Esme Patterson, Singer/songwriter is a founding member of the large, Denver-based indie folk group Paper Bird. Growing up in nearby Boulder, Colorado, Patterson, along with her sister and bandmate Genevieve Patterson, grew up listening to old R&B records, coming to folk and Americana music later on. In collaboration with another sibling combo, Mark and Sarah Anderson, the two Patterson sisters formed Paper Bird in 2006, focusing on a mix of chamber folk and lush baroque pop. The group went on to release several successful independent albums, tour frequently, and even score music for the Ballet Nouveau Colorado dance company. Although Patterson had occasionally performed as a solo artist, it wasn’t until 2012 that she had accrued a group of songs she felt weren’t fit for Paper Bird, and she set about making her first solo album, “All Princes”. Inspired by the loose fluidity of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and Feist’s Metals, the album saw her collaborating with fellow Denverites Nathaniel Rateliff and members of the Czars. In 2013, Paper Bird released their fourth album, Rooms, and Patterson also began writing material for her second solo album, a concept album called “Woman to Woman”.
Posts Tagged ‘Paper Bird’
ESME PATTERSON – ” The Swimmer “
Posted: December 12, 2014 in MUSICTags: Esme Patterson, Paper Bird, Woman To Woman
ESME PATTERSON – ” Tumbleweed “
Posted: December 12, 2014 in MUSICTags: Esme Patterson, Paper Bird, Woman To Woman
Not only is Esmé Patterson a kickass singer/songwriter, she’s also an avid fiction reader (she’s currently working on David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest), a poetry enthusiast (she curated a journal in Denver featuring local talent), an R. Kelly fan (she appreciates the complexities in the R&B opera “Trapped in the Closet”) and a hardcore Sherlock Holmes aficionado (she’s seen and read everything Sherlock-related, except the Star Trek: Next Gen episodes featuring his character; they’re next on her list).
Esmé was at Revolution Brewing while she was in town recording material for an upcoming solo record. We discussed the recent (and difficult) breakup with her long-time folk band Paper Bird, the thematic approach to writing her last solo record “Woman to Woman” — and why writing and performing music is a cathartic and challenging process.
ESME PATTERSON – ” What Do You Call A Woman “
Posted: November 14, 2014 in MUSICTags: Esme Patterson, Paper Bird, singer songwriter
Open Air Session hosts Esmé Patterson in a performance of “What Do You Call a Woman?” Recorded in the CPR Performance Studio Esme also performs with her sister and other siblings in the band Paper Bird who are a seven piece Indie Folk/Baroque Pop band based in Denver, Colorado. The band is composed of: sisters Genny and Esme Patterson (both vocals), brother and sister Mark (drums) and Sarah Anderson (vocals and cornet/trumpet), Paul DeHaven (guitar), and Caleb Summeril (Bass, Banjo, Guitar).
ESME PATTERSON – ” The Moth Song, The Diamond Song ” and “Come See Me “
Posted: October 28, 2014 in MUSICTags: All Princes, Colorado, Esme Patterson, Paper Bird, singer songwriter, Woman To Woman
recorded recently for the Open Air Session, Esme Patterson along with her sister Genevieve formed the band Paper Bird, along with another pair of sibling Mark and Sarah Anderson, it wasn’t until 2012 that she decided a bunch of songs she had accrued were not right for the band and decided to record solo resulting ni the album “All Princes” she collaborated with Nathaniel Rateliff and members of the Czars with the ideas of a new concept album titled “Woman To Woman”
The Fat Angel Sings 