Roma di Luna: News

Here's a link to our visit on the MPR's Morning Show with Jim Ed and Dale!

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/09/06/20070906_roma_di_luna/?rsssource=1

Two years after Alexei and Channy Moon Casselle began weekly busking performances at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market under the name Roma di Luna, they proudly celebrate the release of their second recording and their first full-length album entitled Find Your Way Home (self-released/2007).
The husband and wife duo’s debut The Face of My Friends EP (2006/self-released) received modest, yet notable praise, garnering a local buzz, steady local radio play and a spot on some top ten lists of the year’s best local albums (The Onion A.V. Club, Star Tribune). The disc featured seven original tracks of old-timey style minor key ballads that sounded like home recordings with bare minimum accompaniment. The duo’s voices along with Channy’s violin and Alexei’s guitar made up the foundation of the recording, which kept true to the couple’s live performances.
If Face of My Friends was a pleasant introduction to Roma di Luna’s sound then Find Your Way Home is an invitation to wander much further into the stories and scenery that were only hinted at in the previous collection of songs. The record features twelve new tracks, eleven originals and a cover of Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” which concludes the powerful and vibrant vision that has been created within this album.
Recorded and co-produced by Ben Durrant at Crazy Beast Studio (Andrew Bird, Dosh), the album features am assortment of instruments and musicians, but the songs still remain completely intimate, sparse and true to the essence of heart-wrenching song that Roma di Luna first captured its audience with.
Roma di Luna will be celebrating the release of their new album
entitled "Find Your Way Home" at the Cedar Cultural Center in
Minneapolis, MN. They will be joined by local singer/songwriter
JoAnna James, as the Cedar kicks off their season with this FREE,
All-Ages event!
7:00pm Doors
7:30 Music

For more info check www.thecedar.org or call (612) 338.2674
Check out the bands: www.romadiluna.com, www.joannajames.com http://www.thecedar.org/roma_di_luna_cd_release_joanna_james_free_cedar_season_kick

Whew! We finally finished our new album "Find Your Way Home" and are going to be celebrating its release on September 6th, 2007 at the legendary Cedar Cultural Center on the west bank of Minneapolis. We will be joined by the delightfully talented local singer/song writer JoAnna James as this is also the seasonal kick off show for the Cedar. The show is absolutely Free and open to all ages. Doors open at 7pm followed by music at 7:30pm

Dear you, our debut EP entitled Face of my Friends is now available for sale on such online stores as iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster. We hope this will make it more convenient to get ahold of our music and that we can now stop writing apologies to people who want our record but do not live in Minneapolis.
Here's a link to download our EP:
http://free.napster.com/view/artist/index.html?id=12349954

We're gearing up for our departure tomorrow (1/24/07) for the Blue Gypsy Revue (featuring Roma di Luna & Eliza Blue). We're extremely excited to be hitting the road and will be doing our best to post tour happenings and updates along the way. To catch the Blue Gypsy Revue check out our calendar dates. Be easy.
Alexei Moon Casselle

Here is another cell phone movie of "Ice Cold Body" taken at the Kitty Cat Klub in Minneapolis on December 23rd, 2006, where we shared a bill with Ela's Bill Caperton and Jenny Dalton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy2FQBiSkH0

I tracked down this cell phone movie of one of our songs "Plenty" filmed at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis on December 1st, 2006. We opened for Red House new-comers The Pines.
http://alineauxusa.canalblog.com/archives/2006/12/01/3326833.html