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CAVE WOMEN, an all girl band based out of Sacramento CA, are stepping out of the cave this fall to bring you their debut album. The band’s sound features lush four part harmonies and rich textures that include a combination of accordion, mbira, bass, flute, drums, and guitar. Drawing from diverse backgrounds, their music combines jazz, classical, folk, a cappella, gypsy, Brazilian, and African music. Their debut album was recorded, mixed and mastered with Pat Olguin, “a sound engineer who has received multi-platinum engineering credits and has a recent #1 Billboard credit for mixing and mastering CAKE’s hugely successful record “Showroom of Compassion”. Their upcoming album includes 9 tracks, all of which are written and performed by Cave Women.

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Cave Women: Cave Women

Read "Cave Women" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The nexus between this all-female quintet and Neanderthal expressionism is nonexistent, so what exactly does the Cave Women name stand for? This is a question that bears asking, but the answer isn't so simple. These five women paint sunny scenes and blend folk strains, world music, jazz and pop, but they never fully commit to a single one of these musical suitors; they prefer, instead, to play the aural field and keep their options open. The Cave ...

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Cave Women: Cave Women

Read "Cave Women" reviewed by Chris Mosey


Scarcely the most appropriate name. There's nothing primitive or brutal about this five-woman outfit from Sacramento, California. Cave Women's debut is a gentle, dreamy mix of original compositions influenced primarily by bossa nova and Celtic folk. Antonio Carlos Jobim meets Loreena McKennit? There are even--thanks to Emily Messick's accordion--occasional echoes of French chanson. It's sunny and optimistic. Well, they are from California. Perhaps not jazz but certainly jazzy and easy on the ear, with some nice four-part ...

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Credentials/Background

There are five members in Cave Women, Kim Davis, Casey Lipka, Emily Messick, Alicyn Yaffe, Vanessa Cruz. We are all teachers on our instruments that we play. Kim Davis: Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano Casey Lipka: Piano, Voice, Acoustic/Electric Bass Emily Messick: Voice, piano Alicyn Yaffee: Guitar, voice Vanessa Cruz: Drums, percussion

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Cave Women

Cave Women Music
2013

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