DeVotchKa
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DeVotchKa creates `big drunken tuba party'...song ("You Love Me") they heard on the radio. The directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, quickly contacted the band, and soon DeVotchKa was laying down most of the hit film's soundtrack. The soundtrack was also nominated for a Grammy... In this article: DeVotchKa, Little Miss Sunshine, A Mad & Faithful Telling, Europe, New York, Leap of faith, Civil War, and Grammy |
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Wikipedia | September 16, 2009
How It Ends
How It Ends How It Ends is the fourth album from the band DeVotchKa, released by Cicero Recordings, Ltd. in 2004. The album's eponymous song "How It Ends" has seen increased recognition from employment in theatrical trailers for the films...
In this article: How It Ends, Living TV, Gears of War 2, Ghost Whisperer, Everything Is Illuminated, Godfather II, and Little Miss Sunshine
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boston.com - Latest music news | November 28, 2008
DeVotchKa heads to ski slopes, instruments in tow
...piano and trumpet. This month, a book of photographs taken by Gary Isaacs over the course of year with DeVotchKa's multi-instrumentalists Nick Urata, Jeanie Schroder, Tom Hagerman and Shawn King was released. The band plans a free...
In this article: Little Miss Sunshine, Colorado, and Denver
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Independent.co.uk - Music | March 30, 2008
DeVotchKa: Under stormy skies - Features, Music - The Independent
DeVotchKa: Under stormy skies - Features, Music - The Independent They wrote the soundtrack for 'Little Miss Sunshine', but DeVotchKa are all about heartache. Chris Mugan digs deeper One of the most warmly received films of recent years was...
In this article: How It Ends, Little Miss Sunshine, A Mad and Faithful Telling, Marilyn Manson, Denver, Tucson, and Till the End of Time
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
DeVotchKa
...a breakout event. In between tours, the band was picked by first time film directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to score Little Miss Sunshine, a 2006 film that would go on to garner four Academy Award nominations. DeVotchKa, along...
In this article: A Mad & Faithful Telling, Little Miss Sunshine, Academy Award, The Phoenix, The Last Beat of My Heart, Mychael Danna, Grammy Award, Suez, and Dita Von Teese
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 15, 2008
DEVOTCHKA A Mad and Faithful Telling Anti- BASIA BULAT Oh, My Darling Rough Trade
...BULAT "Oh, My Darling" Rough Trade IT'S FITTING that DeVotchKa reached its largest audience with the soundtrack for "Little Miss Sunshine," as the Denver quartet takes a cinematic approach to music. The band's "A Mad and Faithful Telling"...
In this article: A Mad and Faithful Telling, Oh, My Darling, Basia Bulat, Little Miss Sunshine, Denver, Latin America, and Eastern Europe
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Little Miss Sunshine
...DeVotchKa on new material for the film. The ''Little Miss Sunshine'' score was not eligible for Academy Award consideration due to the percentage of material derived from already written DeVotchKa songs. The DeVotchka song "Til the End of...
In this article: Little Miss Sunshine, Abigail Breslin, Michael Arndt, Steve Carell, and Academy Awards
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NPR | May 16, 2008
DeVotchKa in Concert : NPR Music
...next year, and the acclaimed How It Ends surfaced in 2004. DeVotchKa first reached a widespread audience in 2006, when its members were asked to score the film Little Miss Sunshine. The movie was eventually nominated for several Oscars, while...
In this article: Little Miss Sunshine, Washington, D.C., Oscars, Civil War, Grammy, A Mad and Faithful Telling, Una Volta, and How It Ends
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Wikipedia | September 04, 2009
Fling (film)
...Tamar Kaprelian, and Diana Newton. Fling features original music by Nick Urata, the frontman for the band DeVotchKa, whose work on the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack resulted in a Grammy nomination. The film was shot in and around Kansas...
In this article: Fling, Brandon Routh, John Stewart Muller, Nick Wechsler, Ellen Hollman, Steve Sandvoss, Superman Returns, and Courtney Ford
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Wikipedia | October 11, 2009
Little Miss Sunshine (soundtrack)
...folk music that fits the scenes and overall feel of the film. DeVotchKa provides the majority of the music on the soundtrack, and also the score, which they did with Mychael Danna. There are also selections from Sufjan Stevens, Rick James, and...
In this article: Little Miss Sunshine, Mychael Danna, Jonathan Dayton, Malaise, Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, Lakeshore Records, and Amazon.com
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DeVotchKa is a four piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble that fuses Romani, Greek, Slavic, Bolero, Mariachi (and many more styles) music with American punk and folk roots. They take their name from Anthony Burgess' Nadsat word for "young girl," which is itself derived from the Russian word (девочка) of the same meaning. Based in Denver, Colorado, the quartet is made up of Nick Urata, who sings and plays theremin, guitar, bouzouki, piano, and trumpet; Tom Hagerman, who plays violin, accordion, and piano; Jeanie Schroder, who sings and plays sousaphone and double bass; and Shawn King, who plays percussion and trumpet.
Originally a backing band for burlesque shows, in their early years DeVotchKa also toured with fetish model Dita von Teese. Numerous nationwide tours in support of self released records earned the band an underground following. Their song "How It Ends" was featured on the trailer for the film Everything Is Illuminated and also used in the Gears of War 2 TV spot, introducing the band to a widening audience. Their performance at the 2006 Bonnaroo music festival was considered a breakout event. In between tours, the band was picked by first time film directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to score Little Miss Sunshine, a 2006 film that would go on to garner four Academy Award nominations. DeVotchKa, along with composer Mychael Danna, composed and performed the majority of the music for the film's soundtrack and were nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. The main song, The Winner Is, was also used in a commercial by the French-based environment and energy company Suez and the Dutch pension fund PGGM.
- Name:
- DeVotchKa
- Origin:
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Years Active:
- 1997–present
- Current members:
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- Nick Urata
- Tom Hagerman
- Jeanie Schroder
- Shawn King
- Genre:
- Gypsy punk, Folk rock, Indie rock
- Record Label:
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- Cicero Recordings, Ltd.
- Dago Records
- ANTI-
- Ace Fu Records
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