Tableaux Sonique releases debut single "December: Dreaming Foward"

As of December 21 (Winter Solstice), the band known as Tableaux Sonique officially springs forward into life as a recording act. Enter the timely single “December: Dreaming Forward,” a bold and hopeful first step for the so-called “boho soul” group led by Portland-based chanteuse Shelly Rudolph and Santa Barbaran guitarist-conniver Joe Woodard. The gifted guest musician list showcases Chris Symer on bass(es), Tom Buckner on tenor sax and drummer Austin Beede, with Portland’s Paul K. Ward doing the mixing/mastering. The song will be available on bandcamp, soundcloud, and other portals and formats to come.
Born in the SoCal and NW back rooms/home studios during the pandemic lockdown, Tableaux Sonique has been a project in the works for a year-and-change. The band made a fortuitous live debut at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara last summer, as part of the Zach Gill-hosted shindig evening. Having worked on a healthy pile of original songs, slated for a debut album in 2022, Rudolph and Woodard decided to take an early leap into the fruitful fray.
Timing is of the essence. “December: Dreaming Forward” was written by Woodard a year ago, as an ode to optimism, at a time when Joe Biden had landed in the White House and news of covid vaccines lightened the load of global COVID-ized gravitas.
The song remains the same, gone newly relevant this December. Hope for hope springs eternal. Enjoy.

The Short Bio: Rudolph and Woodard met when the singer lived and worked in Santa Barbara, and the pair worked on her album Water in My Hand, along with Tom Lackner, cohort/drummer/studiokeep at his Tompound studio. Back in her hometown of Portland, Rudolph has established herself as a well-known and loved “world soul” singer of note, and her latest album, The Way We Love—featuring the late, great cellist David Darling--was released last year on Origin Records. Woodard has been active in many projects over the years, including Headless Household, flapping, Flapping, Dudley, Lucinda Lane and his now-and-then solo artist life (recently releasing the “faux folk” album Goleta Electric).
Tableaux Sonique’s time has come. In (and on) stages.

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Household Ink Records
p.o. box 2093
Santa Barbara, CA 93120

Tableaux Sonique is a new "boho soul" band, formed by Portland, OR-based singer/songwriter Shelly Rudolph and guitarist-songwriter Joe Woodard, from Santa Barbara, CA.

This release was published on openPR.