Celebration (2000s band)

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Celebration
Katrina Ford - Olympia - Stierch.jpg
Singer Katrina Ford, live in Olympia, Washington, in the early 2000s, with Celebration's previous band, Love Life.
Background information
Origin Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Years active2004–present
LabelsFriends Records, 4AD
MembersKatrina Ford
Sean Antanaitis
David Bergander
Tony Drummond
Walker Teret
Tommy Rouse
Website Official website

Celebration is an American psychedelic soul band based in Baltimore, Maryland. Formed in 2004 the band is composed of singer Katrina Ford, multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis and drummer David Bergander, with a number of additional rotating members. [1] The band has released five albums while Ford has pursued a solo career since 2022. [2]

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History

In the beginning, the band's sound as a three-piece was centered on the unique output provided by all the instruments played by Antanaitis in the studio as well as live. [3] He would play all of the music in the band including organ, Moog bass pedals, guitorgan and electric keys, leaving Ford on vocals and Bergander on drums. Their first two records were produced with David Sitek of TV on the Radio. In addition to producing, Sitek also contributed guitar parts and synths. Other noteworthy members on the albums include Martin Perna and Stewart Bogle who contributed flute and sax into the mix.

Singer Katrina Ford also performed backing vocals on TV on the Radio's songs "Staring at the Sun" from their album Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes and "Wolf Like Me" off their album Return to Cookie Mountain . In August 2024, she released a solo single "Dundalk Dungueon". [4] [5]

The self produced Electric Tarot: Hello Paradise (Friends Records, 2010) with additional members. [6] It was followed by Albumin in 2014 and Wounded Healer in 2017. [2]

Ford released a self-titled solo EP in June 2022, [7] accompanied by the single "Gleaming The Cube" via Voilin Records. [8] In August 2024, she released a solo single "Dundalk Dungueon". [4] [5]

Members

Discography

Albums

Singles

Appearances

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