April 7, 2007
Grass Roots Record Co calls a Family Meeting!

Kings & Queens, Ra Ra Rabbit, Lee Bob Watson, Them Hills, Golden Shoulders, Mariee Sioux, The Moore Brothers, El Capitan, Agent Ribbons, Furniture on Fire, Benjamin Oak Goodman, Alina Estelle Hardin and Snegg Band will all join together for what promises to be an epic night to celebrate music, community and family at the beautifully historic Miners Foundry.

March 27, 2007
Amoeba Music SF
Grass Roots hearts Sarah Rogers and the rest of the staff at Amoeba SF
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March 25, 2007
Grass Roots Record Co Kicks off first California Songwriters Revue with Alela Diane, Lee Bob Watson, Mariee Sioux, Casual Fog, Alina Estelle Hardin and Benjamin Oak Goodman.  From Los Angeles back to the Bay this unique revue format will the highlight the fine talents of these very fine folks. 

	February 28, 2007 Aaron Ross Is Totally Boss Everyone's favorite blogger Alison Schmidt reminisces about the first time she ever saw Ross. >> Click Here!
Photos by Alison Schmidt

February 22, 2007
Sacramento News and Review asks if Grass Roots Record Co will become the Sub Pop of the foothills?

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February 12, 2007
Mariee Sioux Upcoming Tour Dates
Don't miss Mariee opening up for Brightblack Morning Light on the West Coast dates of the Crystal Totem Turr

3/1/07 - The Delta of Venus Davis, California
3/2/07 - The Attic Santa Cruz, California
3/3/07 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
3/4/07 - McCabes Guitar Shop Santa Monica, California

Mariee Sioux YouTube Video

January 24, 2007
Grass Roots on the radio!
This last Monday we made our NPR debut on KXJZ’s Insight program where we talked about the many great artists on the Family Album and listened to tracks from Neal Morgan, RF, Alela Diane, the Moore Brothers, Lee Bob Watson, and Made In.  Our bit is between the segment on West Sacramento gangs and a gentleman that was retiring after 35 years of employment at the same place of business.  We had so much fun hanging out with everyone, including Insight host Jeffrey Callison and hope they will invite us back very soon.  

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January 5, 2007 -
Farewell 2006! Hello 2007!
Grass Roots Record Co is extremely thrilled to kick off the new year with the signing of Aaron Ross, Lee Bob Watson and Mariee Sioux. All three are exceptional artists and we look forward to sharing their new individual full-length releases with you this summer. More info coming soon.

Photos by Alison Schmidt		Photo by Simon Weller

December 15, 2006
This Weekend!
We received some great press on the Family Album and upcoming Release Shows this week in the SF Weekly and the East Bay Express:

EAST BAY EXPRESS: December 11, 2006
MP3 of the Day: Hella’s “Friday the 13th”

Behold Hella: Masters of noise, flying hair, chaos, sweat, noise, and more noise!; destoyers of drums and guitars and ears…and posers! This is not your older brother’s indie rock group. It is not for the faint of heart nor the weak of will. It does not bow to trends or ride waves. Avast! Hella’s surprisingly palatable new track, “Friday the 13th,” finds the Sacramento duo of Spencer Seim and Zach Hill coming dangerously close to true song territory, instead of avant-garde noise-rock that starts and ends on different continents and features little to no repeated phrases or themes. Over the past year, the group added a few new members and deliberately retooled its sound. Does this mean Hella has sold out? Hell no! It means the band has got better. Much better. This bodes hella well for its new record, due Jan. 30 on Orinda’s Ipecac Recordings.

We can thank Nevada City, CA, label Grass Roots Records for this early taste of Hella’s new material. It recently released the Family Album compilation, a sampling of tracks by 18 of its artists, who range in style from indie pop (Golden Shoulders) to acoustic folk/rock (Alela Diane) to moody post-rock (Kings & Queens)…to Hella’s riff-heavy madness. Each song was recorded live in-studio and committed directly to tape. Grass Roots Records celebrates the release next Sunday the 17th at Bottom of the Hill. The show starts at 4 p.m., costs a measly $7, and features ten artists. — Nate Seltenrich

December 9, 2006
We're back from Los Angeles where we had our first album release party at Spaceland in Silverlake on Dec 3. To read about all the good times we had and see pictures from the show click here. Don't forget there are two more chances for you to come out and see everyone on stage. We'll be at Bottom of the Hill on Dec 17th at 4pm and at the Center for the Arts on Dec 22nd at 7pm. Click here for more info.

We received some very kind press this week from our local paper the Union on the launch of the record company. Click here to read the entire article by Publisher Jeff Ackerman

In other news, Pitchfork posted a great article about Hella and the group's new line up including singer/butcher Aaron Ross. Ross was unable to make it the Family Album recordings this September due to a cutting accident while at work that left a few guitar plucking fingers bloody, but he's alright now and you can catch him live at one of the upcoming Family Album release parties. To read more about Aaron and Hella click here.

November 27, 2006
Good friend and extremely talented musician and producer Josh Klinghoffer who has played with The Bicycle Thief, PJ Harvey, John Frusciante, Gnarls Barkley, Beck, Sparks, and many others, will join the Snegg Band on stage Dec 3rd at Spaceland in LA and Dec 17 at Bottom of the Hill in SF. Don't miss out on these rare performances. Click here for show info.

Check us out in the new issues of Venus, Arthur and Harp Magazines and online at Pitchfork. One of the Family Album's lovely songstresses Alela Diane is reviewed in this issue of Venus.

November 14, 2006
Five artists from the Family Album are featured in a sweet little story, on Gorilla vs. Bear, about Nevada City, California. Click here to read more.

The Perm & The Skullet – “Some people create a sound, that music, that once you hear it you know they were made to sing, made to be a free spirit to capture the fancy of everyone their voice falls upon.  Mariee Sioux falls into this category. click here to read more

Nov. 10, 2006
Songs: Illinois Blog – Impress your music snob friends
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November 1, 2006
Copies of the Family Album should be here any day now. Our good friend, the insanely talented Tahiti Pehrson, designed the album cover along with GRRco’s Creative Dude Rich Good. The 18-Song CD also features a color booklet with intimate photos of everyone from the recording session at Brighton Sound Studio. Listening to the record and flipping through the liner notes, you’ll feel like you too were there for all the fun those two weekends – killing time between takes by looking at Tape Op magazines from years past, snacking on persimmons from the persimmon tree in back, exploring the lost souls junk yard, and experiencing first hand the sonic wizardry of sound engineer and producer Dana Gumbiner. To read more about or hear songs from the Family Album click here.

We also recently added three Family Album CD Release Shows for December: at Spaceland in Los Angeles on December 3rd, Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on December 17th, and Nevada County Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, CA on December 22nd. With close to a dozen of the musicians from the Family Album playing each night in a revue style format, you haven’t seen anything like this before or at least not in a very long time. These shows are not to be missed. For more tour dates click here.