History
Audrye Sessions was founded in 2002 by singer Ryan Karazija and Alicia Marie Campbell. Soon after Michael Knox joined the band through a craigslist ad. They began playing coffeehouses in their hometown of
Livermore,
California. In a
San Francisco Chronicle profile, they have described themselves as having a "very Brit-rock feel like
The Beatles meet
Muse."
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In 2007 they won a spot on
Live 105's BFD summer concert, and have played at San Francisco's
Noise Pop and Austin's
SXSW music festivals. Their current lineup consists of Karazija and Campbell, as well as Michael Knox and James Leste. Musicians who previously performed and toured with Audrye Sessions include violinist
Anton Patzner and drummer Alex Feldman.
They released a self-titled
Audrye Sessions EP in October 2008 through
Black Seal, a unit of
Sony BMG. The full-length album was released February 17, 2009.
References
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/07/NSGMRQA3RQ1.DTL