Antigone Rising
Antigone Rising is one of the hardest working bands out there-tirelessly creating, producing and performing their music independently. The New York-based, all-female, boot-stompin´, alt-country-rock quartet is comprised of sisters and founding members Kristen Ellis-Henderson and Cathy Henderson, along with lead singer Nini Camps and drummer Dena Tauriello. Cathy Henderson says of the band´s independent nature, ″The great thing is that as a band and [as] artists, we can take that control back and market ourselves how we want to. In this day and age, you can have a very successful underground career without having that defined commercial success.″ Currently on tour in support of their newest EP Whiskey & Wine, Volume 1 (Whiskey & Wine, Volume 2 comes out later this year), the band is trekking across the country to play for their devout fans, and they love doing it, living up to their motto ″play better than the boys, and make sure the fans feel like part of the family.″ Kristen Ellis-Henderson recently told GO, ″New York shows are always fun for a million reasons… being home and playing for the hometown crowd, it´s just so cool. But I love when we go out on the road, and we´re far from home, and I´m so glad and grateful that people come out to our shows.″ -CC
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