ChiIL Live Shows: Summer Camp Music Festival

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Swear and Shake -- Bands on ChiIL Live Shows' Radar @summercampfest #SCamp13

From left to right: Adam McHeffey, vocals, guitar and banjo; Ben Goldstein, drums; Shaun Savage, electric bass; Kari Spieler, vocals and guitar.

We'll be there to give Brooklyn-based-indie-folk-rockers Swear and Shake a big ol' midwestern welcome at Summer Camp Music Festival this weekend.

SWEAR AND SHAKE (Saturday at 2:00pm on the Campfire Stage):

Fronted by the guitar wielding Kari Spieler and the guitar and banjo playing Adam McHeffey, the two expertly blend their vocals, melodies, and confessional lyrics. Rounding out the quartet are old friends Ben Goldstein on drums and Shaun Savage on bass guitar. The band was named “Band of the Month” of December by TheBlueIndian.com who cheer: “I’ve only seen a few artists bring a room to a hush, only to have their audience hooping and hollering moments later, and these four talented Yankees have joyfully mastered their ability to do so. By the end of the first song, we were out of our seats and upfront. Strangers instantly became neighbors as the entire venue was swept up in the action.”

Listen to selections from the groups debut LP Maple Ridge and the band’s EP here.

Check out their main site right here

SCamp13 Is Imminent & Thursday Pre-Party Choices From Chicago & Beyond @summercampfest #SCamp13

SCamp12 Thursday/Friday ChiILLiveShows.com

We'll be going off line and into the woods for Summer Camp Music Festival--the annual kick off to the Summer Music Festival Season this Thursday through Memorial Day Monday. Once again, we have press credentials this year and both of our sites (ChiILLiveShows.com & ChiILMama.com) will go dark for 5 days so we can give our full attention to photographing, interviewing and covering SCamp in the wilds of Chillicothe, IL at 3 Sisters Park.

Here's our ginormous... full set... slideshow from SCamp 2012 broken down by days starting with Thursday/Friday last year. This is the first time we've put the good, the bad & the ugly out there unedited. We generally break our shots into smaller features by band, theme, etc. and the public only ever sees a tiny fraction of what we shoot. But... just in case you & your friends or your fav bands are in there and didn't make the "best of" cut, we're putting the whole thing out there for you, just this once. Enjoy!

*Click here for loads of ChiIL Live Shows & ChiIL Mama's past SCamp Coverage going back

years!

Les Claypool rockin' SCamp12

ChiIL Picks List Thursday (pre-party) 2013

Shows on our radar: Cornmeal--8 Starshine & 11:30-1 Soulshine Stage Caravan of Thieves--9 Campfire Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band--11:30 Campfire Stage Quixotic--12:45 Red Barn.

Kellar Williams--one of our all time favs--is back this year.

Click HERE for ChiIL Mama's original video interview with Kellar & More photo filled past Kellar coverage.

Thursday Chicago bands playing: Lakeshore Vibe--5 Camping Stage Family Groove Company--6:30 Starshine Stage Digital Tape Machine--9:15 Starshine Future Rock 2:30-4 Red Barn

*Photo Credit: Bonnie Kenaz-Mara for ChiILLiveShows.com/ ChiILMama.com.

FULL LINEUP 2013: Click on the band names for more details. Wanna see the full line up for 2013 by stage/time/full description etc? Click right here.