State of Sound Sessions: Libby Rodenbough and Daniela & Chico
1State of Sound Sessions is a new series produced by NC State University Libraries and the State of Sound project that features recorded live performances of a diverse array of artists, captured by the Make Media team. Captured live in distanced settings and broadcast on the NC State University Libraries Twitch channel, State of Sound Sessions gives you the chance to see artists up close and engage with them in the live chat that happens during the broadcasts. State of Sound Sessions are virtual, free, and open to the public.
This week we bring you performances from Durham, NC's Libby Rodenbough and Raleigh, NC's Daniela & Chico.
In Libby Rodenbough's own words: "“I grew up in Greensboro going to Friendly Shopping Centre to hang out with my friends at the Gap and drink “smoothies” that were like thick Kool-Aid. I got sick on sugar and decided to start sneering more. When I was 19, I went to Chicago to take classes at the Old Town School of Folk Music, where Pete Seeger and John Prine had played, and lost my edge again. I went back to college in North Carolina and abruptly fell in love, swallowed point blank. I joined a folky band called Mipso. My heart broke. I got tired of going to bars and moved to the country. Then I got tired of the country and moved closer to the bars. I traveled all over the U.S. and a few other parts of the world playing songs for people, and they were the type of song people can sing along to, and it felt uncanny when they sang along. I decided voting was senseless, then I tried to get everyone I knew to vote for Bernie Sanders, then my heart broke again real bad. All the time I was putting songs into my back pocket, and eventually it started to feel heavy, so I recorded them, and by then I had a lot of magical friends around to record them with.
Half the time it feels silly to be making this stuff, and some of the time it feels like a well-greased wheel, but mostly I’ve just worn in a little path and I keep finding myself coming back to walk it and see what new bugs will catch my eye. It’s a strange time to publish something you’ve made, or that’s a strange thing to do in any time. So much of it feels like spectacle, but then what about the tree that fell in the empty forest? What about how great it is to kiss in public? What’s the point if you’re not doing a little dancing around, wearing blue leather boots, holding a tennis racket and a sprouting onion?”
Daniela & Chico met in a songwriting class while enrolled at NC State, recorded music in the DH Hill Music Booths, and are featured in our State of Sound collection.
Daniela Patiño is a 22-year-old multifaceted artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. A lifelong dancer, she was born and raised Colombian between Bogotá and Medellín under the musical likes of her father and grandfather, both musicians, as well as an entire family given to Colombia’s gifts of Salsa and Cumbia.
CHICO is a 22-year-old musician and singer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. CHICO’s Mexican descendance opened his eyes to various Latin artists such as bolero legends, Los Panchos, and cumbia innovators, Los Angeles Azules.
We're thrilled to have them on State of Sound Sessions!
Libby Rodenbough: https://libbyrodenbough.bandcamp.com/
Old Town School of Folk Music: https://www.oldtownschool.org/
Mipso: https://www.mipsomusic.com/
State of Sound collection: https://stateofsound.bandcamp.com/track/daniela-pati-o-chico-miel
State of Sound: https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/events/lib.ncsu.edu/sos
Make Media: https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/make-media
Prerecorded and originally broadcast from the NC State University Libraries Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/ncsulibraries