BOSCO
Homepage: http://mosbosco.bandcamp.com/
Feature By: Jonathan Earley
Photography By: Agape
C-buz: How did your band form?
Sam Craig: Well,
the band consists of me (Guitar, Banjo, Vocals), my sister Mary Kate
(Cello, Guitar, Vocals) , and our friend Trey (Snare Drum, Harmonica,
Guitar, Vocals). I was playing Bosco shows before my sister joined with
just a banjo, a harmonica and a mic in my banjo case that i would stomp
on as a stomp box. My sister and I have been playing together seriously
for only a couple months now. Trey and I used to play in punk bands in
Louisville, never in the same band, but we played a lot of shows
together. When my sister and I started playing we were originally gonna
keep it a two-piece. I asked Trey if he could play snare on the EP we are
recording and after a practice or two we decided to make him an official
member.
This is Trey's and my first acoustic
project. We both come from a Punk Rock background so its pretty
different but you can actually hear it in the way we play the songs and
the attitude we approach the music with. This is Mary Kate's first band
but she has been playing in orchestras since she was 12 and is a lot
more professional musical than Trey and I are.
CB: How long have you guys been together?
SC: We've only been playing as a full band since early March.
CB: What are some of BOSCO's influences?
SC: I think the Avett Brothers is probably our biggest
influence but also bands like The Devil Makes Three, Butterfly Joe, and
Mumford and sons. Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, Defiance Ohio,
Wingnut Dishwashers Union are in there too. I would be lying though, if I
didn't mention Wu-Tang.
CB: What are you lyrics generally about?
SC: Our lyrics ar kinda depressing,
actually. We have a couple songs about relationships and only one where
things worked out. We also have songs about struggle and strife. And
lying; lies seem to be a popular theme with us. Mary and I wrote all the
songs and I think we are singing about things that everyone knows; what
people know before they even know their own existence.
“These are songs about the human condition.”
CB: How did you record your album?
SC: We recorded with Mike Notaro at Sound Workshop in Bloomington. It's a 16 channel studio and we recorded everything in the same room so we could see each other. we want that Temple of Sound that the old 50's and 60's studio recordings have. I have to say thank you to everyone that helped out. It was so awesome; the support of all my friends who stopped by to do this and that.
CB: What do you think about the Columbus music scene?
SC: I love the
Columbus scene, it's one of my favorite places to play. I want to play
here more. I think bands like Born Mountaineer, Tilford Sellers and the
Wagon Burners, and It Goes On are an essential part of a bigger picture
that is American music. The quality of music that these bands are
producing is amazing. I think it surprises people and shows them that
you don't have to be from New York or California to make good music.
Plus, the Internet has changed the music game completely, and you're
starting to see bands make it big and be based out of small cities like
Columbus.
Our email is
mosbosco@gmail.com, and we have a free EP for download at moscobosco.bandcamp.com