If you’d like to watch from a front-row seat as roots music reinvents itsel… Read Full Bio ↴If you’d like to watch from a front-row seat as roots music reinvents itself, look no further than Coyote Grace. At once both radically progressive and unashamedly nostalgic, the trio is at the forefront of a growing movement to redefine the meanings of “roots” and “tradition.”
“Coyote Grace plays with the heart of traditional country and Americana music, but tells their stories with a bold twist,” says the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray. “They write heartwrenching melodies and make such textured harmonies that I find myself enraptured and taken by their timelessness of song.”Coyote Grace
Armed with a bevy of acoustic instruments from guitar and upright bass to banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and accordion, Coyote Grace’s Joe Stevens, Ingrid Elizabeth and Michael Connolly fill theater, club, and festival stages with a wash of sound seemingly far too expansive for three musicians, mixing bluegrass and blues, soul and Southern twang into a unique sound that hovers just beyond the edge of ‘familiar.’ The sultry trio combines virtuosic musicianship combined with a humble, warm stage presence, all stemming from a history of self-invention – and re-invention.
“Playing roots music doesn’t simply mean imitating old traditions,” says multi-instrumentalist Michael Connolly. “All of us have a strong sense of wanting to hold onto the past, to tradition – while still being unburdened enough to move forward.”
This is perhaps no more evident than in the case of guitarist and transman Joe Stevens, whose gender transition resolved a lifetime of dissonance between being raised as female while identifying as male. Not without cost, Joe’s transition closed some doors while opening many others, and significantly informs his songwriting and performance.
Meanwhile, Ingrid Elizabeth, the self-proclaimed “pink sheep” of her small Ohio hometown, and Memphis-born Michael Connolly both carry the twang and soul of their Middle America roots while maintaining decidedly Left Coast values.
Coyote Grace’s rise to national prominence comes from a decidedly humble origin – beginning as a Seattle-based duo in 2004, Ingrid Elizabeth and Joe Stevens founded the band as street performers outside of Seattle’s Pike Place Market, using their busking proceeds to fund their first studio album, Boxes and Bags, which is now in its sixth pressing, and accompanied at the merch table by three other albums: The Harvey Tour, Buck Naked, and Ear To the Ground, which in February of 2011 reached #6 on the Roots Music Report’s Folk charts -- the highest charting independent album at the time.
The radio airplay itself comes on the heels of a highly successful touring season in 2010, during which Coyote Grace performed three separate tours opening for and playing alongside the Indigo Girls. Audience response was immediate and enthusiastic, with the group breaking the Indigo Girls’ tour records for album sales by an opening band. Coyote Grace has also performed with Girlyman, Melissa Ferrick, Chris Pureka, and Lowen & Navarro.
“There's a yearning, freight-train-hopping, propulsive energy to many of [Coyote Grace]’s songs that suggests not only an indie-band road tour, but the road to one's true identity, a destination on a map still being written. These youthful travelers depend on the kindness of strangers and of lovers, and on their journey they've experienced enough joy and heartbreak to last a lifetime.”
Sylvia Sukop – Huffington Post
“Coyote Grace plays with the heart of traditional country and Americana music, but tells their stories with a bold twist,” says the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray. “They write heartwrenching melodies and make such textured harmonies that I find myself enraptured and taken by their timelessness of song.”Coyote Grace
Armed with a bevy of acoustic instruments from guitar and upright bass to banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and accordion, Coyote Grace’s Joe Stevens, Ingrid Elizabeth and Michael Connolly fill theater, club, and festival stages with a wash of sound seemingly far too expansive for three musicians, mixing bluegrass and blues, soul and Southern twang into a unique sound that hovers just beyond the edge of ‘familiar.’ The sultry trio combines virtuosic musicianship combined with a humble, warm stage presence, all stemming from a history of self-invention – and re-invention.
“Playing roots music doesn’t simply mean imitating old traditions,” says multi-instrumentalist Michael Connolly. “All of us have a strong sense of wanting to hold onto the past, to tradition – while still being unburdened enough to move forward.”
This is perhaps no more evident than in the case of guitarist and transman Joe Stevens, whose gender transition resolved a lifetime of dissonance between being raised as female while identifying as male. Not without cost, Joe’s transition closed some doors while opening many others, and significantly informs his songwriting and performance.
Meanwhile, Ingrid Elizabeth, the self-proclaimed “pink sheep” of her small Ohio hometown, and Memphis-born Michael Connolly both carry the twang and soul of their Middle America roots while maintaining decidedly Left Coast values.
Coyote Grace’s rise to national prominence comes from a decidedly humble origin – beginning as a Seattle-based duo in 2004, Ingrid Elizabeth and Joe Stevens founded the band as street performers outside of Seattle’s Pike Place Market, using their busking proceeds to fund their first studio album, Boxes and Bags, which is now in its sixth pressing, and accompanied at the merch table by three other albums: The Harvey Tour, Buck Naked, and Ear To the Ground, which in February of 2011 reached #6 on the Roots Music Report’s Folk charts -- the highest charting independent album at the time.
The radio airplay itself comes on the heels of a highly successful touring season in 2010, during which Coyote Grace performed three separate tours opening for and playing alongside the Indigo Girls. Audience response was immediate and enthusiastic, with the group breaking the Indigo Girls’ tour records for album sales by an opening band. Coyote Grace has also performed with Girlyman, Melissa Ferrick, Chris Pureka, and Lowen & Navarro.
“There's a yearning, freight-train-hopping, propulsive energy to many of [Coyote Grace]’s songs that suggests not only an indie-band road tour, but the road to one's true identity, a destination on a map still being written. These youthful travelers depend on the kindness of strangers and of lovers, and on their journey they've experienced enough joy and heartbreak to last a lifetime.”
Sylvia Sukop – Huffington Post
Man in the Moon
Coyote Grace Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Man in the Moon' by these artists:
Adrian Belew There I stood in the night, out on the broken…
Arran George Watch you board a train in the station Feet are falling…
Atlantic Popes Leaving his castle over the dune Showing up soon, the man…
Children of the Sün He is poison, burning red, Play with your mind always…
Daniel Amos I saw Mr. Moon last night You know he's on the…
Dom Peluso the R.A.M follow me follow me HUH everybody here we go come! 恋爱能量瞬间释放 …
Dominic H. Francisco Eat the sausage juice box, climb out of your shell Feels…
Erasure Stories from the deepest part of my heart Delving under, cau…
Fragma Like the man in the moon, is chasing the stars, We…
GB Leighton Been thinking lately about you, baby It seems my memory won'…
Grinderman My daddy was an astronaut That's what I was often taught My…
Grinderman (featuring Nick Cave) Well, she sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they…
Haruko Where is your smile? And where are your shining eyes? You us…
Ilse DeLange As I sit here below the light And write these words…
John Corabi Waved goodbye to a friend of mine I guess it's time…
Jukebox the Ghost The face in the moon I can see it in the…
Kathy Kallick Someone was sayin' that they saw you smile It lit up…
Kim Sozzi Only you can understand The way I love my man…
L.A. Guns I said I didn't want to cause you any misery It's…
Laura Nyro Man in the moon I ran past my home To your shore To…
LCAW Far away, far away But you're still feeling close A million …
Little Anthony & the Loco-Motives I understand now I gotta plan now Imma shoot to…
Maps and Diagrams I got a full moon I got a full moon I got…
Martin Page And I was just talking to The man in the moon You…
Mrs. Kasha Davis Is he the only man in the world That you will…
Nektar Earth: Hey Mister I can see you up there Your emot…
Nick Cave Well, she sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they…
Nils Lofgren just two lonley kids in school right before geometry my fr…
Prairie Oyster If I was the man in the moon I'd shine down…
Shake Morning has arrived, open my eyes Watching the sun, painting…
Smith And Hayes The man in me will do nearly any task And as…
Songs & Stories For Kids Hey, the old man's back in town He's spreadin' cheer around…
STUE - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Well, she sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they…
The Bats He's the man in black The man that Isn't crystal clear Try t…
The Du-Tels 言葉上手に手足をもがれるたびに 見なよ、地球がちぢんで 息が詰まるぜ シート・ベルトに命を あずけてファーラウェイ バカ…
The Full English When a bumper is filled, it is vexing, no doubt, To…
The Law Take me back to the waters edge, The shores of a…
The Scream Waved goodbye to a friend of mine I guess its…
Tuesday Faust When I see your face I want to run away…
Union Waved goodbye to a friend of mine I guess its…
Uwaukh When the sun goes down And the lights turn low I come…
Voice Of The Beehive (words t.bryn, m brooke/music t.bryn) the man in the moon i…
Yes I am the man in the moon And I hope to…
劉美君 Man in the Moon 像清风那般 Man in the Moon 只可远观 他忧郁不欢眼内 藏着了是诱惑神采 …
松任谷由実 まわりまわるステップで ふわりふわり無重力さ 昇り昇る昇れれば 世界中が脈打ってる 明日からもハイなまま 明日からも波に…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Coyote Grace:
A Guy Named Joe The wind has come to take me down a notch, A…
Five The heart ain’t just something you know It speaks like drea…
Forever's Song Come with me where the river flows high I got a…
Girls Like Me I was a watercolor girl in a tintype town The locals…
Heaven Dog Heaven dog’s got the old show blues Hanging on by the…
It's So Bright I took to the road the other day My city walls…
July Coyote Man done lost his way Can’t bring himself to go…
Little Tree Little tree, the moon is high Darkness covers the world ton…
Seasons Summer grass is blowing in the calling hills Will this hear…
Songs Cali mountain road Borderline overload You are here and I…
Sunrise Sunrise, call on me Pour on through my windshield Sunrise, s…
Trainman The sun on my back, the dust on my shoes This…
Zuma I have seen the smiling sea It crash upon the shore This…
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