Ryan Shupe and his band prove rubber can stick to your ears like glue

Ryan Shupe and his band prove rubber can stick
to your ears like glue

PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Contact:
Chip Herter
chip@swallowhillmusic.org
303.765.2488

DENVER — Ryan Shupe dubbed his group of extraordinary musicians the RubberBand to describe their ability to stretch out musically in all directions. This high-energy quintet from Salt Lake City will take over the stage at Swallow Hill on Friday, January 29 at 8 p.m.

Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand have built a reputation for wowing audiences as they ping their music back and forth with joyful spontaneity; creating a concert experience that stays with you long after the show has ended, proving that "Rubber" can indeed stick to you like glue.

Intentionally avoiding the "over-produced" tendencies of today's music, Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand have built an organic approach to performing that has earned them quite a following throughout the West and around the country. "It’s a musician’s music," says Shupe, "but it’s also for people who want a good tune...If you're a musician you like it, because it has complex arrangements and things that are different than what's out there… [We're] doing a rock country hybrid with banjo and fiddle. But you're still getting the songs that you’d like to hear played on the radio." The group has already produced one Top 15 Country single with their track "Dream Big" and is currently working on a new album.

New folk/bluegrass/country music quartet, Finders & Youngberg, will open the show.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make and enjoy music since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2009 as one of the largest nonprofit institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. In 2008, Swallow Hill Music served more than 80,000 people through their concert, school and outreach programming. With more than 2,300 members, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 200 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. Swallow Hill’s Julie Davis School of Music offers classes for every interest, skill level and member of the family. Each year, a faculty of 60 instructors provides training to more than 4,000 students. A Tier II member of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, Swallow Hill has been named one of the Top 25 Movers & Shakers in Arts & Culture by the Rocky Mountain News, has won both the Mayor's and Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts and countless "Best of Denver" awards, has been recognized by 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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