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CLICK HERE to see the FEATHERMERCHANTS Artist Page at RollingStone.com

CLICK HERE to watch the "Dan" video.

band
Pete Veru (guitar and vocals)
Shannon Kennedy (lead vocals)
Jim Chapdelaine (lead guitar)
Jon Peckman (drums)
Jay Wiggins (bass)

press release
FEATHERMERCHANTS MOUNT MAJOR SPRING TOUR WITH GREY EYE GLANCES  

Multimedia Remix EP released in conjunction with SXSW Showcase

NEW YORK CITY � FEATHERMERCHANTS , the elegent NYC band that puts both the dreaminess and the rock into richly imagistic songwriting, is proud to announce a major spring tour as opening act for Grey Eye Glances.

FEATHERMERCHANTS shares not only a richly textured approach to songwriting and arranging with Grey Eye Glances, but a fiercely independent and innovative business sense as well. Both acts run their own Ryko-distributed record labels.

The tour will hit  major acoustic clubs, small theaters and non-traditional venues throughout the Northeast, including outdoor venues in late spring and summer. It kicks off April 3 at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia and will continue through the end of the summer.  read more...

press clippings
 

PUBLICATION	DATE
Chicago Star	June 10, 2004
Collected Sounds	May 2004
Hartford Courant	April 22, 2004
Hartford Advocate	April 22, 2004
Worcester Telegram	April 8, 2004
CMT.com	March 19, 2004
Cafe Music News Cover and Spread (PDF Files)	February 2004
Best Female Musicians Artist of the Month	January 2004
Best Female Musicians	November 15, 2003
Glide	November 5, 2003
FM- KYW - Listen Up (mp3)	October 29, 2003
Best Female Musicians	October 29, 2003
Delaware County Daily Times	October 24, 2003
Chicago Star	October 23, 2003
Music Connection	October 13, 2003
Rambles	October 4, 2003
FM Sound	September 2003
All Music Guide	September 2003
Pasadena Weekly	July 3, 2003
The Inside Connection	August 2003
Cosmik Debris	July 2003
South Florida's News and Views	June 27, 2003
Staten Island Advance/Greenwich Village Gazette	June 2003
CMJ Music Journal	June 23, 2003
Indy-Music.com	June 4, 2003
MuziCafe	June 2003
Friday Morning Quarterback	May 16, 2003
New Britain Herald	May 16, 2003

�A soothing exercise in simple, laid-back pop, Unarmed Against the Dark is certain to impress Triple A fans.� - CMJ New Music Report

�Intricate arrangements and expert musicianship ... permeate the entire album. ...The guitar playing is subtle yet entrancing, the vocals compelling and the song (�Dan�) provocative -- a perfect recipe for Triple A.� - Friday Morning Quarterback

"The intelligent lyrics and intricate deliveries make this one of the better unheralded AAA albums of 2003. 4 STARS" - All Music Guide

�Feathermerchants dust the ears with a light, adult alternative approach on Unarmed Against the Dark.  Fans of Cowboy Junkies and Beth Orton will feel kinship, especially in Shannon Kennedy's vocals. Rating: B� - Knight-Ridder News Service
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bio
FEATHERMERCHANTS create richly-crafted songs that paint American soundscapes journeying deep into a common human psyche�. Founded in 1998 by former Wall Street junkbondsman Pete Veru, FEATHERMERCHANTS feature the ethereal, taut vocals of Philadelphia-native Shannon Kennedy, who can phrase lines with an uncanny sense of  imagination and strike a mood with the resolve of Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies).

After 17 successful years in the world of commerce, Veru chucked it all to pursue his lifelong dream of songwriting and guitar playing. Fortunately for us, Pete�s aspiration was not one of escapist folly, but instead reveals a deep level of artistic skill that makes one wonder how he managed to keep his musical vision bottled-up for so many years.

Adding greatly to Veru�s vision is guitarist and producer Jim Chapdelaine, whose own musical skills won him an Emmy for writing and producing the music for the PBS documentary Making of �Amistad.� Although known in Hartford, Conn., as a guitar legend who sits in with Les Paul, Chapdelaine�s national reputation comes as a highly-prized producer featured in both EQ and Mix magazines. As one might suspect, Jim�s expertise adds not only a level of guitar virtuosity to Feathermerchants, but also an unbeatable sonic production quality to their recordings.
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