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NorthPoint

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About Me

NorthPoint was formed in Spring of 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Ken Lowther (guitar, vocals) and Alan Crouch (bass, vocals) began writing original material, and Charlie Swift joined on drums to complete the line-up. NorthPoint plays rootsy, roadhouse rock in the vein of the Rolling Stones, Train, Soul Asylum, and Three Doors Down. The band has also been compared to "The Blasters" in terms of their raw, rootsy sound. The band plays regularly around the Portland metro area, and released their first CD in 2005. Their second CD, Wildwood Trail, was released in March 2006. Their music is inspired by the Pacific Northwest and Americana, with songs like "Rain Falls Down" and "Desolation Angels" being favorites among their local Oregon following as well as a growing international audience from their Internet presence. The songs, all written by Alan Crouch and Ken Lowther, focus on simple bluesy roots rhythms and lyrical content spanning freedom, joy, pain and redemption, helping the down and out, and fighting for what you believe in.Latest information, lyrics, tracks from CDs, upcoming performance dates, merchandise, and booking information are available at the North Point website: http://northpointrock.com or http://myspace.com/northpointrockTheir latest CD, Wildwood Trail, is available at local Music Millenium stores in Oregon, or on the web at http://cdbaby.com/northpoint.Thanks for supporting indie music in Oregon!

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Member Since: 4/13/2006
Band Website: northpointrock.com
Band Members: Alan Crouch, Bass/Vocals; Ken Lowther, Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals; Charlie Swift, Drums/Vocals
Influences: Blasters, Beat Farmers, Rolling Stones, REM, Soul Asylum
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My Blog

NorthPoint on Oct 4 noon-4pm at Saturday Mkt w/ Bridge Creek

Kenny and I will play a set after the Bridge Creek show this Saturday at Saturday Market, SW 2nd and Ankeny (by the Skidmore Fountain).    Bridge Creek plays noon-2pm, and then Kenny and I w...
Posted by NorthPoint on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:44:00 PST

Go For Gold

The day after returning from China, I had a short-notice chance to work on a new song for a contest on icompositions.com   The contest was Olympic Spirit, and the song, "Go for Gold."   You ...
Posted by NorthPoint on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:08:00 PST

Visit us at http://www.icompositions.com/Artists/NorthPoint

Hello Myspace World, Looking at our page tonight, I realized we haven't posted any new songs or information here in months...    We've been slacking in keeping this page up to date beca...
Posted by NorthPoint on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:43:00 PST

Recording update

We got drums recorded this weekend on 4 brand new tracks.   Joel played great and nailed everything in 1-2 takes!   We made progress on "Fallin' Angel", "Black Cloud Girl", "Roll L...
Posted by NorthPoint on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:58:00 PST

Cumberland Road (?) -- Wish us luck!

Next weekend, we're preparing to record the next NorthPoint project, tentatively entitled "Cumberland Road."    We'll likely record some of the songs we have been playing live lately at...
Posted by NorthPoint on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:21:00 PST

Dublin Pub, icompositions

Hello World, We had a great time at the Dublin Pub last night, along with the Keegan Smith band.   Thanks to everyone who came out, and those that took home a CD too :)   We ...
Posted by NorthPoint on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:53:00 PST

NorthPoint at St Henry's December 16 2006

Happy Holidays everyone! We had a very fun benefit show last weekend at St Henry's Parish in Gresham.   It was a wonderful holiday evening of music and dancing.   Everyone had a gr...
Posted by NorthPoint on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:05:00 PST

NorthPoint January 20 7pm Dublin Pub http://cdbaby.com/northpoint

Hi Folks!   We just booked a show on Saturday January 20 2007 at the Dublin Pub.   The pub is located at  6821 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, 503-297-2889.  http://dublinpub...
Posted by NorthPoint on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:59:00 PST

Pick up "Wildwood Trail" CD for only $5!! http://cdbaby.com/northpoint

Happy October!! For a limited time, our latest CD "Wildwood Trail" is on sale for only 5 bucks at http://cdbaby.com/northpoint We had a great time down at Saturday Market on Sept 23/24. Thanks to ...
Posted by NorthPoint on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:58:00 PST

NorthPoint at Saturday Market this Sept 23/24

Hello!   We had a great time at Music Millennium a week ago.   Thanks to everyone who came out to hear us.  We had a ball, and appreciate all your support of our latest CD Wi...
Posted by NorthPoint on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:39:00 PST