Tales of Olde

Tales of Olde made a bit of a name for themselves last year when they released a YouTube cover of Justin Timberlake’s ”Pusher Love Girl” which went on to capture the hearts and minds of the 50,000 + people who watched it. After hooking you with the cover, the band is now offering a sample of their own originality. The first taste of their forthcoming fan-funded debut EP is the single, “Why”. It features the skillful musicianship and sophisticated sonic textures, that fans have come to expect from the two husband and wife duos and the plus two that comprise the band. If you are in the Northeast, look for Tales of Olde coming to your town in anticipation of their debut EP, which will be out early this summer. - Write.Click.Cook.Listen

Tales of Olde is a six-piece started just around a year ago by two husband and wife teams and their best friends. Based in Boston, their membership hail from all over the place spanning Brazil, Texas, Tennessee, California, and Illinois. They mix earnest songwriting, tight musicianship, and beautiful harmonies creating sonic atmospheres that toe the line between folk and pop. Later this spring, the band will be releasing their fan-funded debut EP. One of the tracks set to appear on it is the highly accessible “Why.” Listen below. - My Old Kentucky Blog

Young is Olde. Boston indie folk band Tales of Olde have shared two singles that display beautiful, effortless harmonizing matched with honest-to-goodness songwriting and just enough tragedy to make it interesting. Plus, there's females in the ranks, and that's always cool.

If this sounds your bag, you gotta check 'em out.

We like their old soul style, since it's trapped in young bodies. Yeah, it's just good.

There's lots of life lived in dem der voices.

If you like Of Monsters and Men and The Lumineers, you'll dig Tales of Olde.

But hear for yourself.
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The first song I listened to by Boston-based six-piece folk-rock band Tales of Olde was their cover of Justin Timberlake’s ode to being high on love, “Pusher Love Girl,” the leadoff track to the first of his 20/20 Experience albums released last year, and arguably the most soulful and old-school sounding song on that album. I love the idea of an indie folk-rock band covering a Timberlake song, and Tales of Olde’s version does not disappoint. Watching the video, you realize two things: one, this is indeed a band, and two, it is comprised of some very talented singers and musicians. The video has been viewed over 51,000 times on YouTube; you can check it out below. The original song is an eight minute long behemoth, but it’s been condensed to a quickly watchable two-minute forty-second video by Tales of Olde. I must admit, I would not be disheartened if a cover of the full version appears at some point in the future.

The band, who is currently recording, is set to release their debut EP in the next month or two, and on their Bandcamp page they’ve posted two teaser songs to whet your appetite. They call the teasers a “softer side” of their sound, but while both songs do start out gently enough, they build into foot-tapping, just-shy-of-bombastic conclusions. “This Place,” a meditation on home, the earth, and the simple blessing of being alive is filled with pastoral imagery and eventually rollicks its way to a la-la-laden ending. “Little Bird” is a rumination on the simple pleasure of listening to a bird’s song and imagining the stories behind it. It all stands for something larger, as the song ends in a chorus of voices pleading to the now departed creature, “Sing to me bird,” which seems to symbolize the loss of something intangible yet important, and still utterly desirable. Both songs are solid both musically and vocally, with refreshingly understated lead vocals that subtly rise in volume only when the harmonies call for it. If these tunes are any indication, one of Tales of Olde’s themes is: Life can be difficult, but it’s largely to be celebrated.

Made up of two married couples—Lucas (lead vocals) and Evelyn (background vocals) Cortazio, and Ellen (fiddle) and Drew (guitar) Story—who met in 2011, and keepers of the beat Jeff Kinsey (bass) and Al Cleveland (drums) who came on last year, Tales of Olde are ready to release their songs to the world. Drawing on influences as varied as the aforementioned soul-pop of Justin Timberlake to the folksy harmonies of Of Monsters and Men and even the anthemic rock of Kings of Leon, I’m excited to see what they come up with. Keep checking their website and/or social media pages to keep track of when their forthcoming debut will be released, and enjoy “This Place” and “Little Bird” below. - Common Folk Music

When a band can fill the Great Scott on a snowy, blustery Friday night as the opener for an opener, there is no doubt they are very quickly going places. A genre bending band, Tales of Olde is a relative newcomer on the scene (releasing their debut EP this year!) but has a quality sound that is really pushing the boundaries of what is considered “folk music.”

