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  Michael Zapruder's Rain Of Frogs - Red Violins
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Hard on the heels of a critically-acclaimed orchestral chamber-folk record with his Rain of Frogs, Michael Zapruder is adding new layers to his charmingly removed artistic mud-hut.

2007 has already yielded a new solo record, recorded with Scott Solter at San Francisco's Tiny Telephone Studio. Entitled Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope, it explores the concepts of negative capability, freedom, and dub music, all in the context of Michael's idiosyncratic, auteurial songwriting.

Michael's Fall 2006 stint as a rider on the soon-to-be-legendary Wave Books Poetry Bus has generated a dozen or two poetry vs. song collaborative pieces, some of which Michael will perform in New York in April at the Poetry Society of America's New American Poetry Festival. Michael is recording the pieces in his Oakland basement studio this Spring. Look for a series of 7" releases starting soon.

And of course the Rain of Frogs continues to grow and evolve. The long friendship-chain of instrumentalists who live within the band's metaphorical walls are working on new music in rehearsals. The band will be starting their new record the summer, with an eye to an early 2008 release date.

Michael Zapruder's first record was a quadruple record of songs written and recorded one per week for the year of 1999 (www.52songs.org). His debut solo record (This is a Beautiful Town) was recorded at Neil Young's house.

About The Rain of Frogs' New Ways of Letting Go

"... a masterful blend of piano balladry, multi-genre brilliance, baroque pop lilt, and broad range... it's probably not too much of an overstatement to hang the genius tag on multiinstrumentalist Michael Zapruder. --Amplifier Magazine

"Collaborating with some 20 musicians, including Jonathan Siegel of Camper Van Beethoven and Nate Query of the Decemberists, Michael Zapruder makes beautiful folk-pop ballads resonant of the voice of Rufus Wainwright and wordplay of Andrew Bird" - Pitchfork