Demolition String Band sit down for a One On One Session at City Winery New York on June 18th, 2018. Watch the full session here: https://youtu.be/hF9m6GLevr0 For more info visit: http://www.elenaandboo.com Audio & Video by: Ehud Lazin Audio Mixing by Boo Reiners
Setlist:
Misfortune
Sailor Girl
“Demolition String Band’s members are across-the-board connoisseurs;
master instrumentalists, lyricists and entertainers while Skye is a vocal treasure.”
—BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
With a truly memorable and unique collection of songs, Elena Skye and Boo Reiners and their Demolition String Band have steadily built their reputation one gig at a time. They love nothing more than thrilling a sweaty dance floor with dangerous Telecaster work atop a nimble rhythm section, or pickin’ and singing
old-school around a single microphone, juggling banjo, mandolin and guitars while weaving rustic, taut harmony vocals with tall tales and truth, joy and heartbreak, despair and redemption.
Elena and Boo have been collaborators for almost two decades, marking their journey with numerous releases and countless miles on the road in the USA and Europe. Fueled by a shared passion for country, rock ‘n roll, bluegrass and mountain music, Elena Skye (Chicago, IL) and Boo Reiners (Charlotte, N.C.) have led their Hoboken/NYC based Demolition String Band for almost two decades.
"Live, Skye wears her heart on her sleeve and Reiners plays the hell out of his telecaster.”
—THE VILLAGE VOICE
Now eight albums into their career together, they’ve toured the USA and Europe and shared bills with an eclectic range of artists including The Avett Brothers, Ryan Adams, Joan Osborne, Patti Smith, Ricky Skaggs, Southern Culture On The Skids, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Roger McGuinn and many others. Playing everything from festivals, pubs, live radio, fairs and in-stores across the US, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland has garnered critical acclaim for the group, and for Elena as a front woman, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.
“Though not a string band in the true sense, the Demolition String Band is a totally righteous country-rock outfit that’s a well-measured balance between melody and muscle. Together, Elena Skye’s big voice and Boo Reiners’ studly guitar-playing packed enough octane to juice an 18-wheeler. Pretty damned McCoy for a buncha Yanks.”
—ORLANDO WEEKLY
With Demolition String Band or their acoustic duo, the notoriety and critical acclaim among the roots and Americana music scene around their NYC home base and beyond has been earned the honest way — one gig at a time, and Elena and Boo love connecting with fans old and new, everywhere they go.
"Skye's singing is powerful and the twang from Reiners’ guitar is equally memorable…Skye & Reiners don't file down the rough edges and their music has a whisky wallop to it.”
—THE SANTA MONICA MIRROR
