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July 7

We continue to keep very busy! We are almost finished with our new album, THE PROOF, and are so very excited about it. We have posted two pre-release cuts on our Facebook page, so go check ‘em out! 

We’re in the middle of a rockin’ midwest sweep right now and are having a great time. We love Bloomington and Louisville! Next, on to Frakes, KY and then back to our sweet Dayton for a show. Then we’re heading to California at the end of the month and can’t wait to get back there!

  Rent in Dayton and Ain’t That Good News in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival both went great, thank you everyone so much for helping them to be the successes they were!

Here’s reviews from Dayton and Cincy.

For The Bengsons in THE CINCINNATI FRINGE FEST:

CityBeat - “It’s odd and raw, by turns challenging and accessible, touching and frothy. It’s a little bit of everything, and it’s also unlike anything you’ve seen and heard before.”

FULL REVIEW

DaytonMostMetro - “You, yes YOU, have NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to miss their performances whenever their nomadic path winds through Southwest Ohio.”

FULL REVIEW

For the Bengsons in Encore Theater Co.’s benefit production of RENT:

Dayton City Paper - “The completely mesmerizing Bengson... stunningly conveyed Mimi’s seductiveness, emotional fragility and unflinching desire to live in the moment at hand. Further, her incredibly evocative, spine-tingling vocals were a beguiling hybrid of Alanis Morissette and Joss Stone.”

FULL REVIEW

For Abigail’s performance of Mimi in RENT, she was awarded the 2010 BREAKOUT FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL award by the Dayton City Paper. We are so proud!

May 27

    We’ve been keeping extremely busy! Our west coast tour went unbelievably well. Now we’re prepping for our runs in Ohio of Rent in Dayton with the fabulous Encore Theater Co. and Ain’t That Good News in Cincinnati then back to NYC. The album is almost done and we will announce more news very shortly!

And to our wonderful west coast tour support, huge thanks to: Leah, Gary, Simon, Ben, Nora, Claire, Paola and the fam, Matt, Liz, the wonderful crew of Kettering’s Christ United Methodist and The Tijuana Christian Orphanage, the many grand venues, and all the other wonderful folks who were so very helpful. THANK YOU!

Mar 22

    The new album is coming along very well! We’re nearing completion of recording and then will be working on mixing and mastering. The album is set to be ready by it’s mid-June release date and we are very proud of how it is shaping up. A sneak peak track will be posted soon!

    Other news: 

    We are very excited to begin working with the lovely and talented LA PR agent, Deb Brosseau.

    We will be Artists in Residence with the Encore Theater Co. of Dayton, OH, for the month of May. In addition offering a series of workshops, we will be participating in ETC’s benefit performances of RENT from June 3-6. The proceeds will benefit Dayton-area AIDS relief work. Exciting news is that Althea Harper, 2nd place finalist on Lifetime’s Project Runway, will be designing Abigail’s costume for the production! The costume will then be auctioned off at the final performance for charity.

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Feb 19

Had a great time at Green Mountain College. Thanks Shirley! Planning for the West Coast/South West tour is coming along very well. The new album is also making great progress. We’ll be shooting a video for the lead single off the album with New York City’s Gabriel Traylor, the video should be available mid-Spring. Also, NYC-ers should keep their eyes peeled for an Album Release show at the beginning of April! Further details will be coming soon....

s&a

Feb 5

    Dixon Place went very well, thank you everyone for making it such a success! Video from the performance will be available soon.

Jan 12

    New website goes live!

Jan 10

    Dixon Place is going to be ruckus and amazing. Not to be missed!

Dixon Place

New York, New York

Feb 4

8pm

Jan 7

   Flynnspace was a smashing success. Amazing performers, Annie Nessen Voorhees (sister to Abigail) and Nate Wallace-Gusakov joined us for the performance and we are so grateful to them for sharing their talents with us.

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Jan 6

    We are supremely excited to be returning to Flynnspace, hope to see everyone there!

Flynnspace

Burlington, VT

Jan 9

8pm

1. -Shaun & Abigail
   

Jan 2

    Had a great show in Brooklyn last night. Happy birthday Roots Cafe! Anyone living in South Slope, Brooklyn, would be wise indeed to take advantage of this great cafe and community. Tell Jamey we sent ya!

- s & a

Dec 22

    We are hard at work on our next album. It is coming along great. You can hear a rough cut of one of the new tracks, Rust Birds, on our myspace page.

    We are also very excited to announce that dear friend and zombie, Simon Miller, is hard at work on the album cover, which is going to turn heads. Further artwork will be coming from the ever talented Joel Bengson, so it is shaping up to be a joy on the ears and eyes alike.

1. -s & a