StitchCraft
By JJ Schultz
Hotel Utah Open Mic
www.theutah.org

Stitchcraft. With the magical, fantastical (but never irascible) lyrics, with the bouncy fiddle playing by Anna, with Heather’s gypsyesc guitar picking, with Ezra (and perhaps Jamie?) wailing away with focused fury, the Stitchcraft, when they get it in gear, well it’s really something to behold. When they’re in gear and I close my eyes real tight, in the movie in my head I’m running through woods with the birds and the trees perhaps occasionally twirling about like Julie Andrews in Sound of Music, but I’ll only do that if nobody is looking. and I know I shouldn’t name favorites, but my favorite part of their music is their harmonies. Usually, to sing with that sort of intertwined artistry, one needs to be singing with a conjoined twin, each anticipating the others subtlies and nuance. and it is very impressive when non-conjoined twins are able to pull it off. and it is even more impressive when two non-twin siblings do it. But! Anna and Heather are not even related - no fooling. it’s bewitching indeed.. Hey, you should come out this monday and check out Stitchcraft. You will not be sorry. You will be so not sorry, you will forget what sorry ever meant. and you will also be bewitched.

StitchCraft + Record Release = Hotel Utah Tonight
By Michael Pistorio
www.thebaybridged.com

Can I call Stitchcraft harmonius?

Yes. I think I will.

Stitchcraft - “Dakota” (from Through The Hoolaboo)

Former Floridians, Heather Normandale (vocals and guitar/mandolin) and Anna Perlmutter (vocals and violin) make a fine duo of tone and texture. On their sophomore album, Through The Hoolaboo, the two have brought on Ezra Lipp (drums), adding another layer to fill out their “dense soundscape,” as Perlmutter describes the group.

Expect to dance and sway tonight as the group works through a 40 minute set to immediately follow Hotel Utah’s famous open mic. Tonight’s release show will be for the Hotel Utah community, a group of musicians that has been key over the years for the band, says Perlmutter. On June 7th, the official release party will be at Amnesia.