Introducing
Them Badgers
The latest from Them Badgers
May 21st, 2024
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It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of our album, Songs for Sad Queers and Fake Cowboys. It's available for purchase and download from Bandcamp, or available for streaming on whichever service you prefer. Scroll down to listen from the website, or follow the "Get Album" link to acquire it for yourself!
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I want to thank all of the contributors who helped make this happen-
Thomas Pell and Finn Foley with Pell Productions who produced these tracks.
StarDazedTrail for the album cover art.
The musicians who provided the building blocks for these songs to take shape:
Brian (guitar, banjo, mandolin, backup vocals), Audrey Baker (fiddle), Thomas Pell (bass), Dean Shakked (bass), Cory Briar (mandolin), Eli Duke (drums), Tony Pierce (vocals), Jim Rhian (pedal steel), Luz Gaxiola (tuba, trombone), Nick Naselli (harmonica), Monty Kerson (clarinet), and I guess myself, Kadan Spooner (lead vocals, guitar, banjo, piano).
These songs were written by myself and Brian, (save for Poor Wayfaring Stranger which is an old folk gospel song).
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A big thank you to all the folks who come to our shows, send little notes of encouragement, listen to our music, and provide the support that buoys our efforts. I play music because I gotta, but without listeners, I'd just be hollering into the void.
Thank you!
Bio
Part country and part punk, Them Badgers come from Olympia's traditions of American folk music and irrepressible queer activism. They've lived these songs, in all of their exuberance and sorrow, misadventure and hilarity, and have laughed twice as hard as they've cried.
You’re as likely to find them playing on a street corner as a ballroom. With powerful, gripping vocals, and some mean fiddle licks, they aim to connect with you and see you moved.
With a voice that defines them, songbird Kadan Spooner delivers both original tunes and old favorites while playing guitar, banjo, piano, or even the washboard. Writing songs, for them, is an expression of their deepest parts. They do not experience creating music as a choice, but rather to satisfy a hunger.
They have sung in prisons and on sidewalks, in churches and bars, with soldiers under siege, and in the coldest, driest continent on Earth.
They play songs about hard living, hope, and heartbreak, with the best of ‘em- and the worst.
Based in Olympia, Washington, they perform all over the PNW and anywhere life takes them.
Audrey Baker’s intuitive and well-practiced playing comes through years of study driven by a deep-seated passion for her craft. Audrey reinvigorates the old ways, building on her classical foundation with folk traditions from bluegrass, Americana, and jazz manouche.
She began her career as a touring musician in 2018 with the newgrass group Straw Hat Revival, discovering a new passion for improvisational playing and unleashing her voice through her instrument. Joining Them Badgers in 2021, this unapologetic fire has continued to intensify.
