Cuddle Magic August 1, 2012

Cuddle Magic is a large ensemble from Brooklyn and Philadelphia that performs lush, whimsical songs with wide-ranging instrumentation (including strings, percussion, vibraphone, trumpet, clarinet, keyboards, guitars, and many voices). Made up of Ben Davis, Kristin Slipp, Alec Spiegelman, Christopher McDonald, Dave Flaherty and Cole Kamen-Greenmade, Cuddle Magic "plays deftly crafted arrangements of their complex and varied original music." After forming as a quintet just over four years ago, they have gradually come to incorporate more and more of their musical friends into the band, constructing intricate soundscapes that include elements of folk, avant-garde, classical, world and urban music.