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Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra

Burr. Givin' you chills.

About Me

More videos of Burr at YouTube ... live photos up at Flickr ...


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/25/2005
Band Website: pineboxorchestra.com
Band Members:

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Burr Settles: vocals and guitar mostly, plus mando, banjo, percussion, computer science.

Sarah Wynia: trumpet, keys, flute, sass, physiology.

Brian Smith: cello, bass, guitar, searing wit, chemistry.


Influences: Cash. Elliott. Beck. Bazan. Dandoheads. Schoolhouse Rock. Vigilantes. Salinger. Sayers. Cowboys. Movies. Books. Records. Fireside and fire station jam sessions. Life, love, & loss.
Sounds Like: Some quotes:

"Intelligent folk-pop, Beck-style beat-inflected workouts, and introspective acoustic numbers." -The Onion AV Club

"Cool songs wandering all over the map. Happy guitar player who can actually write, too." -Hybrid Magazine

"Infective country-tinged rock" -Nuvo (Indianapolis)

"Burr Settles is a gem in the Madison music scene." -Dane101.com

"Great folk music, reminiscent of Bob Dylan (and I don't say that lightly)." -Letters In Bottles

"Settles [gets] attention for his skill at mixing other styles into the folk-rock he plays." -Anchorage Press

"Burr uniquely and creatively takes on each song as a fresh and new project, pleasing the listener with surprising twists to each song." -OpeningBands

"Burr Settles is one of those lucky folkies who, in the spirit of artists like Keller Williams, Jack Johnson or even early Beck, has granted himself the liberty to play whatever style he wants, whenever he wants..." -CoreWeekly (Madison)
"Solo acoustic richness with some full band tendencies." -The Phantom Tollbooth

"Great songs... a gifted writer." -Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love)
"He names inspirations from Beck to They Might Be Giants, but that doesn't begin to explain the depth of the songwriting and the infectiousness of the melodies." -Rick's Cafe


Type of Label: None

My Blog

February Album Writing Month 2008

It's that time again!FAWM.ORG14½ songs in 28 29 days.
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:47:00 PST

Pine Box Orchestra

Most of you who follow my music know that recently I've been collaborating with good friends and fellow grad students Sarah Wynia (who played trumpet on "Sugar In The Raw" from Sketches) and her fianc...
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

World Traveling and Gigging

I just got back yesterday from 5 months of living/touring in Europe. I played maybe a dozen gigs, mostly in southern England (I was living in Cambridge working on my Ph.D. at the university there), bu...
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:08:00 PST

Madison Area Music Awards

Apparently I've been nominated as "Folk/America Artist of the Year" for this year's Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs). I was nominated last year, too, and lost to my buddies in Blake Thomas and the Do...
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:02:00 PST

New video: "Color Bars"

This year one of the new features at FAWM.ORG is the ability to post video demos of our newly written songs. I wrote a songs called "Color Bars" yesterday afternoon and took this video of me performin...
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:14:00 PST

FREE online live album...

Live Indy Folk | 2006A live performance from the Musical Family Tree Festival 10/20/06 in Indianapolis. 8 Songs, free online release.Download FREE »Apparently someone was there and took a video as wel...
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

October mini-tour, and 80s video

For those of you in the Midwest, I've got a few dates coming up in the next couple weeks:10/13 - Common Grounds - Lexington KY10/19 - Sudsy's - Cincinnati OH10/20 - MFT Festival (Big Car Gallery) - In...
Posted by Burr Settles & The Pine Box Orchestra on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:58:00 PST