Their recent live show with Mother Falon and And the Kids was pretty packed in by the time Tales of Olde came on around 9:30. A personal high point for me was when they jumped into a Johnny Cash – Jackson cover and it confirmed all my folkin’ beliefs – Tales of Olde’s music is the kind of music that makes you feel alive. Lucas and Evelyn Cortazio have a chemistry that lights up the stage – perhaps because they’re married (thanks Facebook!). Joined by Ellen Story on the fiddle, Drew Story on the guitar, Jeff Kinsey on the bass, and Al Cleveland on the drums – it’s a group of people who love the music they are making.

I got the chance to ask the band a few questions about 2013 and their sound, read on below and make sure to keep an eye out for the debut EP. (also check out a few photos from the show!)

CC: What was your guys favorite moment of 2013?

TALES: We had great moments in ’13 so it’s tough to nail it down to just one but if you were holding a gun to our heads (which she is not y’all!) I think we’d have to say opening for The Ballroom Thieves in a sold out Sinclair was our favorite. It was a good old time!

CC: What influenced your sound in the new EP – why move away from folk?

TALES: Oh we are definitely not going away from folk. We have two pretty folksy tunes in the EP and then we are adding a new layer to our sound, a more groovy and indie rock feel. We all grew up listening to a ton of different stuff from classic rock to R&B and everything in between, so we want to let all of that continue to influence our sound. We love folk music but don’t want to be labeled as just a folk band, you know?

CC: If everyone could listen to only one CD on rotation for the rest of their life what would it be?

TALES: Oh this is a tough one… But Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens is a lovely record. But none of us would want to live in a world like that - Ftwelve Music Blog

In less than six months, Boston indie rock/folk band Tales of Olde has gone from playing private house shows to sharing stages with national acts in front of hundreds of fans and racking up over 50,000 YouTube views of their Justin Timberlake cover “Pusher Love Girl”.

It all started when two husband and wife teams – Lucas (lead vocals) and Evelyn Cortazio (background vocals) and Ellen (fiddle) and Drew Story (guitar) – met in the summer of 2011. Two years later, they added a rhythm section with Jeff Kinsey (bass) and Al Cleveland (drums) and Tales of Olde was born, bursting onto the Boston scene with a “pure, unadulterated folk based sound… with breezy melodies and inspiring lyrics that make the band quite easy to enjoy” (Music Box Pete).

Now, the band is getting ready to release their debut EP early next year and is offering a sneak peek with two songs that capture their roots as an acoustic folk band. “Little Bird” and “This Place” both make mellifluous use of the band’s signature male-female harmonies that are as soulful as they are dynamic, building from intimate near-whispers to a full choir’s worth of anthemic sing-along sound. Meanwhile, the simple yet colorful imagery and realistic storytelling in the lyrics perfectly match the warm, natural tones of layered percussion, guitars, and violins. The end result pays tribute to influences like Of Monsters and Men, Andrew Bird, and Kings of Leon while adding enough indie rock ferociousness to forge new musical territory.

Check out their cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Pusher Love Girl” on YouTube

www.TalesofOlde.com - VENTS Magazine

If you’re an avid M&T reader you know that Tales of Olde headlined The Middle East Upstairs last month and that they’re one of the most promising new bands in the local folk scene. The band is currently hard at work on their debut EP, but that hasn’t stopped them from playing all around Boston and releasing some tantalizing live videos, like their cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Pusher Love Girl” below. When we first heard Tales of Olde we immediately knew they were a band after the M&T crew’s collective heart. With acoustic guitar, strings, and male/female vocal harmonies, discovering Tales of Olde was a similar experience to the first time we saw The Head and the Heart back in early 2011. - Maimed and Tamed Music Blog

