079: Amy Farina (The Evens, The Warmers)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Joe is joined by DC resident, Amy Farina, a drummer who possesses a supernaturally spacious groove, coupled with an inventive compositional aesthetic. Amy tells Joe about her childhood in Pennsylvania; her background in visual art; her tenure with bands such as The Evens, The Warmers, and Lois; her compulsion to work; and parenthood.

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0:00.0	The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
0:05.4	Please visit our website at thetrapset.net and click Donate.
0:09.2	Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review. This is Joe Wong.
0:28.6	Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:33.6	I want to play something for you. You're
1:00.0	Everybody's got their badges, but they got no one to apprehend, no one to have
1:09.0	wanted criminals. You're hearing wanted criminals by
1:13.6	the Evens, featuring wanted criminals by the Evens, featuring my guest Amy Farina on drums.
1:20.6	Formed in Washington, D.C. in 2001, the Evens comprises the duo of Farina and her partner, guitarist Ian Mackay.
1:29.3	Amy has a background in fine art, which might explain her visually evocative, compositional drumming style.
1:48.6	Her spacious groove and clever use of melodic counterpoint has evolved throughout her work with artists such as the Warmer's and Lois.
2:05.9	Amy continues to live in D.C. with her family.
2:12.6	She and Ian are still working as the Evens, and they've also begun a new band with a third member. Jails in search of prisoners
2:18.3	And now our conversation with Amy Farina
2:26.3	Jails in search of prisoners. Jails in search of prisoners.
2:35.0	Jails in search of prisoners.
2:38.0	Jails in search of prisoners.
2:40.0	I was born in South Central Pennsylvania.
2:44.0	I grew up in a small town called Sharman's town.
2:48.0	I lived there for, oh, 10 or so years. And then I moved to a neighboring town.
2:56.3	But I spent my first 18 years in Pennsylvania. And I had a, my older, I have an older brother who is a, he was into punk and he had come across,
3:15.6	he had gotten this like suite of instruments.
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