Blue Ribbon Tea Company
Spokane, WA
Folk / Blues / Americana
Bio
From folk music with a message, to blues, to dance music, to children’s music, to songs "on the edge".... Bill & Kathy Kostelec love to write. Between live broadcasts and recordings more than 30 Blue Ribbon Tea Company originals have found the radio airwaves in the northwest, and their 5th cd was released in 2011 - “a dynamic collection of 14 tracks...” Tiffany Harms, Pacific Northwest Inlander - Bands to Watch Issue. They perform regularly in and around their home town of Spokane, Washingt...
Comments
Kerry Leigh:
Perceptive, well-crafted, original compositions and compelling well-executed performance! Best wishes -- Kerry
Jan 07
Ben Aaron:
Love and respect your songs here, Bill and Kathy. Good luck on your future performances. I've been searching for serious folk singers, and I'm proud to have been listening to your songs. From a fellow folkie, -Ben Aaron
Sep 21
Status
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News from the Tea Co beat http://www.reverbnation.com/c/fr5/artist_1829454?eid=A1829454_11121694_
Press
"I love 'Standing in the White Angel Breadline,' for these are the common blues themes that families can relate to. Bill's vocal vibrato is somewhat unusual, in the Buffy Saint Marie style, but that vibrato adds all the more pain. The backgrounds are simple with few instruments, but enough to make the poetry stand above the fray.....Bill has an edge to his lyrics.....'Children of War' is direct and inviting concern. It's effective. 'I Killed Adolph Hitler' is like a beat poem, played to eerie electric guitar and harmonica on reverb. Having been a beat poet myself with my lines delivered to the sound of bongos, this one is my favorite.....This is an interesting collection of poetic lyrics, sometimes moody, possibly dark and sometimes tongue in cheek. Look for the BTRC at some candlelit hole-in-the-wall or at our various Northwest Festivals, and meet the interesting couple behind this collection. [J.W. McClure]
Blog
Southbound Train and more
Sep 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Hello all and welcome to our new followers. It’s time for another free download and it is… “Southbound Train” by Kathy - a song recently revived and well received at our shows. The recording is from our Working Man cd released in 2004. Kathy composed it on the piano and Bill immediately took a liking to it and arranged it for guitar and man...
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