Thurs. Feb. 17

A couple of years back, Linda Viens (right, in photo) and Emily Grogan (left) were playing their guitars while their kids played together. Viens had sung with Bad Saints, Boston Rock Opera and Crown Electric Company, among others, but had taken five years off.  “Our brains clicked,” says Viens. “We have a similar edgy, rock quality. She edges me up and I soften her up; it’s a cool dance we do together.” original: Initially, just a side project, a couple of years ago Viens and Grogan formed a band called *Angeline* with Boston drummer Larry Dersch, and went in the studio with producer (and their bassist at the time) Asa Brebner. The result: the sometimes melancholic, sometimes upbeat, folk-rock CD “Powdered Pearls”, which is indeed available at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Angeline1. The current line-up of Angeline is a lean 4-piece with Viens and Grogan singing and playing guitars, Scott Cornielle on bass, and Dersch holding his post on drums.

Thurs. Feb. 17

A couple of years back, Linda Viens (right, in photo) and Emily Grogan (left) were playing their guitars while their kids played together. Viens had sung with Bad Saints, Boston Rock Opera and Crown Electric Company, among others, but had taken five years off.  “Our brains clicked,” says Viens. “We have a similar edgy, rock quality. She edges me up and I soften her up; it’s a cool dance we do together.” original: Initially, just a side project, a couple of years ago Viens and Grogan formed a band called *Angeline* with Boston drummer Larry Dersch, and went in the studio with producer (and their bassist at the time) Asa Brebner. The result: the sometimes melancholic, sometimes upbeat, folk-rock CD “Powdered Pearls”, which is indeed available at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Angeline1. The current line-up of Angeline is a lean 4-piece with Viens and Grogan singing and playing guitars, Scott Cornielle on bass, and Dersch holding his post on drums.

Grogan and Viens wrote separately, but shared vocals. “There’s something about singing harmony with another woman,” says Viens. “Something about the synergy of not carrying it all alone. I’d never shared front-person duties like that. On stage, I feel like I’m free-floating. I can get lost in my own emotional headspace and so can she. There’s a lot of sadness in this music, but when we play there’s an extremely joyful, funny, complex thing going on. A lot of pain, but we can’t stop being happy." Angeline is at the Rosebud Thurs. Feb. 17 with opening (at 9) from the Asa Brebner and Friends. Cover: $5.

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