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Bearfoot

About Me

A mere two years after their initial meeting as camp counselors, Bearfoot earned one of roots music’s most prestigious awards – Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions – an honor they share with artists like Dixie Chicks and Nickel Creek. Now, after years of national touring at top theaters and festivals, Bearfoot joins these iconic pop peers, with the broad horizon of the Americana frontier in their souls.Bearfoot is deeply American music. Airy Northern ballads are tempered by back-alley Southern blues, while jazz stomp meets Appalachian breakdown, the whole fused with a signature sexy bluegrass passion.Boasting five distinctive lead voices, the group showcases a remarkable breadth of rich, original songs. Their arrangements soar with smoky, spacious lyricism. The rhythmic bounce and precision of their instrumentation is fiery and inventive, with an earthy focus on blend, harmony, and tone. Bearfoot is sophisticated, vital music. Contemporary guitar voicing set against melodic purity; youthful grit encounters harmonic romance.Bearfoot – the name slyly nods to the wilds of their native Alaska, conjuring images of rural string-band musicians, and, in its simple elegance, elevating the quintet to the top of a cultural mountain where they overlook the past, present, and future of Americana music.

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Member Since: 2/17/2006
Band Website: www.bearfootband.com
Band Members: Kate Hamre - acoustic bass, Odessa Jorgensen - fiddle, Mike Mickelson - guitar, Jason Norris - mandolin, Angela Oudean - fiddle
Influences: Booking - Trish Galfano, TG2 Artists, www.tg2artists.com Record Label - Compass Records www.compassrecords.com, Press and Publicity, Stephanie Fields - [email protected]
Sounds Like: News! Bearfoot recently signed with Compass Records! NEW CD due out this spring!"Bearfoot is an egalitarian sort of band with a taste for switching things up. Mournful ballads give way to folksy three-part harmonies, which in turn make room for romping, bluegrass-instrumentals." The Boston Globe“Follow Me, prodigious musical prowess is matched with an obvious collective spirit of adventurousness, which is perhaps surpassed only by the shining, soaring harmonies." Popmatters.com
Record Label: Compass Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

11.21.09 - New band member and record due out this spring!!!

Well, we are in the studio in Nashville, working on a new record with Compass Records, who we just signed with. We are very excited for you all to hear it this spring!Bearfoot
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:48:00 GMT

YouTube

We finally got our YouTube video up! Check it out and let us know what you think!!Bearfoot
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Austin City Limits

Hi Everybody!Check out Angela, Kate, and Jason on Austin City Limits! We're not actually playing, but we're enjoying a front row seat at the Del McCoury band playing at the Hardly Strictly Festival in...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:48:00 GMT

Frank Wakefield

While playing in Saratoga Springs, NY at Caffe Lena this past week, we were honored to meet and play with legend Frank Wakefield. Check out the video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODHa...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:54:00 GMT

Self Photophocation Pictures

So, I have been putting up many pictures from our Summer 2007 tour, and realized that we needed a Self Photophocation section! Check it out!Kate
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:30:00 GMT

Myspace face lift/Kennedy Center in D.C.

Hey Everyone! We gave ourselves a little face lift today! Check out the new pics from 2007 Summer Tour. Also, we recently played at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Check out the video online at www.kenn...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:10:00 GMT

Feb. '07 Bluegrass Unlimited Review

Be sure to check out this month's issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, we are reviewed in the ON THE EDGE SECTION. To see the article online go to, http://www.bluegrassmusic.com/index.php?em192=113032_-1__...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:57:00 GMT

We're on Mountain Stage this weekend!

Don't forget to tune in to your favorite public radio station this weekend, Bearfoot is going to be on Mountain Stage. To find the public radio station nearest you go to www.mountainstage.org and cli...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:25:00 GMT

More Mountain Stage Info

Turn you radio on to your favorite radio station and Listen for us on Mountain Stage the week after January 12th, when the show feeds to public radio stations.
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:07:00 GMT

Kent State Folk Festival Video!

Check out our show at the Kent State Folk Festival opening for the Sparrow Quartet. The archived video feed is availible at www.kentstatefolkfestival.org/webcast. Enjoy!
Posted by on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:42:00 GMT