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skypiper[has two new songs/new blog]

About Me


skypiper is graham burkum, michael childers, gabriel burkum, and kyle christensen. If you were to go to bed late. Wake up early. Eat buttered cinnamon-raisen toast and black coffee, followed by a stroll through the park and ending up at a parade where you caught a few smiles from that secret crush of yours- while eating toasted-coconut shaved ice, then ending the evening at the symphony... Yeah. That's skypiper.
“Lay low and pretty and don’t make a sound,” advises Skypiper frontman Graham Burkum at the close of the heart-melting ditty “Lay Low and Pretty”, the title track for the folk outfit’s full-length debut. This sentiment seems the group’s official credo, as they’ve kept mostly anonymous in the local scene, yet pumping out songs so rich in pathos they could bring Omaha’s most callous bastards to their knees. In celebration of the release, a string arrangement will accompany the boys through the entirety of the album, certainly forcing the audience to weep into their tallboys, which is great because Old Style isn’t nearly watery enough. — Tim Greenup, The Reader

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/06/2006
Band Website: skypiper.net
Band Members: graham burkum - lead vocals, lead guitar
michael childers- lead vocals, lead guitar
gabriel burkum - double bass, vocals, other
kyle christensen - piano, accordion, bgv, misc.
LOOKING FOR DRUMMER

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*BOOKING CONTACT*
We handle our own booking, right now. If you would like to book us, please
e-mail us at [email protected] . You can also send us a message if
you would like. Or, you can call us here 402-276-2807. Thank you!

Influences: the beatles, wilco, travis, the cardigans, the thrills, sondre lerche, ben kweller, weezer, radiohead, the perishers, nickel creek, chris thile, the ditty bops, phantom planet, sixpence none the richer, johnny cash, alison krauss, andrew bird, paul mccartney, jellyfish, keith green, amy grant, john mayer, guster, queen, spoon, ELO, edgar meyer, davenport, the rembrandts, james taylor
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Currently Unsigned

My Blog

new news

Hey all. This is Kyle. It is kind of late, but I was thinking to myself that all of you probably have absolutely no idea what is going on is skypiperland. And that is not good at all. So let me fill y...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 23:57:00 GMT

a nice girl reviewed our record...

http://sarahjean05.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/skypipers-lay-lo w-and-pretty-stands-strong-and-melodic/--------------------- --------------------------------------------------Midwestern rock band Skypiper ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:19:00 GMT

SPRING TOUR WITH TYLER BURKUM!

So... This spring, we are VERY excited to announce our second tour! We are going to hit the road with the amazingly-talented, "Tyler Burkum" of Minneapolis! You can check out his wonderful music ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:47:00 GMT

WOW...

A lot is happening right now!Tomorrow night (September 4th) we get to play at the Waiting Room for the 'Mid American Music Festival' with some great bands! (Thunderpower, James Brown Car Alarm, and S...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:32:00 GMT

hey hey hey, the oea’s! (and other happenings)

Greetings friends!If you haven't heard, the Omaha Entertainment Award coming up! And you can vote for us! If you don't know what the OEA's are, we will explain. A couple places around town thought it ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:43:00 GMT

HAPPENINGS!

First off! We apologize for not keeping up with our "Bloggage"(if you will)! We should have written one at least a month ago... sorry. here we go.A ton of great things have been happening with us ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:06:00 GMT

THE RECORD IS DONE!

Hey Everyone! We just wanted to stop and give you all a little update on what has been going on in the life of "skypiper".  Our record, "Lay Low and Pretty" was finally pronounced done on the 12t...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:27:00 GMT

Friends! Record Update!

Hey Everyone! This is Gabriel, the bassist. I just figured there is plenty to write about,and i'm actually quite stunned that we don't have a blog up here yet! haha..SO!!! Here it is!We went into ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:46:00 GMT