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Saturday, September 9th NYC

Thanks to everyone over at Gen Art and the Starbucks Salon for a great show!
There's still time to check out amazing acts like Jose Gonzalez and Angela McCluskey
and to stop by and pick up the free and limited compilation featuring Jose,
Angela, L-D Section II (Lansing-Dreiden), and yours truly

The Salon is running through Sept. 17th
76 Greene Street (between Spring and Broome)

Thursday, July 27th

Thanks to Joe over at Stage Hymns for doing an awesome
interview. You can check it out here!


The Way to Bitter Lake on Aquarius Records CDs of the Week
list #243 July, 7th 2006

"After listening to this disc, all we can say is Marissa Nadler and Joanna Newsom better watch their backs.
If there is any justice in the world, the throngs of bearded and bead encrusted
modern free folk freaksand forest maidens that make up the new weird underground
will bow down before Jane Herships, the woman who is Spider..."


Deli Magazine June 2006 CD of the Month!

"Spider is Jane Herships' folk project. Her tunes have the quality you look for in music
if you've been under the spell of artists like Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and Cowboy Junkies.
Intense, poignant, delicate and somewhat dreamy, Spider's beautiful songs remind us
that the strength of our thoughts and emotions might not be very noisy but can be very powerful indeed."

Interviews
lefthip.com
stagehymns.blogspot

Reviews

"...Unless Joanna Newsom drops another brilliant album this may well
be the very finest folk that New Weird America has to offer this year."
Lefthip.com

"...The overall result is a pretty spectacular little album
that should be on the must-listen list for any fan of slower and folky stuff."
palebear.com

"...The Way To Bitter Lake’ has been my winter morning soundtrack,
a sonic (too close for) comfort zone as I do the daily early morning trundle up the District Line,
Spider songs whispering in my ears. It’s a treasure of a record, a glimmering campfire
of sound to keep the darkness at bay."
kittenpainting.co.uk

"...Think Sam Beam meets Vashti Bunyan; hushed, comforting,
and ultimately, beautiful and calming. In other words, just what I needed."
gorillavsbear.blogspot

"...The muted singing and sparse, delicate guitar strumming also remind
me of Will Oldham's Master and Everyone, perhaps even early Edith
Frost or Chan Marshall's records prior to Moon Pix..."
threeimaginarygirls.com


"...If further fruits of her labour
are this truly scrumptious, Herships herself may find the
path to success rather well signposted too."
Wears The Trousers magazine


"...With her unadorned guitar gently strumming and a microphone pressed
to her hushed lips she creates a dream world that's soft, carefree, and peaceful..."
camerondeyhle.blogspot


"...Featuring what may be one of the best song titles ever (“I Don’t know if
she had Any Teeth Because She Never Smiled”), the eight tracks that comprise
“The Way to Bitter Lake” will appeal to fans of Iron &Wine and warm,
intimate folk in general...Quite Lovely."
tastyfanzine

"Spider's "Self titled Demo" floored me. The Brooklyn-based folk/indie
performer's latest release overflows with charm and subtlety."
musicinsight.com

"...the soft, delicate quality of her voice make for some of the most
aesthetically pleasing tunes of the day. Spider, is an intimate look at
lively folk soundscapes that are ubiquitous in full, but so close to
your ear one may begin to forget that there is life going on outside of
the track list. You may shudder to think that someone actually sat down
and created such a beautiful batch...of tunes. Highly recommended."
seacoastonline.com

"Whispered, locked-in-a-cupboard style folk, warm and effecting. There is an eerie
forest-clearing quality about the recording, like Devendra Banhart,
equally as elfin and innocent as his debut material. This has greater strength and less eccentricity,
ploughing more familiar folk furrows, but while it is uncluttered, it’s gripping in its simplicity..."
vanityprojectfanzine

One Sheet
Download Spider's one sheet here.