Two energetic and eclectic multi-instrumental bands in one night

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Contact: Rodolfo Betancourt
rudy@swallowhillmusic.org
Laura McGaughey
laura@swallowhillmusic.org
303.765.2488

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Denver — Not your typical string band, Boulder Acoustic Society (BAS) is not only a group of young, extraordinarily gifted multi-instrumentalist performers—they write music that demonstrates both their love of traditional music and infuse it with their own style, a rare combination. With an energetic, expert mix of musical chops and unique instrumentation, Aaron Keim (bass, ukulele, vocals), Brad Jones (guitar, ukulele, vocals), Scott McCormick (accordion, ukulele, vocals), Scott Aller (spoons, washboard, Cajun flavors, hand drums, snare, cymbals), and Kailin Yong (violin, ukulele, vocals) are taking the acoustic music scene by storm.

BAS has performed all over the country, played a showcase at the 2005 South By Southwest Music conference in Austin, won second place at the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, presented their own Annual Harvest Moon Hot Jazz Jubilee, showcased at the 2007 Folk Alliance Conference, and are regulars at Swallow Hill, having performed in their Café, the 2006 and 2007 Shady Grove Picnic Concert Series, the Swallow Hill Folk Festival, and the New Roots Music Celebration. The crowd at the 2006 Folk Festival loved them so much that the band was asked to do a then unheard of, encore performance at the end of the night. Their early set and the encore set prompted audience members to get up and dance and shower the band with hoots and hollers at the end of each song. Not surprisingly, that same night the band also set a record for the most CDs sold.

Zebra Junction is Shawn Palmer and Micah Lundy, a multi-instrumentalist duo who transform a wide range of musical genres, from rock, folk, jazz, blues, funk, and ragtime, into highly energetic playful collaborations using everything from vintage to home-made instruments. All together, they have performed and recorded on more than 100 instruments to this end. Working with their collection of rare, hybrid instruments, this power duo's Vaudeville approach includes creative percussion, baritone guitars, and such unconventional instruments as the banjo-ukulele, a hyper-modified Playskool tape deck used for "skratch," a toy piano, and numerous samplers and effects to morph "old school" into "no school." If Tom Waits fronted the White Stripes and had Radiohead's technology, it might have a sound like Zebra Junction.

These two unique bands with their out-of-the-box sounds will perform for one special evening at Swallow Hill Music Association's Daniels Hall stage on Friday, November 30 at 8 p.m.

For tickets visit www.swallowhillmusic.org or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members. This press release is available as a RSS Feed at http://www.swallowhillmusic.org/xml/newsroom/rss/SwallowHillNews.xml.

About Swallow Hill Music Association
Helping people make music since 1979 years, Swallow Hill Music Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members—some of whom are also volunteers—Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually. A Tier II member of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), Swallow Hill has won both the Mayor's and Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, countless "Best of Denver" awards, has been recognized by the the North American Folk Alliance, and is one of the most sought-after venues by folk and roots performers in the country.

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