11 ACORN LANE

Thomas Feurer and Neal Pawley, who are 11 Acorn Lane, create “accomplished musical whimsy” (LA Times) that inspires critics to fanciful descriptions. MSN Music calls their jazzy tunes “a groovy concoction of lounge music and contemporary electronics spiked with top notes of surf rock, cha-cha and brass.” Metromix says they “sound like Henry Mancini, Herb Alpert and Lawrence Welk sharing a drunken jam session.” In other words, they swing. The duo have released five buoyantly Esquivelian albums to date on the Wooden Hat label ‘Happy As Can Be,’ ‘Painting Coconuts,’ ‘Everybody’s Here’, the holiday album ‘Happy Holy Days,’ and ‘Swing Thing’, each meticulously arranged, produced and recorded by just the two men in the New York City studio they call the Armory. Both play dozens of instruments, making them the smallest big band ever. And they keep learning more: Thomas recently added piccolo to his list, while Neal now owns his read more...