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| name = Liz Cooper & The Stampede
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| origin = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], USA
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| years_active = 2014-present
| years_active = 2014-present
| label = Liz Cooper & the Stampede
| label = Sleepyhead Records
| website = {{URL|https://www.lizcoopermusic.com/}}
| website = {{Official website | https://www.lizcooperandthestampede.com/}}
| current_members =
| current_members = * Liz Cooper
* Liz Cooper
* Ryan Usher
| past_members = * Ky Baker
* Grant Prettyman
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'''Liz Cooper & The Stampede''' are a three-piece American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name="Marquette Wire">{{cite web|last1=Drenovsky|first1=Jimmy|title=Liz Cooper & the Stampede: Answering the Questions that Matter|url=https://marquettewire.org/3977076/tv/liz-cooper-the-stampede-answering-the-questions-that-matter/|website=Marquette Wire|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> NPR describes their music as “a seamless balance of muted rhythmic sounds and propulsive drive that feels so good”.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|last1=Benjamin|first1=Naddaff-Hafrey|title=10 More Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Loved|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/03/21/520829546/10-more-tiny-desk-contest-entries-we-loved|website=National Public Radio|publisher=National Public Radio, Inc.|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>
'''Liz Cooper & The Stampede''' is a three-piece American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name="Marquette Wire">{{cite web|last1=Drenovsky|first1=Jimmy|title=Liz Cooper & the Stampede: Answering the Questions that Matter|url=https://marquettewire.org/3977076/tv/liz-cooper-the-stampede-answering-the-questions-that-matter/|website=Marquette Wire|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> NPR described their music as "a seamless balance of muted rhythmic sounds and propulsive drive that feels so good".<ref name="NPR.org"/>


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Liz Cooper spent the majority of her life developing her golf skills, only to drop her college scholarship to move to Nashville and pursue music.<ref name="The Baltimore Sun">{{cite web|last1=Zumer|first1=Bryna|title=From golf to guitars, Fallston native turned Nashville recording artist comes 'home' to BBQ Bash|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/belair/ph-ag-bbq-bash-0814-20150814-story.html|website=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> Soon after she moved to Nashville in 2012 she recruited Ky Baker and Grant Prettyman to join The Stampede.<ref name="BMI.com 2017">{{cite web | title=Indie Spotlight: LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE | website=BMI.com | date=October 5, 2017 | url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/indie-spotlight-liz-cooper-the-stampede | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref> Liz Cooper & The Stampede have played at Austin City Limits Festival, and have opened for Bermuda Triangle and Desert Noises.<ref name="ANCHR MAGAZINE">{{cite web|last1=Zyzda|first1=Rachel|title=Get To Know: Liz Cooper & The Stampede|url=https://www.anchrmagazine.com/interviews/2017/10/23/get-to-know-liz-cooper-the-stampede|website=ANCHOR MAGAZINE|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Nashville Scene">{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Amber|title=Brittany Howard and Bermuda Triangle Charm a Sold-Out Basement East|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/spin/article/20867515/brittany-howard-and-bermuda-triangle-charm-a-soldout-basement-east|website=Nashville Scene|publisher=Nashville Scene|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> When asked what types of music influences her she says “The ’60s, ’70s. Meeting people. My surroundings. Traveling. Jazz. Bossa nova. Random music that I’ll hear when I’m driving through random places in Colorado where there’s only one station, and it’s really strange and I’m stuck with it. Everything influences me.”<ref name="Native Magazine">{{cite web|last1=Levin|first1=Hilli|title=On Par|url=http://native.is/article/on-par/|website=Native Magazine|publisher=Native Magazine|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>
Liz Cooper spent the majority of her life developing her golf skills, only to drop her college scholarship to move to Nashville and pursue music in 2012.<ref name="The Baltimore Sun">{{cite web|last1=Zumer|first1=Bryna|title=From golf to guitars, Fallston native turned Nashville recording artist comes 'home' to BBQ Bash|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/belair/ph-ag-bbq-bash-0814-20150814-story.html|website=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="BMI.com 2017">{{cite web | title=Indie Spotlight: LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE | website=BMI.com | date=October 5, 2017 | url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/indie-spotlight-liz-cooper-the-stampede | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref> They have played Bottlerock Festival, Austin City Limits Festival, and have opened for Lord Huron, Phosphorescent, Tyler Childers, Houndmouth, Bermuda Triangle, Rayland Baxter, and Deer Tick.<ref name="ANCHR MAGAZINE">{{cite web|last1=Zyzda|first1=Rachel|title=Get To Know: Liz Cooper & The Stampede|url=https://www.anchrmagazine.com/interviews/2017/10/23/get-to-know-liz-cooper-the-stampede|website=ANCHOR MAGAZINE|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Nashville Scene - Sold-Out Basement East">{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Amber|title=Brittany Howard and Bermuda Triangle Charm a Sold-Out Basement East|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/spin/article/20867515/brittany-howard-and-bermuda-triangle-charm-a-soldout-basement-east|website=Nashville Scene|publisher=Nashville Scene|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> The band will play Newport Folk Festival, Forecastle Festival, [[Lockn']] in summer 2019. When asked what types of music influences her she says "The '60s, '70s. Meeting people. My surroundings. Traveling. Jazz. Bossa nova. Random music that I'll hear when I'm driving through random places in Colorado where there's only one station, and it's really strange and I'm stuck with it. Everything influences me."<ref name="Native Magazine">{{cite web|last1=Levin|first1=Hilli|title=On Par|url=http://native.is/article/on-par/|website=Native Magazine|publisher=Native Magazine|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>


