The Onlies' Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno, join forces for their newest duo album called Imaginary People. Returning to the USA after finishing a new album, recorded in the UK, they stopped by The Folk Show for a sneak preview into that new album as well telling the stories behind many of their other songs.
Music and Songwriting
"I think about like traditional music as the sort of the people and place that you encounter, that are a part of you. It is like a collection of things, it's like a rock collection..."
"...songwriting is more like that inner search. That sort of looking around at your world and synthesizing it in some way."
Nostalgia and memory meets deep authenticity in this duo's natural earthy Americana sound.
Setlist
During their visit, the duo treated The Folk Show audience to a lively four-song set:
- Imaginary People (title track from their newest release)
- Is It All Over?
- Untitled
- Radio Prayers (sneak peak at their new, unreleased, album)
They have some upcoming shows as a duo as well as with their band The Onlies.
Check out more from Viv & Riley at this website, and more from The Onlies here.
Catch The Folk Show on New Hampshire Public Radio on Sundays, 7-10 p.m., with an encore broadcast Fridays, 9 p.m. to midnight.
