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Castanets Announce New Album and Tour Dates

By Catherine Prewitt on 7:30 AM on June 19, 2009

Asthmatic Kitty has announced the upcoming release of Castanets' latest full-length, Texas Rose, The Thaw, and the Beasts, scheduled to drop Sept. 22. Frontman Ray Raposa will add ornamentation to the work with help from Castanets regulars Henry Nagle and Suzanna Waiche and Asthmatic Kitty kindred DM Stith; they join six others to create the band's latest. It was produced by fellow Kitty Rafter Roberts.... read more

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Live Review: Castanets @ The Bell House 11/26/08

By David Marek, photo by David Marek on 10:30 AM on December 9, 2008

Ray Raposa, the only consistent member of Castanets, is too electric to be folk, too eccentric to be alt country, and too mopey to rock. Watching Raposa perform an abbreviated set at The Bell House on Thanksgiving Eve, it’s clear that his Castanets fall somewhere in the musical limbo that confounds critics but sounds fantastic. ... read more

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Catching Up With... Castanets

By Michael Saba on 1:00 PM on November 3, 2008

Ray Raposa, frontman of the pioneering folk outfit Castanets, rarely stays in one place for too long, and his band's ever-changing lineup is reflected in music that never bows to genre conventions. City of Refuge, their latest offering (out Oct. 7 on Asthmatic Kitty) took a different tack with Ray sequestering himself in rural Nevada for a month to probe the southwestern aesthetic. When Paste caught up with Raposa, he was waiting in Portland to kick off his early-fall European tour, and let us in on the recording process behind his new album, how his boat nearly sank in the... read more

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Castanets: City of Refuge

By Jessica Suarez on 8:00 AM on October 8, 2008

Recorded in a Nevada hotel room over three weeks... read more

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Castanets visit City of Refuge in October

By Veronica Sepe on 1:16 PM on July 3, 2008

It's hard not to make comparisons between Ray Raposa and Conor Oberst. Both are singer-songwriters that are the only constant members of their respective bands. Both make copious use of seemingly random instrument tinkering. Both deal in the musical currency of folk (albeit very different types). We could go on for a while, but this isn't about Mr. Bright Eyes. This is about Raposa and his Castanets.... read more

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Castanets announce tour dates and album release

By Cristina Martin on 10:58 AM on October 9, 2007

On the heels of completing his second album First Light’s Freeze, Ray Raposa was stricken with depression. Many might assume this would be a happy time for the man behind Castanets, but after a gunpoint mugging that robbed him of his rent money, beloved iPod and sense of security, it was hard for Raposa to lift his spirits. Luckily, the songwriter did not let this time of darkness go to waste. Instead, he poured all of his sorrow and downward sentiment into his latest recording In the Vines. With the album set to be released Oct. 23, Castanets will be... read more

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