==Reviews==
==Reviews==


* Glide Magazine says "This is special stuff, sending a clear as day signal that Liz Cooper & the Stampede may be one of the most exciting live acts out there right now."<ref name="Glide Magazile">{{cite web |last1=Glide |title=ALBUM PREMIERE: LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE GET LOOSE AND WILD ON PSYCH-MEETS-INDIE-ROCK EP ‘LIVE IN CHICAGO’ |url=https://glidemagazine.com/228416/album-premiere-liz-cooper-the-stampede-get-loose-and-wild-on-psych-meets-indie-rock-ep-live-in-chicago/ |website=Glide Magazile |publisher=Glide Publishing LLC |accessdate=17 July 2019}}</ref>
* Natalie Weiner at New York Times writes "This lilting Nashville rock trio gives new meaning to the label “easy listening” with their tempered, dreamy psychedelia. Gentle grooves and softly arpeggiated guitars take the place of sprawling, climactic jams, yet their songwriting is taut enough that the audience is never in danger of being lulled to sleep."<ref name="NYT">{{cite web | last=Weiner | first=Natalie | title=Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend: Liz Cooper & the Stampede | website=New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/music/nyc-this-weekend-pop-rock-jazz.html | access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref>
* Bruce Warren at NPR writes “A gorgeously arranged and performed bouquet of psychedelia-tinged folk-rock...” “...to draw a line from Window Flowers to any period of rock and roll, it would be that of the Paisley Underground and bands like The Dream Syndicate, where beautiful and languid psychedelia met moody folk and rock based songs. Cooper taps into this and more on her debut, wrapping her reverbed vocals in swirling, warm echoes of sound and nuanced musical lushness thanks to the addition of keyboards, pedal steel, a glockenspiel here and a banjo there.”<ref name="NPR">{{cite web | last=Warren | first=Bruce | title=Liz Cooper & The Stampede's 'Window Flowers' Channels Classic Sounds To Soar | website=NPR | url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/02/631796938/first-listen-liz-cooper-the-stampede-window-flowers | access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref>
* Jimmy Drenovsky from Mmarquettewire.org said, "Liz Cooper & the Stampede are a three-piece unit that make breathtaking ambient-rock tunes."<ref name="Drenovsky">{{cite web | last=Drenovsky | first=Jimmy | title=Liz Cooper & the Stampede: Answering the Questions that Matter | website=Marquette Wire | url=https://marquettewire.org/3977076/tv/liz-cooper-the-stampede-answering-the-questions-that-matter/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Jimmy Drenovsky from Mmarquettewire.org said, "Liz Cooper & the Stampede are a three-piece unit that make breathtaking ambient-rock tunes."<ref name="Drenovsky">{{cite web | last=Drenovsky | first=Jimmy | title=Liz Cooper & the Stampede: Answering the Questions that Matter | website=Marquette Wire | url=https://marquettewire.org/3977076/tv/liz-cooper-the-stampede-answering-the-questions-that-matter/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>
* NO COUNTRY-staff with NoCountryforNewNashville.com wrote, "We've had our eye on local psychedelic rockers Liz Cooper & The Stampede since they blew the roof off our Acme Feed & Seed showcase a while back."<ref name="No Country For New Nashville 2016">{{cite web | title=&#91;No Country Premiere&#93; Liz Cooper & The Stampede Drop Live Video For "Thieves" | website=No Country For New Nashville | date=April 12, 2016 | url=http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2016/04/12/no-country-premiere-liz-cooper-the-stampede-drop-live-video-for-thieves/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

