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The Lonely Forest

The Lonely Forest is a young indie-rock band from the small island town of Anacortes, Washington. Led by John Van Deusen (20) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Braydn Krueger (21) on drums and Eric Sturgeon (24) on bass, the Lonely Forest combines passionate songwriting with memorable melodies. With multiple in-studios and regular radio airplay (KEXP, 1077 THE END), playing to a sold out crowd at Bumbershoot, winning the 2006 EMP Soundoff, working with prestigious producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Hot Hot Heat), numerous west-coast tours (Played the Troubadour in LA), the release of their first full length album, "Nuclear Winter" and presently the recording of their sophomore release "We Sing the Body Electric!", The Lonely Forest has been building an infectious buzz in the Pacific Northwest.

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Jenni Potts

The 21 year old Jenni Potts began playing music around six years of age, first on piano and then adding the ‘cello at age ten. When she was thirteen, she picked up her father’s acoustic guitar and began to veer from her public school training as a symphony ‘cellist. By eighteen, she’d created a demo of ambient vocal and guitar improvisations. It was this demo that Daniel Anderson (of Idiot Pilot) forwarded to Dave Richards and Paul Turpin at Clickpop Records. Following this, Jenni played her first solo performance at which she presented seven new songs especially for the debut. These songs emerged as the first in a string of mature compositions by the fledgling songbird. They also impressed the label, and she was signed to Clickpop the summer of 2006.

Over the next year, Jenni recorded well over twenty songs at Bayside Recording in Bellingham with producer Paul Turpin. Together, most these songs are now released on the album “Take This And Go” along with its companion release “The Fourth EP”. In addition to her singing, Jenni plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar and grand piano on the record. Many of the songs were written in the studio while working on the album. Real strings, drums, bass, pedal steel, and even timpani were added to many of the tracks. The lush symphonic production adds a sense of epic continuity. Some of the finished versions carry the emotional impact of a Nick Drake recording. Yet with the addition of Jenni’s ethereal vocals, a hopefulness is still felt. The experience is uplifting, often in spite of the intense lyrical content.

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The Organ Donor

The Organ Donor also resides in Anacortes Washington and are dear friends with The Lonely Forest, just recently in October of '08 they were signed with Burning Building Recordings and are about to go and record there next album with Johnny Warman, a close friend at orbit audio in Seattle. The Organ Donor are a lively bunch and will draw you in with there energetic stage presence and head bopping melodies.

You can catch them playing shows all across the puget sound.

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Bleack Pin Eyed Bear

Black Pin Eyed Bear comes from Bellingham and is a very important person in my life, her name is Nichole Hughes and with her intimate pounding on her piano keys with weep full lyrics will draw you into her raspy voice that's not so per fact yet so intriguing. This young lady has so much to offer and with time im sure she will send her gift upon this world.

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