Gosh, it’s 2011. What’s up with Artichoke? Here’s what occurs to me at the moment:

Timothy Sellers (vocals, guitar, etc.) just returned from an April songwriting residency at NIMBIOS in Tennessee. See the journal for more about that. Antonia Romeo (vocals) has a baby girl! Please welcome Isadora Elodie Flynn to planet Earth. Steve Collins (theremin), Anna Hollingsworth (accordion), and Chris Gonzalez (bass) are extremely busy with jobs and family and stuff. Happily, we do occasionally play a show together. Speaking of busy, guitarist Daniel Leyson has regrettably become too busy for Artichoke. Dan is coaching water polo at UCLA and taking care of his baby girl Mia. He is much missed!! Therefore, please welcome guitarist Nick Reiter. He’s a versatile musician with great tone and the eyebrows of a young Jack Nicholson.

The live Artichoke performs selections from “Historic Highland Park,” “Bees,” and “26 Animals.” If you are on our email list, I will tell you about upcoming shows and such. Hint hint! And Artichoke is working on some goodies in the studio which sound pretty nice.

Thanks for reading this and taking an interest. Here’s a lo-fi video for “Vulcha Beesting.”