{"id":59982,"date":"2018-10-10T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcmusicreview.com\/staging\/?p=59982"},"modified":"2018-10-09T21:48:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T01:48:31","slug":"fruition-and-lil-smokies-hot-off-festy-to-descend-on-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcmusicreview.com\/staging\/fruition-and-lil-smokies-hot-off-festy-to-descend-on-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruition and Lil Smokies \u2013 Hot off Festy, to Descend on DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might have missed them at Delfest (2017 and 2018); you might have missed them last week at Festy – You don’t want to miss them again – Both Fruition <\/strong>and The Lil Smokies<\/strong> are teaming up on DC, October 11th, at DC’s Union Stage<\/strong> at The Wharf.<\/p>\n

Both bands are coming off of some of their hottest east coast performances at the 2018 Festy Experience<\/strong> in Arrington, Virginia, and promising to take DC again by storm – and yes, just prior to Hurricane Michael moving in.<\/p>\n

About Fruition:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Fruition, based in Portland, Oregon, just released their EP Fire<\/strong>,<\/em> and a new music video featuring the song “Baby Let’s Go”<\/strong>.   Fruition will be donating the proceeds from the first 3 months of digital sales and streaming for the tracks “Dirty Thieves” and “New Colosuss” to charities closely tied to the subject matter of each track.<\/p>\n

 “Dirty Thieves” was written by Jay Cobb Anderson<\/strong> as a result of the band\u2019s van being broken into while playing a show at Brick & Mortar in San Francisco\u2019s Mission district. The song references being woken up to the area’s homeless problem by the sound of shattered glass, feeling inconvenienced by the theft at first, but upon looking closer, seeing it as another human struggling to survive. <\/p>\n

Fruition is Jay Cobb Anderson (vocals, lead guitar, harmonica), Mimi Naja<\/strong> (vocals, mandolin, electric & acoustic guitar), Kellen Asebroek<\/strong> (vocals, rhythm guitar, piano),  Jeff Leonard<\/strong> (bass), and Tyler Thompson<\/strong> (drums, banjo).<\/p>\n

After DC’s Union Stage show, Fruition tours through the rest of the year, and jump starts 2019 with Jam Cruise.  Upcoming dates include:<\/p>\n

Frution’s Fall \/ Winter 2018 Tour Schedule<\/u><\/h5>\n

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