* NO COUNTRY-staff with NoCountryforNewNashville.com wrote, "We’ve had our eye on local psychedelic rockers Liz Cooper & The Stampede since they blew the roof off our Acme Feed & Seed showcase a while back."<ref name="No Country For New Nashville 2016">{{cite web | title=&#91;No Country Premiere&#93; Liz Cooper & The Stampede Drop Live Video For “Thieves” | website=No Country For New Nashville | date=April 12, 2016 | url=http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2016/04/12/no-country-premiere-liz-cooper-the-stampede-drop-live-video-for-thieves/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>
* BNH at NPR.org related that "Mountain Man" is a catchy, simple love song written with the clarity of a good cut of Nashville country. Liz Cooper guides the song with her percussive, fingerpicked guitar and her crackling voice."<ref name="NPR.org">{{cite web | title=10 More Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Loved | website=NPR.org | date=March 21, 2017 | url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/03/21/520829546/10-more-tiny-desk-contest-entries-we-loved | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
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! scope="row"| ''Liz Cooper & the Stampede on Audiotree Live''
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* Release Date: October 26, 2016
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! scope="row"| ''Liz Cooper & the Stampede | Audiotree Far Out''
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* Release Date: June 16, 2017
* Release Date: June 16, 2017
* Label: Audiotree Music
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! scope="row"| ''Live in Chicago EP''
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* Release Date: July 12, 2019
* Label: Sleepyhead Records
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=== Albums ===

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! scope="row"| ''[[Window Flowers]]''
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* Release Date: August 10, 2018<ref name="Nashville Scene">{{cite web|last1=Trageser|first1=Stephen|title=Liz Cooper and the Stampede Hang With Virtual Hunks in 'Mountain Man'|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashville-cream/article/21005691/watch-liz-cooper-and-the-stampede-hang-with-virtual-hunks-in-mountain-man-fresh-vid|website=Nashville Scene|publisher=SouthComm, Inc.|accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref>
* Label: Sleepyhead Records
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.lizcoopermusic.com Official website]
* [https://www.lizcoopermusic.com Official website]


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Latest revision as of 22:59, 4 March 2024

Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Liz Cooper & The Stampede (courtesy of Kane Stewart)
Liz Cooper & The Stampede (courtesy of Kane Stewart)
Background information
OriginNashville, Tennessee, USA
Genres
Years active2014-present
LabelsSleepyhead Records
Members
  • Liz Cooper
  • Ryan Usher
Past members
  • Ky Baker
  • Grant Prettyman
WebsiteOfficial website

Liz Cooper & The Stampede is a three-piece American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.[1] NPR described their music as "a seamless balance of muted rhythmic sounds and propulsive drive that feels so good".[2]

Overview

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Liz Cooper spent the majority of her life developing her golf skills, only to drop her college scholarship to move to Nashville and pursue music in 2012.[3][4] They have played Bottlerock Festival, Austin City Limits Festival, and have opened for Lord Huron, Phosphorescent, Tyler Childers, Houndmouth, Bermuda Triangle, Rayland Baxter, and Deer Tick.[5][6] The band will play Newport Folk Festival, Forecastle Festival, Lockn' in summer 2019. When asked what types of music influences her she says "The '60s, '70s. Meeting people. My surroundings. Traveling. Jazz. Bossa nova. Random music that I'll hear when I'm driving through random places in Colorado where there's only one station, and it's really strange and I'm stuck with it. Everything influences me."[7]

