Our new album This Side of the Glass is now available for pre-order on iTunes! If you buy now you’ll get a free advance download of the first track, “Fault Lines.” And don’t forget, you can get a download of our song “Gulf Coast Home” by donating any amount to our Hurricane Michael relief fund. Two songs, just for you, a whole month before the album officially drops! After the official release on March 1st, the album will be available…Read More
The calendar turns, and a new year begins. This is gonna be an exciting year for The Currys as we release and support “This Side of the Glass.” By now, all Kickstarter supporters should have received your rewards, except for the cover songs and house concerts, which we are just now starting to work on. (Kickstarters, let us know if you’re missing your goodies!) For the album release tour we’re putting together a six-piece band, including Currys regulars Sebastian Green…Read More
‘Tis the season, and we’re now preparing for our annual “Christmas with The Currys” holiday tour! We’ve got seven dates scheduled in Florida over the two weeks leading up to the holidays, and we’d love to see you at one or more of them! Check the list below and head to our “Shows” page for more details. In the spirit of giving, we’ll be collecting toy donations at all our of shows between now and Christmas. We are partnering with…Read More
Above: Curry family beach house “Do Me Good” on Cape San Blas, Florida, after Hurricane Michael. Hundreds of other homes in the area were completely leveled by the storm. Click here to donate to Hurricane Michael relief efforts. Photo credit to Brett Thees. On October 10, a stretch of the Florida Panhandle often referred to as the Forgotten Coast was struck by the most powerful storm in its history. Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with 155mph…Read More
Here we are, on the home stretch leading to the release of the new album! Recording is completed, mixing has begun, and plans are in motion to have the album in hand by year’s end. It’s been a long, costly, and rewarding process, and now, finally, we turn our attention to the next step: getting these new songs into your hands! Which brings us to an exciting announcement: Today marks the launch of our Kickstarter campaign for the album! To…Read More
Hi. This is me procrastinating. Procrastination is a crafty adversary, often taking the form of a seemingly productive activity. It ever so slyly suggests that you clean the dishes, or respond to emails, or call your mother, and in so doing it deflects your attention from the task of greatest importance. Contemporary folk rocker Joe Pug invites his audience to tune in to his “Working Songwriter” podcast every month with some version of the following hook: “Ultimately, you listen to…Read More
Spring has turned to summer! April and May saw us touring all around our old haunts in Florida, including stops at Rock By The Sea, a charity music festival in the Panhandle, and the Florida Folk Festival, a weekend showcasing the songwriting of Florida artists and honoring the oeuvres of Florida legends. Those two events are among our favorites for their incredible communities of musicians and music appreciators, and we’re thrilled to be included every year. With the rains of…Read More
Photo depicts Jimmy playing the board game TwixT. Courtesy of Sam Whedon. The snow has ceased, but the cold will not abate. This past weekend saw several nights of single digit temperatures, and we have largely remained cooped up in Sam’s farmhouse, frittering away at our project bit by bit. Recording has made for long work hours in these short winter days, but the stop-and-start nature of the process results in a lot of downtime for those of us who…Read More
We have been buried in winter and work for the past week. Over the last eight days we’ve gotten our feet under us in a recording sense, while also taking time for a couple gigs in NYC and Oneonta over the weekend. Right now I’m listening to the rest of the crew lay down a rhythm track for a brand new Galen tune. Seems like the perfect time for a blog update! So far, the recording process has developed it’s…Read More
Photo of the farm by Sam Whedon Editor’s note: Hello everyone! — I know it’s been a terribly long time since we’ve posted here–mea culpa, mea culpa. I have neglected to keep the website updated over the past several months as we’ve been traveling and writing. I’ll do better from now on, promise! Please stay tuned for more regular updates in the coming months. – Tommy After several long months of traveling, performing, writing and arranging, we are proud…Read More