TOADSTOOL SHADOW
Toadstool Shadow is a music & arts collective, newly based in Chillicothe, Ohio
Toadstool Shadow is creating a three-part fairy tale opera about a visionary rabbit. 2020 and 2021 saw the release of Parts of One and Two, on stage, album, video and movie. Part Three is in progress, hopefully to be unleashed in 2023.
In September 2021, Toadstool Shadow's first film Folk Songs of the American Wood Elf premiered in Canton, Ohio. Over the next month, the film screened in four other Ohio towns: Columbus, Chillicothe, Dayton, and Yellow Springs. Folk Songs of the American Wood Elf is part two of Toadstool Shadow's three-part fairy tale opera. The movie features 12 original songs about faeries, robot elves, leprechauns, mermaids, magic carpets, and invisible mountains, plus two songs about acid casualties. The soundtrack album can be streamed everywhere (Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, etcetera). Limited edition CDs are available in the Toadstool Shadow store.
In September 2021, Toadstool Shadow's first film Folk Songs of the American Wood Elf premiered in Canton, Ohio. Over the next month, the film screened in four other Ohio towns: Columbus, Chillicothe, Dayton, and Yellow Springs. Folk Songs of the American Wood Elf is part two of Toadstool Shadow's three-part fairy tale opera. The movie features 12 original songs about faeries, robot elves, leprechauns, mermaids, magic carpets, and invisible mountains, plus two songs about acid casualties. The soundtrack album can be streamed everywhere (Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, etcetera). Limited edition CDs are available in the Toadstool Shadow store.
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[Toadstool Shadow's Folk Songs of the American Wood Elf] leaves the viewer in a contemplative state about the nature of reality and our understanding of it... It is definitely 'something completely different.'" -Michael Roberts The Devil Strip “[Toadstool Shadow are the] young heirs to the Dayton weirdness throne.” -Karma Chief Records recording artist M. Ross Perkins [Toadstool Shadow's Rainbow Nights] is one of the most creative things I've heard in a long time." -Langen Goldstien Girl at the Rock Shows Although [Toadstool Shadow's] music may seem a bit out there sometimes, their whimsical music can serve as a good relief from the chaotic state the world seems to be stuck in right now." -Theo Gainey Dayton Local Music [Toadstool Shadow is] “a fun, distinctly different project… The subject matter is unusual, but that in no way diminishes the quality of the material." -Don Thrasher Dayton [Ohio] Daily News |
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Updates:
5/13/2022: New photos added to Music & Videos/Photos section
5/3/2022: At long last, a new Toadstool Shadow video. It's a brief preview of a song we were selected to do for the forthcoming micro-documentary Lost Movie Palaces of Southern Ohio.
4/23/2022: New photos added to Music & Videos/Photos section
11/4/2021: Front page article on Toadstool Shadow in Yellow Springs News
11/1/2021: New Toadstool Shadow t-shirts
10/22/2021: Toadstool Shadow article in Dayton Daily News
10/14/2021: Toadstool Shadow reviewed in Akron Devil Strip
10/14/2021: Toadstool Shadow interview on WYSO Dayton, Ohio NPR station
10/8/2021: Toadstool Shadow movie on front page of Chillicothe Gazette
5/13/2022: New photos added to Music & Videos/Photos section
5/3/2022: At long last, a new Toadstool Shadow video. It's a brief preview of a song we were selected to do for the forthcoming micro-documentary Lost Movie Palaces of Southern Ohio.
4/23/2022: New photos added to Music & Videos/Photos section
11/4/2021: Front page article on Toadstool Shadow in Yellow Springs News
11/1/2021: New Toadstool Shadow t-shirts
10/22/2021: Toadstool Shadow article in Dayton Daily News
10/14/2021: Toadstool Shadow reviewed in Akron Devil Strip
10/14/2021: Toadstool Shadow interview on WYSO Dayton, Ohio NPR station
10/8/2021: Toadstool Shadow movie on front page of Chillicothe Gazette