PAPER BIRD
with Patrick Dethlefs

Stonefly Productions Presents…

PAPER BIRD (BAROQUE POP/INDIE/FOLK- COLORADO)
www.paperbirdband.com
www.facebook.com/paperbirdband 

SATURDAY JUNE 22, 2013
@ Stage 112 ~ 112 N. Patee Street, Missoula, MT
TICKETS: $5 advance / $8 day of show
DOORS: 9pm 
AGES: 18+ ($5 Minor Surcharge at the door for ages 18-20) 
Advance tickets on-sale Monday May 6 at 9AM and are available online at www.ticketfly.com.

With An Opening Performance By:PATRICK DETHLEFS (Folk/Americana- Kittredge, CO)
www.patrickdethlefs.com

ABOUT PAPER BIRD:
Paper Bird’s backbone is their songwriting, musicianship and a general allergy to all limitations and trends. With seven members and no leader, possibilities are ever unfolding, with fluctuations in style and mood akin to weather patterns.

When asked what genre of music they play, they answer “joyful.” The eight-piece band consists of three female singers, accompanied by banjo, guitar, stand-up bass, and percussion. Young in age but timeless in spirit, Paper Bird continually captures the hearts of new listeners and long-time fans. Their rare and beautiful approach to music led them to be featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and they were voted in the Top 10 Best Underground Bands by Denver Post three years in a row, as well as 5280’s Top of the Town 2009 “Top Local Band”. In the last year they have played Red Rocks Amphitheater to an audience of over 8000 people and have shared the stage with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Devotchka, Judy Collins, Dr. Dog, The Lumineers, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Glen Campbell, and many more. Their haunting and authentic sound is a refreshing and breathtaking blend of indie folk, pop, rock, jazz, and rhythm and blues.

The band’s inception came a few years ago during a vacation in Breckenridge, Colorado. They wrote a song as a cure for cabin fever, and tested playing it standing on a street corner, where they earned a few dollars and decided to form a band. Shortly after they went into the studio and recorded their first self-released album Anything Nameless and Joymaking (2007), which has been a top selling record in local retail stores since its release. Following releases include: A Sky Underground (2009), When the River Took Flight (2010), and Carry On (2011).

ABOUT PATRICK DETHLEFS:
(Pronounced “DET-Lefs”)

Patrick Dethlefs’ songwriting crests like a humble Townes Van Zandt, innocent of his own haunting melodies and lyricism. Dethlefs’ new release Fall and Rise offers folk Americana with effortless sincerity at a time when many acts strive purposefully to revive the stripped-down feel of a musical history long past.

Now only in his early 20s, Patrick won the Best Teen Songwriter Award (2009) at Swallow Hill Music—one of the largest non-profit organizations in the U.S. dedicated to developing folk and acoustic music. Patrick also received Best Song and Best Performance.

Perhaps the innate nostalgia embedded in Patrick’s music takes root in the age at which he began playing. Inspired by his father who he lost when he was young, Patrick first picked up a guitar when he was 12. Also a musician, Patrick’s father leaves a crescendoing legacy through his son who is not only humble, but humbling, through his unassuming creative presence.

He has opened several engagements for Nathaniel Rateliff, played and recorded with members of Paper Bird. Patrick has also shared the stage with notables Gregory Alan Isakov, Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band), Sarah Anderson (Paper Bird), Mountain Man, and Horse Feathers.

Fall and Rise follows impressive reception of 2010′s Stays the Same and Patrick’s split release with the Eye and the Arrow: “Dethlefs’ songs show maturity beyond his years”(Matt Pusatory, Onion A/V Club Denver Boulder).

 

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