Monroeville w/ Poor Old Shine

Saturday July 16, 2011 @ 8:00 PM

Monroeville is an exciting new acoustic band with a combined experience of almost 80 years of playing and singing. Individually they have been nominated for Grammy awards, won prestigious competitions, founded bands, and have been highly influential to their following and peers. Collectively, in their few months since forming, they have appeared on the Today Show, started a record label, gathered a solid fan base, and established themselves as a powerful new act in the business. The group consists of six young men from the East Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina areas.

“I am having an amazing time working with Monroeville. These guys are so talented and musically mature beyond their age. They are pushing the boundaries of the acoustic music genre." - David Hall – GRAMMY® Award-winning Engineer www.davidhalldavidhall.com

“I have really been enjoying the creative process working on this project with Monroeville. There is a real strong sense of trust and a synergy that seems to keep things positively charged, loose, and fun. Everybody is relaxed, but determined to make the best music we possibly can. I think we’ve discovered some very unique group sounds together in the studio, something dynamic and organic. It’s all happened very naturally. Their willingness to take chances coupled with an incredibly mature “one for all, all for one” mentality has made producing these guys on their debut project an absolute pleasure! I’m already looking forward to starting the next one!!” - Jim VanCleve – GRAMMY® Nominated Producer and Musician with Mountain Heart

“Monroeville’s current day adaptation of “Country Blues” highlights this emerging ensemble’s talent while promising an exciting future.” - Jamie S. Dailey Rounder Recording Artist for Dailey and Vincent

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Poor Old Shine is the Roots-Americana collaboration of Chris Freeman and Will Leet. They travel with an assortment of instruments including guitars, banjos, pump organ, string bass, cello, a swarm of harmonicas, and a yard-sale-scrap-metal drum set. It’s old songs with a new feel, banjos with paint peeled, shoes with holes and treadless soles, and music that is real.

POS' music is rooted in the folk and Appalachian mountain music tradition and fits in well at bluegrass festivals and sticky rock clubs alike. They have been compared to The Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Langhorne Slim, and The Low Anthem because of the changing instrumentation and harmonies. Each set mixes Freeman and Leet's songwriting with traditional folk ballads, prison work songs, and front porch style jamming.

Poor Old Shine also features musicians Antonio Alcorn (Mandolin, guitar), Scott Thomas McColl (Upright Bass), Malachai Madden (Cello, Guitar), and David Norman (Organ). All six are students at the University of Connecticut.

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Tickets:

$12, $22