Sexy, sultry, or upbeat Americana played by a NASA scientist, a model, a nurse, a philosopher, and a couple of jazz musicians.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (45:55) !
Related styles: Rock: Americana, Pop: Folky Pop, Mood: Quirky

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Painted Betty is an arresting band of musicians from New Yorkâs Hudson River Valley. The group buoyantly blends elements of jazz, blues, country, folk and tango into a good time. Betty is comprised of two brothers, Tim Hall, guitarist, vocalist and elegiac song writer who works as a NASA scientist by day, and Andrew Hall, a seasoned bassist who has worked with the likes of Sparklehorse and The Brooklyn Philharmonic. Jazz clarinetist and philosophy professor David Rothenberg is internationally known for his playing with, and writing about, the natural world (read Why Birds Sing and Thousand Mile Song), and has recorded with such luminaries as Peter Gabriel. David gives Betty itâs particular nimbus and rich buttery flavor. Drummer Eric Starr leads a multifaceted life composing music on commission, performing jazz and authoring how-to books on music. He also contributes keyboards on several tracks of Painted Bettyâs debut album âFifty Bucks and Iâll Show You.â

Singer Debâs Madsenâs lusty and expressive voice contrasts with her caliginous songwriting and gives Painted Betty itâs signature themes of audacity and disintegration. Vocalist Sonia Ryzy-Ryski brings a lush and versatile soprano to the group that moves intuitively between blues and Spanish ballads. The album is comprised of songs written by four of the band members and two covers. The dual singers dish out a dynamic repertoire that covers about as many aspects of the human experience as you care to experience. Joe Dizney of Philipstown.info calls Painted Betty âsophisticated and eccentric.â The irony and playfulness with which the band approaches its subject matter never fails to deliver. Their diversity and chemistry has delighted fans at venues such as the Catskill Chill Festival 2010 and the famed Depot Theater in Garrison NY. As Sam Tallerico of ColdSpringRadio.com so aptly put it; âtheyâre hot, theyâre sexyâ¦You never know what kind of style theyâre going to sing next; you just know youâre gonna enjoy listening.â