection of indie rock, combining multiple styles and tastes into one well-seasoned masterpiece.  For Full Review click HERE

Click HERE for SHOWFACE Record Release photos

Sometimes a song is so subtly crafted, so rooted in an understanding of what makes great music tick, that it feels like you’ve known it all your life. Ursa Minor nail this elusive feat with uncanny consistency, creating a sound that’s part Heart, part Pretenders, part Patti Smith, with a singer — the magnetic Michelle Casillas — whose voice somehow fits all these roles seamlessly. Rooted in a sense for harmony and dissonance that recalls Seattle in its heyday, the band were recently named the Living Room’s Artist of the Week — but they'll be celebrating the release of their new album, Showface, from the smoky elegance of Joe's.  

— Isabella Yeager for Unveiled Arts