Reviews

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  • Glide Magazine says "This is special stuff, sending a clear as day signal that Liz Cooper & the Stampede may be one of the most exciting live acts out there right now."[8]
  • Natalie Weiner at New York Times writes "This lilting Nashville rock trio gives new meaning to the label “easy listening” with their tempered, dreamy psychedelia. Gentle grooves and softly arpeggiated guitars take the place of sprawling, climactic jams, yet their songwriting is taut enough that the audience is never in danger of being lulled to sleep."[9]
  • Bruce Warren at NPR writes “A gorgeously arranged and performed bouquet of psychedelia-tinged folk-rock...” “...to draw a line from Window Flowers to any period of rock and roll, it would be that of the Paisley Underground and bands like The Dream Syndicate, where beautiful and languid psychedelia met moody folk and rock based songs. Cooper taps into this and more on her debut, wrapping her reverbed vocals in swirling, warm echoes of sound and nuanced musical lushness thanks to the addition of keyboards, pedal steel, a glockenspiel here and a banjo there.”[10]
  • Jimmy Drenovsky from Mmarquettewire.org said, "Liz Cooper & the Stampede are a three-piece unit that make breathtaking ambient-rock tunes."[11]
  • NO COUNTRY-staff with NoCountryforNewNashville.com wrote, "We've had our eye on local psychedelic rockers Liz Cooper & The Stampede since they blew the roof off our Acme Feed & Seed showcase a while back."[12]
  • BNH at NPR.org related that "Mountain Man" is a catchy, simple love song written with the clarity of a good cut of Nashville country. Liz Cooper guides the song with her percussive, fingerpicked guitar and her crackling voice."[2]

Discography

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EPs

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Title Album details
Monsters
  • Release Date: June 24, 2014
  • Label: Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Live at the Silent Planet
  • Release Date: April 1, 2016
  • Label: Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Liz Cooper & The Stampede on Audiotree Live
  • Release Date: October 26, 2016
  • Label: Audiotree Music
Liz Cooper & The Stampede | Audiotree Far Out
  • Release Date: June 16, 2017
  • Label: Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Live in Chicago EP
  • Release Date: July 12, 2019
  • Label: Sleepyhead Records

Albums

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Title Album details
Window Flowers
  • Release Date: August 10, 2018[13]
  • Label: Sleepyhead Records

References

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  1. ^ Drenovsky, Jimmy. "Liz Cooper & the Stampede: Answering the Questions that Matter". Marquette Wire. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "10 More Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Loved". NPR.org. March 21, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Zumer, Bryna. "From golf to guitars, Fallston native turned Nashville recording artist comes 'home' to BBQ Bash". The Baltimore Sun. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Indie Spotlight: LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE". BMI.com. October 5, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Zyzda, Rachel. "Get To Know: Liz Cooper & The Stampede". ANCHOR MAGAZINE. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ Davis, Amber. "Brittany Howard and Bermuda Triangle Charm a Sold-Out Basement East". Nashville Scene. Nashville Scene. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ^ Levin, Hilli. "On Par". Native Magazine. Native Magazine. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  8. ^ Glide. "ALBUM PREMIERE: LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE GET LOOSE AND WILD ON PSYCH-MEETS-INDIE-ROCK EP 'LIVE IN CHICAGO'". Glide Magazile. Glide Publishing LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ Weiner, Natalie. "Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend: Liz Cooper & the Stampede". New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  10. ^ Warren, Bruce. "Liz Cooper & The Stampede's 'Window Flowers' Channels Classic Sounds To Soar". NPR. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  11. ^ Drenovsky, Jimmy. "Liz Cooper & the Stampede: Answering the Questions that Matter". Marquette Wire. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  12. ^ "[No Country Premiere] Liz Cooper & The Stampede Drop Live Video For "Thieves"". No Country For New Nashville. April 12, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  13. ^ Trageser, Stephen. "Liz Cooper and the Stampede Hang With Virtual Hunks in 'Mountain Man'". Nashville Scene. SouthComm, Inc. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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