Antigone Rising

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Antigone Rising
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Antigone Rising in 2012 (l-r): Kristen Henderson, Dena Tauriello, Cathy Henderson, Nini Camps
Background information
Origin New York City, New York
Genres Rock, alternative country
Years active1998–present
Labels Lava Records/Atlantic Records
Hear Music
Blackheart Records
Rising Shine Records
Members Kristen Henderson
Cathy Henderson
Nini Camps
Past membersSusan "Cassidy" Catanzaro
Dena Tauriello
Penelope "Peppy" Kokines
Suzanne Obolsky
Jen Zielenbach
Website www.antigonerising.com

Antigone Rising is a rock band based in New York City. The band's current line up is Cathy Henderson (lead guitar), Kristen Henderson (bass guitar and drums), and Nini Camps (lead vocals and rhythm guitar). The band formed a nonprofit called Girls Rising in 2014 to inspire girls and lgbtq youth to pursue nontraditional careers. The annual Girls Rising music festival takes place annually and has featured artists such as Shawn Colvin, Lisa Loeb, Paula Cole, Carnie Wilson amongst others. Melissa Etheridge and Joan Jett have both created Girls Rising grants to help kids pursue nontraditional paths.

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Antigone Rising performing live at the Blacksheep Festival (Germany) 2016

History

The band originally met at Bucknell University and was formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, with sisters Cathy (guitar) and Kristen Henderson (guitar/drums), Penelope "Peppy" Kokines as lead vocalist and Suzanne Obolsky on vocals and percussion.

In 1999 the band recruited Cassidy as the lead singer.

Their first four albums were recorded mostly with independent labels and financed through fan donations. In 2003, they signed up with Lava Records, a label personally run by Atlantic Records chairman Jason Flom.

In 2005, they became the first artists to be promoted in Starbucks' Hear Music Series, created to discover and spotlight new music. The high visibility, exclusive sale, in-store promotion and airplay at Starbucks across the United States helped the band's acoustic album, From the Ground Up , sell over 450,000 copies by the end of 2005.[ citation needed ] The album's single, "Don't Look Back", gained popularity among country audiences after its video received heavy airplay on CMT.[ citation needed ]

Flom departed Lava in 2005. The band's deal with the label continued, but ended in 2008. A new album, Tales From Wonderland was recorded in 2007, but not released. [1]

In 2008, Cassidy left the band. Cassidy released the band's final album, Tales From Wonderland without permission as Sink Or Swim under the name The Cassidy Project. The other band members were not happy about this, with Kristen Henderson publicly voicing their displeasure. [1] Two songs were removed from "Sink Or Swim" before its release where Cassidy's name did not appear on the writing credits. [2]

In 2009, Nini Camps, having made several guest appearances with the band, officially joined as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist. Kristen Henderson, now known as Kristen Ellis-Henderson, shifted from rhythm guitar to bass. Also in 2009, both Ellis-Henderson and Camps became mothers to children.

A studio CD, 23 Red, was released in 2011, distributed through Joan Jett's Blackheart Records Group.

The band line up as of 2013 was Kristen Ellis-Henderson on bass guitar and backing vocals, Cathy Henderson on lead guitar and backing vocals, Dena Tauriello on drums and Nini Camps on rhythm guitar and lead vocals.

The band's 2013 single, "That Was The Whiskey", was co-written with the Nashville songwriter Lori McKenna.

In 2014, the band released an EP, Whiskey & Wine Vol. I.

In 2015, the band released another EP, Whiskey & Wine Vol. II.

Touring

In their early years, Antigone Rising toured widely, and have shared stages with the Bangles, [3] Joan Jett, the Rolling Stones, moe., Rob Thomas, Aerosmith, and the Allman Brothers. They performed at the Lilith Fair in 1998 and at SXSW in 2005.

Members

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilation

Videos

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References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Kristin. "Antigone Rising - Tales From Wonderland". Hanging with Hendo. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. McElhiney, Brian. "Cassidy ready for new start after Antigone Rising split". The Daily Gazette . Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. "Bangles Still Play With Spirit Of The '80s". Hartford Courant. May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.[ permanent dead link ]