2013 Northwest Folklife Festival

Cozy Blues Garage w/ Horns Bio: MTS. & Tunnels (pronounced Mountains and Tunnels) began summer of 2011 as a simple recording collaboration between a group of friends in the Seattle music scene. Website: http://www.mtsandtunnels.com Get Recordings: cdbaby, itunes, bandcamp http://www.mtsandtunnels.com Performers: Chris Poage: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards Norman Baker: Bass, Bkg Vocals Daniel Braithwaite: Drums, Bkg Vocals Sarah Schmidt: Backing Vocals Sandy Dickerson: Ukulele Zach Stewart: Electric Guitar Katie Clayton: Trumpet Liana Green: Trombone / Tuba... Read More →

Post-Rock/Math-Rock/Jazz Bio: Phyllis Payne is a five-piece from Gig Harbor who plays piano-driven post-rock, accented by trumpet melodies, ambient guitar, and tapping bass lines to create an ever-evolving atmosphere of sound. Website: https://www.facebook.com/phyllispaynemusic Get Recordings: Yes; http://phyllispayne.bandcamp.com/ Performers: James Reeves - Guitar Leo Baran - Piano/Guitar Ryan Page - Trumpet Austin Weale - Bass Eric Underwood - Drums... Read More →

Synthy Dream Pop Bio: A Puyallup-based four-piece, SHEBEAR crafts sonic dream pop textures through echo-laden synth, ethereal guitar, and dynamic percussion. Get Recordings: http://shebear.bandcamp.com Performers: Jeffrey Andersen - Electric Guitar, Vocal mic, Dynamic Mic Evan Bedlion... Read More →

Power Pop Bio: We're a power pop group who's been around Seattle for 3 years, and we've also busked at Folklife for the last 2. Website: http://www.thehoothoots.com Get Recordings: thehoothoots.bandcamp.com Performers: Adam Prairie - guitar, vocals Chris Prairie - drums, vocals Geoff Brown- bass, vocals Christina Ellis - keys, vocals... Read More →