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  • Jam-Scriptionist Holly Bowling to be Featured In Upcoming Documentary Film, Announces Philadelphia PhanArt Performance

    Many Phish fans might be familiar with the name Holly Bowling. Those who don’t soon will, and those who know her name will get an inside look into the pianist’s rise in notoriety in the Phish community.

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    San Francisco-based Holly Bowling became well-known after the end of Phish’s hiatus for an interesting take on the band’s music: “jam-scriptions.” Just as it sounds, she takes Phish songs and turns them into a full solo piano arrangements.

    This fall Conveniently Texan Pictures, the makers of the 2012 phan film “WIIIL-SOOON” about the mesh of the Phish song and the Seattle Seahawks, will release a short independent film to bring the story of Holly to light. It will feature an interview with Marco Benevento and include footage of Holly’s first East Coast performance on Aug. 10 at Philadelphia’s Howl At The Moon (performance to feature a surprise guest).

    Those who have wandered around when Phish is in town have probably noticed a PhanArt Presents show exhibiting the Phish inspired art of several artists. Holly will be performing at times throughout the upcoming PhanArt Presents: A World Cafe Live One show on Aug. 12 with a special performance around 3 p.m. before Phish’s show hits The Mann that evening.

  • PhanArt Presents “A World Café Live One” In Philadelphia

    World Café Live in Philadelphia will host PhanArt’s “A World Café Live One,” an art exhibition inspired by the music of Phish, on Aug. 12. Show time starts at 11 a.m. and will conclude at 4 p.m. With more than 20 artist appearing at the event, PhanArt and A World Café Live One will surely bring you some of the best Phish-inspired art, with some exclusive pieces available for the Philadelphia and Magnaball shows only.

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    Admission to the event is free and will act as a warm-up for those who plan to attended the second show of Phish’s two-night stay at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, which is just a 10 minute walk from World Café Live.

    Artists appearing at this one-of-a-kind art show will include Isadora Bullock, The Art of Ryan Kerrigan, Tripp’s Prints, Dr. Wookles, StuPINdous Creations, Jampanties, Setlist Tees, Josean Rivera, Pins by CZ, The Overhead View, Pin Me Down, Graphic Translations, Pinsanity Designs, Fred Sutter, Zenster Designs, S.A.W. Family Creations, Whole Phamily, [Brendan/LoPorto Studios], Blueskaithreads and Dogmatagram Designs. Fans will see a variety of Phish-inspired posters, pins, shirts and unique wears.

    The Mockingbird Foundation will debut eight prints from their upcoming book, “The Phish Companion Third Edition.” The foundation has awarded more than 800,000 in grants over the past 15 years for musical education.

    San Francisco-based pianist Holly Bowling will play a special performance throughout the show. Each set will feature Phish songs, including a complete rendition of “Tahoe Tweezer,” during the final hour starting at 3 p.m.

    If that wasn’t enough for PhanArt fans, a curated beer list of Phish-inspired local craft brews will be on hand and selected by Beeradelphia director Michael Lawrence.

    Creator, producer and promoter for the event Pete Mason is the founder of PhanArt as well as the author of PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish. Previous PhanArt exhibitions since 2013 have been held in cities such as Atlantic City, Chicago, Las Vegas and Miami.

  • Holly Bowling Adds New York Dates This August

    Holly Bowling, best known for her jam transcriptions of Phish songs, announced a summer tour featuring shows on both coasts in support of her upcoming release “Distillation of a Dream.”

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    Kicking off with a show the night before Phish’s two-night stand in Bend, Oregon where Bowling will play alongside David Forrest for “Phish in Black and White.” Bowling will then perform four East coast shows, including two shows in Philadelphia, one the night before Phish’s performance at The Mann and the second during the PhanArt show “A World Café Live One” during the day of August 12. A performance at New York City’s The Cutting Room and Syracuse’s Funk ‘n Waffles Downtown serve as a lead up to the Magnaball festival starting that weekend.

    Holly Bowling Summer Tour

    July 20 Pine Mountain Sports, Bend, OR

    August 10 Howl At The Moon, Philadelphia, PA

    August 12 PhanArt Presents: ‘A World Cafe Live One’, Philadelphia, PA

    August 18 The Cutting Room, New York, NY

    August 19 Funk ‘n Waffles Downtown, Syracuse, NY

    Holly will also be a featured guest on Jam Cruise 14, sailing out of Miami, Florida January 6-11, 2016. Cabins are available now.

    “Distillation of a Dream” includes two discs, the first highlighting Phish’s intricate songwriting and the second a tribute to the spontaneous improvisation Phish creates during their live performances.  The second “jam transcription” disc consists entirely of three piano reinterpretations of standout live performances, including the “Tahoe Tweezer.”  All tracks will be released as a double album on CD and the “Tahoe Tweezer” will also be released on 180 gram vinyl.  Pre-order “Distillation of a Dream.”

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  • Holly Bowling to Record Album of Phish Jam Transcriptions ‘Distillation of a Dream’

    Pianist Holly Bowling, known for her transcription and performance of Phish’s “Tahoe Tweezer” announced today the recording of an album of Phish originals, Distillation of a Dream.

    Distillation of a DreamMelding her classical piano chops with a dedicated love of the music of Phish, “Distillation of a Dream” originates from Bowling’s obsession with Phish’s rendition of “Tweezer” from their 7/31/13 Lake Tahoe show. Bowling transcribed this 37-minute improvisational masterpiece note-for-note and arranged it for solo piano. The process, both painstaking and fulfilling, inspired Bowling to transform other Phish songs and well-known live jams into solo piano interpretations as well.

    The dual experiences of studying classical piano since age five and attending close to 300 Phish shows have allowed Holly to unite elements from two divergent musical worlds and synthesize them into a creation all its own. Having transformed several notable Phish jams into solo piano works, Bowling has been fastidious in her commitment to note-for-note renderings of unique live performances of Phish’s music.

    When asked the goal of her recorded album, Bowling stated, “I think it would be really amazing if ‘Distillation of a Dream’ influenced people who listen to Phish to expand their musical tastes into some of the solo piano music out there…and on the other side, for people who listen to classical music and would never dream of going to a Phish show to hear the band’s music in a different setting and maybe fall in love with the incredible music and compositions that this band has created.”

    “Distillation of a Dream” includes two discs, the first highlighting Phish’s intricate songwriting, and the second a tribute to the spontaneous improvisation Phish creates during their live performances.  The second disc, consisting entirely of “jam transcriptions”, contains three piano reinterpretations of standout live performances, including the “Tahoe Tweezer.”  All tracks will be released as a double album on CD and the “Tahoe Tweezer” will also be released on 180 gram vinyl. A portion of the proceeds from sales of “Distillation of a Dream” will benefit The Mockingbird Foundation.

    The album is available for pre-order exclusively through PledgeMusic.com.  Every order includes an Access Pass, which provides videos of the transcription and arranging process, footage from the studio, updates on the album’s progress and a sneak peek at Bowling’s latest jam transcription. Pre-order for the album is available at www.pledgemusic.com/projects/distillationofadream

    Disc One (55 minutes)
    Wingsuit
    The Squirming Coil
    Fly Famous Mockingbird
    The Inlaw Josie Wales
    My Friend My Friend
    Talk
    Sleep
    The Horse
    Silent in the Morning
    Waste
    Harry Hood
    A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing

    Disc Two (67 minutes)
    Tahoe Tweezer
    Mystery track – jam transcription TBA
    Chicago Wedge