Roger Rocha & the Goldenhearts

November 5th, 2010 Linda Perry singing with The Goldenhearts, "Since I've Been Loving You



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Get Goldenhearts "Black CD" on i-Tunes here !



New Single - "STAR"- Available for download on iTunes



New Single - "TEA PARTY"- Available for download on iTunes



Past shows include performances at:



The Fillmore Poster Room –

“An evening with the Goldenhearts” with headlining acts:



The Black Crowes

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Manic Street Preachers

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BB King

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Willie Nelson

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Smashing Pumpkins

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The Mother Hips

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Jackie Greene

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Violent Femmes

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Pete Yorn

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Frank Black

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Travis

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Calexico

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Rogue Wave

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Blue October

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Camper Van Beethoven

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Recently we received a review at "The Neave"avant-gard music blog.



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…Roger Rocha and the Goldenhearts' Living Spirit



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I never thought I'd be sitting in a pleasantly grimy bar/music venue, sipping on a non-alcoholic beverage (since I was working a gig) and hear this shouted above the fray: "Has anyone seen the binkey?! We can't find the binkey!" The "binkey" in reference is, of course, a child's pacifier (for the child-illiterate). But, as usual, I've gotten ahead of myself again; maybe I should take it from the top.



Roger Rocha and the Goldenhearts know how to set the mood. Before they took the stage, autumnal fake flowers were strewn about and Roger Rocha himself played a lacquered white guitar with a butterfly clipped to the peghead that could not be ignored. Roger Rocha is best known as the guitarist for the 1990s heavy-hitter 4 Non Blondes and his flair for ambience may be attributed to good genetics; Rocha is the grandson of one of the pioneer Color Field painters in the Abstract Expressionism movement, Clyfford Still.



When describing his artwork, Still details the fusing together of color, texture, images, and shapes into a living spirit, and that's precisely what The Goldenhearts accomplishes: Rocha's beautifully pitched yet demurely irregular vocals and impeccable guitar skills fuse with Ari Gorman's driving bass, Chad Tasky's delicately bitchin' percussion, and last but certainly not least Emily Palen's commanding violin to create music that is a complete entity in and of itself-all you need is here, all you'll ever want is just waiting for you to find it. One part fifties retro, one part nineties ju-ju and a heaping dose of harmonizing rock 'n roll, this is how pop music should be played-pop music that expects more from itself and raises the bar. Their set was amazing, and Emily positively blew my mind (plus, I'm pretty sure my two male companions at the show want to marry her) with her unparalleled talents.



If their song Kiss Me Darling doesn't find it's way onto your top-rated iTunes.well.let's just say I'll be surprised and disappointed in you!



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