Hey everyone. Finally broke down and put up a couple albums on itunes. Not such a bad thing I guess. Both "The Choir at Your Door" (Search: The Choir at Your Door) and "Travel" (Search: Aaron Roche) should be available at most digital music stores by now. To make up for it, I'll be releasing a new record in the new year. Check back for more details soon but some session files are up on myspace and the album is called "Plainspeak" it features:
*An orchestral ensemble made up of endless principal chairs from the Chattanooga      Symphony
*A slew of talented folk including: Tim Hinck (composer, conducter) William Tyler (Silver Jews, Lambchop, Paperhats) Chris Davis (The Cherry Blossoms) Dan Burns (The Biv, Married,etc) Sarah Dark (Voice of an angel) Nathan Phillips (Lives in our Basement) Whitni Roche (violin, wife) and many more!!!!!
All told I'm very excited about this album and a website with details and dates will be coming soon.
That's all for now friends,
aaron

Looking very much forward to being back on the road after our december voyage on both coasts. Julie Lee and Nathan Phillips. IF you haven't heard them, they both have new records out that I worked on.... Buy them... At home i've been recording quite a bit of new material which is pretty noisy. I'll keep everyone updated. That's all for now. Looking forward to seeing friends back east.

p.s. Just watched 8 1/2 by fellini; restored my faith in italian films.

Pre-​holid​ay greet​ings to one and all. The Choir​ at Your Door is a chris​tmas album​ that Natha​n Phill​ips and I did a coupl​e of years​ ago with the inten​t of send ing it to famil​y and close​ frien​ds.​ Now it is being​ offic​ially​ relea​sed throu​gh reliv​e recor​ds.​ You can purch​ase it a numbe​r of ways.​

1. At the shows​ (​there​ will be multi​ple conce​rts happe​ning on both the east and west coast​)​ which will feature a number of different musicians and super 8 videos provided by adam farnsworth

2. On the myspa​ce:​
www. myspa​ce.​ com/​choir​atyou​rdoor​

3. On i-​tunes​ in a coupl​e of weeks​

Altho​ugh I'm a fan of digit​al media​.​ I would​ reall​y sugge​st buyin​g the physi​cal copy at the myspa​ce or shows​.​ The artwo​rk was done by 3 bears​ desig​n and print​ed at stump​town print​ers in portl​and.​ It is reall​y prett​y looki​ng and would​ make a wonde​rful chris​tmas stock​ing prese​nt.​

Also I will be relea​sing anoth​er chris​tmas e.p. this seaso​n that featu​res nine chris​tmas songs​ both origi​nal and tradi​tiona​l that were recor​ded on a compu​ter micro​phone​ in Nashv​ille a coupl​e years​ back.​ It will be avail​able at the shows​ and also on my myspa​ce.​

That'​s all for now. Hope every​one is doing​ well and treat​ing other​s accor​dingl​y
bless​ings,​
aaron​

in prophetic fulfillment of a b-side written a few years back that I'm sure nobody has heard, whitni and I are moving to riverside california for a year point 5 so whitni can do an quick finish masters in english. Being near to LA will be fun for music and I'm looking forward to the surf and the fantastic opportunity spending time with our friends on the west coast. All that to say, we're really gonna miss nashville terribly. Thanks to everyone in nashville for so many fantastic memories. It's really quite impossible to say how much we love our town so it's probably just better to say "I'm sure we'll be seeing you soon."

in other news we've just finished up our tour of europe and it's been a fantastic voyage. Last night we played a really really special concert with Iain Archer and friends and an old cathedral in london. It was so incredible. Also I think there's some reviews from the greenbelt festival circulating. It's been amazing to meet so many kind hearted people on this journey and we look forward to doing it all over again in the future. That's all for now. we're heading back to the states tommorrow and a uhaul awaits for a trek across america.

Whitni and I are moving into the wild's of the ocoee river for a time to work on a some new writings and recordings. If you'd like to get in touch you can email me at aaronrochemusic@gmail.com. Also we'll be out on the road the 1st week of July on the east coast and the month of august will find us in Europe playing shows and a couple festivals. Stay tuned for more details.
Happy summer to all,
aaron

and favorably I think. The record is reviewed in the May issue of PASTE which hits news stands in.....May? A firm handshake to anyone at PASTE who believes my record has enough content to fill two paragraphs of critique.
Love to all. Happy Spring!!!!!!

My first observations of western america and her people are...
to be continued

Okay so I'm excited to announce that the "The Choir at Your Door" has been honorably mentioned and featured as a streaming song by Sufjan Stevens and Asthmatic Kitty Records for the Great Sufjan x-mas song exchange. You can check it out here www.asthmatickitty.com

Be sure also to check out Nathan Phillips song "Through the snow" which I was also fortunate to play guitar on.

You can still download the entire Choir at Your Door album completely free of charge here at Elephant Hug Records website:

www.elephanthug.com

Happy Christmas,

Aaron Roche

wow! so i've been excited and blessed to be on the road quite a bit lately which was alot of fun. Thanks to all the new friends I got to meet along the way and a special thanks to Tyler James, The Winston Jazz Routine, and David Bazan for having me out.
looking forward to touring the new record in November-ish.
yip,
aaron

8/25 Thunderbird Academy - Phoenix AZ
8/26 The Doctor's Den - Loma Linda CA
9/10 The Barking Legs Theatre - Chattanooga TN
9/12 Georgian Court University - Lakewood NJ
9/13 Drew University Madison NJ
9/14 The Living Room - NYC
9/15 Green Mountain College - Poultney VT
9/16 Southern New Hampshire University - Manchester NH
9/21 The Opolis - Norman OK
9/22 The Picador - Iowa City IW
9/23 The Slowdown Omaha NB
9/26 Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta GA
9/27 Pour House Tuscaloosa AL
9/28 Exit/In Nashville TN

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