F&M
F&M is a gently sardonic, dark and hopelessly clever art-folk band that beg… Read Full Bio ↴F&M is a gently sardonic, dark and hopelessly clever art-folk band that began as a 48 hour experiment in recording during a fireworks festival. Delicate, glacial, heady, F&M approaches folk music with refreshing maturity and restraint. Music that breathes.
F&M began in 2002 as Ryan Anderson's 48 hour experiment in self-recording. Ryan prefers to think of himself as experience-trained. He believes in the cocktail-napkin method of song-writing: a brilliant idea could hit at any moment and he has never written two songs the same way. He draws his musical inspiration from some of his favourite artists Leonard Cohen, Smog, Will Oldham, and The National, to name a few ‹ from famous playwrights like Bernard Shaw and from human experience. He was once approached after a gig and told you sing the saddest songs, but with the biggest smile! After a hiatus to travel and study, F&M grew into a collaboration between Ryan and
Becky Anderson, with new music, an updated image, two additional musicians stolen from a defunct electronic-pop band, and a long lost brother to play the bass.
Becky acquired formal music training on the pipe organ, but is mainly self-taught in piano, accordion, guitar and cymbeline. She is rooted in deep academic longings and completed a Masters in Soviet Russian Rock Music Culture. When performing, She has a dramatic playing style and will often leave her microphone to just walk out into the audience to sing and play the accordion acoustically. Becky draws her inspiration for her music not only from her background in literature and music, or some of her favourite artists like Dean and Britta, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, and PJ Harvey but also from the imagery of the circus and even the violence of birds.
Currently F&M is recording thanks to a grant from RAWLCO Radio! In 2008, F&M partnered with Deadwear entrepreneur and artist Glen Ronald for a thematic album on loss entitled ³Every Light Must Fade.
F&M have shared the stage with the likes of Painting Daisies, Stabilo, Emm Gryner, and other great acts. Some accomplishments for F&M are: Rawlco Radio 10K20 Recording Grant for 2009, showcasing at the 2008 Western Canada Music Awards, participating on CBC National Radio program GO!, charting nationally on the college charts, regional media reviews, supporting environmental awareness with ACTV, and live radio opportunities. F&M is versatile. F&M is never afraid to go quiet.
"Charm, grace, humour, brains, looks, and craft. F&M have it all. Except mullets. They don't have mullets." Babe Lloyd, CJSR Radio
F&M began in 2002 as Ryan Anderson's 48 hour experiment in self-recording. Ryan prefers to think of himself as experience-trained. He believes in the cocktail-napkin method of song-writing: a brilliant idea could hit at any moment and he has never written two songs the same way. He draws his musical inspiration from some of his favourite artists Leonard Cohen, Smog, Will Oldham, and The National, to name a few ‹ from famous playwrights like Bernard Shaw and from human experience. He was once approached after a gig and told you sing the saddest songs, but with the biggest smile! After a hiatus to travel and study, F&M grew into a collaboration between Ryan and
Becky Anderson, with new music, an updated image, two additional musicians stolen from a defunct electronic-pop band, and a long lost brother to play the bass.
Becky acquired formal music training on the pipe organ, but is mainly self-taught in piano, accordion, guitar and cymbeline. She is rooted in deep academic longings and completed a Masters in Soviet Russian Rock Music Culture. When performing, She has a dramatic playing style and will often leave her microphone to just walk out into the audience to sing and play the accordion acoustically. Becky draws her inspiration for her music not only from her background in literature and music, or some of her favourite artists like Dean and Britta, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, and PJ Harvey but also from the imagery of the circus and even the violence of birds.
Currently F&M is recording thanks to a grant from RAWLCO Radio! In 2008, F&M partnered with Deadwear entrepreneur and artist Glen Ronald for a thematic album on loss entitled ³Every Light Must Fade.
F&M have shared the stage with the likes of Painting Daisies, Stabilo, Emm Gryner, and other great acts. Some accomplishments for F&M are: Rawlco Radio 10K20 Recording Grant for 2009, showcasing at the 2008 Western Canada Music Awards, participating on CBC National Radio program GO!, charting nationally on the college charts, regional media reviews, supporting environmental awareness with ACTV, and live radio opportunities. F&M is versatile. F&M is never afraid to go quiet.
"Charm, grace, humour, brains, looks, and craft. F&M have it all. Except mullets. They don't have mullets." Babe Lloyd, CJSR Radio
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