http://www.thecalmingseas.com A Beachwood Sparks fan site Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:38:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past weekend Farmer Dave joined his (former?) band mates on stage for three California shows and thus completing the classic Beachwood Sparks lineup of Gunst, Rademaker, Scher and Sperske! You can read a short review of the shows in our forum. Thank you Michael! Also, The Tyde premiered a brand ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/225 The Quarter After (with Rob Campanella, producer of The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks and contributor to frausdots) are heading out on a tour to Europe this fall. They'll be visiting UK, France and Spain so if you're living there you should check them out. More specific information on tour dates will ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/224 It looks like The Sparks are heading to the East Coast! Here's the dates. Photos from the shows in Redmond and Big Sur can now be found in the photo album. http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/223 Beachwood Sparks performed the following songs on Sunday: 1. The Calming Seas 2. Hearts Mend 3. Ballad of Never Rider 4. Silver Morning After 5. Canyon Ride 6. You Take the Gold 7. Desert Skies 8. Old Manatee 9. Yer Selfish Ways 10. Banjo Press Conference 11. Once We were Trees This is what it looked like (click thumbnails for larger photos): ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/221 As most of you probably know the SP20 event is taking place this weekend and that means that the long awaited Beachwood Sparks reunion is tomorrow! Me and Staffan who are responsible for this site will unfortunately not be able to attend since we live and work in Sweden but ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/220 Chris Gunst, Brent Rademaker and Aaron Sperske will together with guitarist Ben Knight, keyboardist Jen Cohen and steel guitarist Dan Horne form the line-up for this summer's Beachwood Sparks reunion shows. Guitar virtuoso Ben Knight is a long time friend of The Sparks and has played on both Once We Were ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/218 Yes, it's true! Beachwood Sparks have been confirmed to perform at the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival that's gonna take place at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA on July 12 and 13. We got in touch with drummer Aaron Sperske to ask him a few questions about this historic event: How come ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/217 Brothers Brent and Darren Rademaker will team up with Steve "Fish" Fisher to reunite their 80’s New Wave band A New Personality for a gig at the 27th annual Tropical Heatwave festival in Tampa, FL on May 17. The festival is hosted by radio station WMNF and was first held ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/216 On Saturday January 26th, Beachwood Sparks bassist/singer/songwriter Brent Rademaker will perform at WMNF 88,5 FM's "Pop Goes the World" eighties tribute concert. The event will be held at the Crowbar in Ybor City, FL. Brent will hit the stage around midnight! More information can be found here and here. http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/212 Alright, we haven't posted any news in a while, but here's something: If you live in the LA area (man, how I wish I did...) you should prepare yourself for some sweet Beachwood Sparks related action this weekend! The great Lilys (with former BWS drummers Aaron Sperkse and Jimi Hey ... http://www.thecalmingseas.com/archives/211