Willow Willow is: Miranda Zeiger, Jessica Vohs with Paul B on drums.
Influences
Silly Sisters (June Tabor and Maddy Prior), The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Shirley Collins, Love, Steeleye Span, Donovan, The Kinks, The Pentangle and more...
Sounds Like
click here to hear WW on KPFA 94.1 FM. Recorded live in studio with Derk Richardson on the Hear and Now Thursday, May 3rd 2007. To hear WW go to 17 minutes & 45 seconds.
Equally inspired by Antonio Carlos Jobim and the 1970s British folk revival, the delicate, glossy pop of local duo Willow Willow also includes something of a declaration that irony is dead. "It occurs to me as I wake up in your sun-filled room: We should go to the rose garden. It’ll be in bloom," Miranda Zeiger and Jessica Vohs sing on "Follow the Spring." No snark mars the joy of this sweetness, and the long training the two have had as classical singers (they’ve been singing together since childhood) plays out in harmonies with the kind of depth usually only found on Beach Boys records. Zeiger’s acoustic guitar forms the backbone of the band’s instrumentation, but it’s often joined by brushed drums, harps, or strings; Bart Davenport’s extraordinarily pretty guitar riffs add a different ripple on WW’s new eponymous album on Mod Lang Records.
(S.F. Weekly, by: Hiya Swanhuyser)
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Local folk duo Willow Willow — Miranda Zeiger and Jessica Vohs — have built a buzz over the last few years showing off their close harmony singing and strong songwriting.
Their eponymous debut, on the local Mod Lang label, is faintly British, gently moody and lushly romantic. The two have been harmonizing since they met in grammar school; their effortless harmonies have an aching, crystalline purity.
The tunes include the touching pop heartbreak of “Stuck in Time,” the breathless celebration of “I Feel Love” and “Lovely Hours,” a piece that brings to mind a British folk dance with its interplay of bright acoustic guitars and delirious harpsichord. ( SF Examiner, by J.Poet )
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It's so nice to hear from you guys! You look and sound beautiful as always. If ever you find yourselves down south, give me a ring -- I'd love to see you ladies!
it's so nice to hear your voice, sitting at my desk, all the way from the other side of the atlantic ocean, as if i was still over there just on the other side of the bay...
Dear Willow Willow, I can’t tell you how much I love your self-titled album. The songs are extremely catchy and the sound is both uplifting and inspirational. Wonderful music. I look forward to your next performance and I wish you all the best in 2008. Cheers, Chuck
Jess, I am in France right now until the end of the month,I actually saw Imelda and celebrated new years together with also Steph!It was so good that we danced until 7am! People who leave the East Bay always come back.It's like an addiction!
Happy new year Willow Willow may you have a wonderful 2008 and beyond full of all good things, luck and love, happiness and health, great songs and music, prosperity and maybe a little peace in this crazy world that we live in. Thank you very much for coming to play the show 13 Dec w/ Mushroom and Eddie Gale and Emily Jane White at Starry Plough! tom montgomery berkeley ca
Aloha Willow Willow, I enjoyed your beautiful songs on my ipod on a 10 and a half hour flight to Japan. Good job on the album. Did you know that you were my first myspace friends?
