Works Progress Administration

Ventura Hillsides Music Festival, Sept 25

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:37:11 +0000

Videos on YouTube from Joe’s Pub

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:46:19 +0000

There’s more where this came from…Many thanks to Ehud for filming the show!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Photos from Recent Shows

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:04:52 +0000

Matthew Ward and Scott Butner both took beautiful pictures of the recent shows with the 8 piece band. Visit here:
Mr. Butner’s photo set of WPA at the Crocodile in Seattle
Mr. Ward’s set of WPA photos from the Independent in San Francisco

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Radio Session At WNCW

Justine — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:49:36 +0000

WPA recently stopped by the studios at WNCW to talk about the new album, how WPA came to be, and more.. You can check out some of the interview and performance footage at the links below!

Listen to Excerpts from the Interview

“Always Have My Love” Performed Live

WPA DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE: IN STORES NOW!

Justine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:36:14 +0000

Greetings,

It’s finally here – CD Release Day! WPA’s debut album is now available nationwide, in stores as of September 15th, 2009. Orders can be placed from WPA’s Official Store , and full album can be heard and downloaded via BandCamp .

WPA recently made their premiere NYC appearance at Joe’s Pub – you can get a first glimpse of live performance of the songs off the new album here .

You can also check out WPA’s session on World Café TONIGHT here , and see why host David Dye says WPA “is a low key supergroup”.

Currently, WPA HQ is hard at work sending out CDs to the top radio stations across the country. WPA is a completely independent operation, without the aid or financial backing of labels, and we could use your help! Come to a show… (see ‘Tour’ for schedule) and give your local radio station a call and request WPA’s radio single, “Always Have My Love”.

With the CD officially out, WPA is hitting the road! Starting this week, Glen, Luke and Sean will be touring around the country, with guest appearances from various WPA band members along the way. Check out the tour schedule to find a show near you.

Hope to see you out there!
-WPA

Pre-Order for the WPA Album – Now Available!

Justine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:44:25 +0000

Pre-Order the upcoming September 15th release, WPA by Works Progress Administration, NOW from Newbury Comics:

Click here to order now!

For a limited time, you will receive an autographed CD Booklet with purchase!

Listen! Share! Enjoy! Lend a Hand!

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:46:03 +0000

We are an independent band. We have no label, no corporate pockets to pick, no millions to splatter our name across the mediascape. This means we need your help in spreading the word. Please embed this player wherever you think people might like to see it. Blog about us, talk about us. We can’t do this without your help. Thank you, thank you, thank you in advance.

WPA is an expandable collective, with Luke Bulla (Lyle Lovett), Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) at its core.

We recorded our record with additional members Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Greg Leisz (Bill Frisell, Joni Mitchell), Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello and the Imposters), and Davey Faragher (Cracker, the Imposters). While we would love to have that complete community be present all the time, the logistics of getting all of us in the same place at the same time are fairly mind boggling, so:

We will usually appear as a 5 piece (listed as Core Band on the tour page), but whenever possible we will have 7 or 8 people (Expanded Band). All configurations will kick ass.

Fall tour dates posted

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:28:23 +0000

36 shows have been booked between now and the end of the year. Check the tour page for details on when we’ll be in your area. If we’ve missed you on this leg, we’ll try to make it your way next year.

Artwork

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:13:18 +0000

We finally have the album artwork finished! The cover was designed by Alphabet Arm in Boston, MA (and we love it). The presses are finally printing up the final product, ready for the street on Sept. 15.

Here we are…

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:38:49 +0000

WPA is gearing up for the album release and a tour through the fall (33 dates so far!).

Let us know how the new site is working for you – we want to make it easy for you to find and share information about WPA, and simple to get ahold of us as well.

See you soon….