Raveis Kole
Acoustic-based duo Raveis Kole combine the talents of multi-instrumentalists Laurie Raveis ("ray-viss") and Dennis Kole. Their meld of alternative folk, country, rock, and the '70s singer/songwriter tradition made its recording debut on the Electric Blue Dandelion LP in 2016. After 2020's 3D Immersive album, the duo stripped things back for 2023's In the Moment, which kept things lively in defiance of its pandemic inspirations.
Raveis and Kole first met at the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival in Bigfork, Montana in 2013, but didn't begin collaborating until they ran into each other again in a blues and rock jam class. They would improvise together after class, switching up instruments. Later, with Raveis based in Boston, Massachusetts and Kole in Bellingham, Washington, they continued to exchange ideas long-distance, eventually recording an album, August 2016's Electric Blue Dandelion, with producer Matt Smith (bass, lap steel), David Webb (piano, organ), Kris Wade (bass, keyboard), and James Gwyn (drums). A live version of the album with a slightly modified track list, Electric Blue Dandelion: Nashville Sessions, reached number 11 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and the Top 50 of independent albums. It was produced by Jeff Silverman (the Allman Brothers Band, Rick Springfield). By that time, Raveis and Kole were married and based in Bellingham.
The project returned to the studio, this time with Jeff Silverman co-producing, for October 2020's 3D Immersive, which welcomed over a dozen guest musicians, including Matt Smith. It incorporated covers of John Prine and the Oscar-winning duet "Shallow," made famous by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. An original seasonal song, "Ho Ho Home Holidays," followed that December. The duo handled the performances of around a dozen instruments by themselves for their next album, 2023's stripped-down, pandemic-inspired In the Moment. Working again with Smith, they carried out a plan to rely on acoustic guitars instead of a traditional rhythm section for its pulse.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Electric Blue Dandelion Nashville Sessions
Folk - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC on 24 Aug 2018
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Angel From Montgomery
Country - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC on 28 Aug 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
3D Immersive
Alternative & Indie - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC - Bop Studio on 23 Oct 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
In the Moment
Folk - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 28 Apr 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Hurt
Alternative & Indie - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC - Bop Studio on 1 Oct 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Help One Another (We All Can)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC on 19 Jun 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Ho Ho Home Holidays
Christmas Music - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC on 10 Dec 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Sticky and Sweet
Folk - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 6 Apr 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wherever You Go
Folk - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 20 Apr 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bop Bop New Orleans
Folk - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 21 Feb 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
True Is Beautiful
Alternative & Indie - Released by Raveis Kole, LLC - Bop Studio on 13 Aug 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sun Eclipsed by the Moon
Folk - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 23 Mar 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Ho Ho Home Holidays (Immersive)
Christmas Music - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 1 Dec 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Street Penguins (Live Acoustic Duo)
Folk - Released by Bop Records - Raveis Kole, LLC on 3 Nov 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo