The Easy Leaves

 presents The Easy Leaves.

The Easy Leaves performances span the gap between the worlds of raucous barroom revelry and Sunday morning gospel-tent revivals. Hinting that the spirit of rowdy drunken celebration and old-time revival salvation may not be as separate as some might think.

The group formed north of the Golden Gate in 2008 when songwriters Sage Fifield and Kevin Carducci, together mired in influences ranging from country gospel criers and shakers to flailing punk rock debauchees, combined musical forces and took to the streets.

Their original songs are described by Gabe Meline of The North Bay Bohemian as "expertly written", and they compose them with a painstaking attention to detail. Lyric driven compositions are fueled by percussive interplay between guitar and double bass, and punctuated with dynamic vocal harmonies. 

A typical night with The Easy Leaves will meander from bluegrass stomps to personal spirituals – minor swings to honky-tonk grinds, and even from syncopated sweaty grooves to the occasional rolling waltz. While their style leans toward traditional 'old-time' American country music, they've drawn comparison to such acts as The Devil Makes Three, The Avett Brothers, and The Violet Femmes for their consistent ability to branch out beyond the narrow confines of genre and create a distinctive sound that they can solidly claim as their own.