If you’re an avid M&T reader you know that Tales of Olde headlined The Middle East Upstairs last month and that they’re one of the most promising new bands in the local folk scene. The band is currently hard at work on their debut EP, but that hasn’t stopped them from playing all around Boston and releasing some tantalizing live videos, like their cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Pusher Love Girl” below. When we first heard Tales of Olde we immediately knew they were a band after the M&T crew’s collective heart. With acoustic guitar, strings, and male/female vocal harmonies, discovering Tales of Olde was a similar experience to the first time we saw The Head and the Heart back in early 2011. - Maimed and Tamed Music Blog

In the ’50s and ’60s the music scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts was the focal point for the rise of folk music and more specifically the advent of the singer-songwriter. Acts like Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez were regulars at the famed Club 47 (now Passim) and in 2013 there has been quite the resurgence of folk music in the area. If you’ve read Maimed & Tamed before you know that we are big fans of local folk acts like The Ballroom Thieves, Tall Heights, and Darlingside to name a few, but a new group to the scene has recently caught our ear.

Without even releasing a proper album, Boston’s own Tales of Olde has already begun to make a splash in the burgeoning local folk scene. Their folked up cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Pusher Love Girl” (see what I did there?) has already amassed nearly 50,000 YouTube views since May and this weekend the band will make their way to Cambridge to play Middle East Upstairs. On Sunday August 25, Tales of Olde will be joined on the Middle East stage by other local acts Educate the Antidote, Hunting Stories, and Kate Brule.

While you patiently wait for Tales of Olde’s debut EP to hit the internet, enjoy the aforementioned JT cover below and make sure to get your tickets to Sunday’s show and be a part of Cambridge’s folk music revival. - Maimed and Tamed Music Blog

In the ’50s and ’60s the music scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts was the focal point for the rise of folk music and more specifically the advent of the singer-songwriter. Acts like Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez were regulars at the famed Club 47 (now Passim) and in 2013 there has been quite the resurgence of folk music in the area. If you’ve read Maimed & Tamed before you know that we are big fans of local folk acts like The Ballroom Thieves, Tall Heights, and Darlingside to name a few, but a new group to the scene has recently caught our ear.

Without even releasing a proper album, Boston’s own Tales of Olde has already begun to make a splash in the burgeoning local folk scene. Their folked up cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Pusher Love Girl” (see what I did there?) has already amassed nearly 50,000 YouTube views since May and this weekend the band will make their way to Cambridge to play Middle East Upstairs. On Sunday August 25, Tales of Olde will be joined on the Middle East stage by other local acts Educate the Antidote, Hunting Stories, and Kate Brule.

While you patiently wait for Tales of Olde’s debut EP to hit the internet, enjoy the aforementioned JT cover below and make sure to get your tickets to Sunday’s show and be a part of Cambridge’s folk music revival. - Maimed and Tamed Music Blog

Wrapping up the hot week with an all new edition of Artist Spotlight! Today, we have a terrific Boston based group to discover called Tales of Olde. The band consists of Lucas Cortazio on lead vocals and guitar, Capen Evans on backup vocals, Ellen Melissa Story on fiddle, Drew Alan Story on guitar, Jeff Kinsey on bass, and Al Cleveland III on drums. The band has a pure, unadulterated folk based sound similar to the likes of Fleet Foxes with an ambient approach that works extremely well, and utilizes the power of Lucas's lead vocals to its highest potential and leaves you with an indelible impression of the group and all their musical abilities. I was amazed with the overall simplicity of their sound, and how they didn't try too much musically to allow the audience to join along with the breezy melodies and inspiring lyrics that make the band quite easy to enjoy and perfect to relax to on this hot summer day. A terrific local band that is definitely deserving of some plays in your music library. Some recommended tracks for you to check out include "Your Glory" and the band's cover of Justin Timberlake's "Pusher Love Girl".

For more information on the guys in Tales of Olde, head on over to their Facebook page here and see what the band's style is all about. You can follow the band on Twitter as well from over here and find out when the band will be gracing us with their presence in the Boston area with a concert appearance! Check out the band's official website here that doubles as their Bandpage where you can check out all their music, plus view pics of the band, video clips, and an up to date concert listing as well. - MusicBoxPete Blog