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Kuinka with Special Guest, Lizzie Weber for Bastion Brewing Company's Summer Music Series
The Summer is here and Bastion Brewing Company is excited to present a Summer Music Series that will knock your socks off! Literally! It's flip-flop weather folks! Great Music, Great Beer and Great Food accompany our outdoor music stage, so come enjoy the Summer weather with friends, family and the dog too! We'll see you there!
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August 19
Kuinka
https://www.kuinkatheband.com/
"An electronic jolt into modern folk and Americana, waltzing along the grooved edges of dream-pop, synth-pop, and Brooklyns mid-aughts guitar-rock revival." -Vanyaland
"Joyous folk pop" -NPR Music
"Seraphic vocals bookended by ukulele, cello & heavy percussion will leave you feeling giddy & glad to be alive." -The Stranger
A reinvention rather than a refutation, the name Kuinka (coo-WINK-uh) comes from the Finnish for how; how does a band bristling with spirited creativity continue to evolve artistically and challenge themselves while staying true to their own roots? For Kuinka, the answer comes in the form of letting go: a joyful acquiescence to faith in their cumulative love of songwriting and shared experience, regardless of genre or instrumentation. Brothers Zach and Nathan Hamer, along with Miranda Zickler and Jillian Walker, came together in 2014 to form a unique breed of string band; one proudly defiant of preconceived notions of what fits under the label 'Americana'.
Their 2014 debut The Wild North, which propelled the band out of the woods and on to stages across the country, was followed by their 2016 breakout LP The Heartland. Both albums were recorded at the famed Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, WA (Fleet Foxes, Metric), and led to featured performances at dozens of festivals and several successful national headlining tours. Home from touring The Heartland, all four found themselves in the midst of major life changes both as people and as artists; moving out of the house theyd shared for the previous two years to new cities and broadening the total palette from which they draw as musicians. After fleshing out new songs in rehearsal, the band headed to a studio near Portland, OR with the trusted ears of longtime producer Jerry Streeter (Brandi Carlile, The Lumineers). The quartet was joined in the studio with their touring wizard of the woodwinds John Benefiel who handled clarinet and saxophone.
The songs on their forthcoming release Stay Up Late ring with the vibrancy of exploration and discovery. Weve spent our time as a band in pursuit of a unique sound that captures our energy and essence says Zickler. Wed love for our music to be a soundtrack to adventure. The change represents finding your way, for both us and our listeners.
Nathan Hamer // ukulele, vocals + mandolin
Miranda Zickler // vocals, synthesizer, banjo, rhythm guitar + percussion
Jillian Walker // cello, vocals + percussion
Zach Hamer // lead guitar, percussion, vocals + harmonica
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with Special Guest:
Lizzie Weber
http://www.lizzieweber.com/
Originally a singer/songwriter from St. Louis, MO, Lizzie Weber released her debut full-length album in January 2014. Lizzies roots in St. Louis have a lot to do with a woman so grounded. I feel as though growing up in St. Louis allowed me to develop strong values and a strong sense of self, a kind of self-awareness that sort of catapulted me into writing very personal and emotionally charged music.
Lizzie is, indeed steeped in music, like her hometown. Her debut was well received by the public. Huffington Post dubbed her single Falling Like Fools your new favorite song about heartbreak, while the music video for the track has been an official selection at seven international film festivals around the world and won awards at two of them. Most recently, it was selected out of 2,000 submissions to screen at the Reel Teal Film Festival, where it won "Best Music Video of 2016." No Depression called her debut a confessional record, but one that is very well-handled, never straying into the over-dramatic, but instead honing in on a sound which is personal, powerful, and, at times, perfect.
Following the success of her debut, Lizzie appeared on the cover of the Riverfront Times in January of 2015, and was interviewed for Arts America on PBS. She has performed with such acclaimed songwriters as Academy Award-winner Marketa Irglova (the Swell Season/Once), John Gorka, Crystal Bowersox, and Tiny Ruins.
In fall of 2015, Lizzie produced a rendition of Nirvanas Heart-Shaped Box, released on iTunes November 30. On April 26th of this year, she released a single called Love Again produced by Grammy-award winner Sheldon Gomberg. She is currently preparing to record her sophomore album.
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LocationBastion Brewing Company (View)
12529 Christianson Rd
Anacortes, WA 98221
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 0 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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