Wintry Music 2014!
We are thrilled to have Go Listen Boise curate our live performers again for Wintry Market this year! Go Listen Boise is a non-profit volunteer organization geared to fostering a vibrant and diverse music culture in Boise. Our schedule for both days features some amazing local talent, check them out below!
We will also have the Hawthorne Harmonics choir singing Christmas carols to start your holiday shopping on Saturday!
Saturday, Nov. 22nd:
10:15am – Hawthorne Harmonics Choir
11am – Boise Rock School
Boise Rock School is an independent music school that teaches kids and adults how to rock! Boise Rock School runs as an after-school program with ongoing enrollment, a summer camp destination and outreach program for Idaho schools. For more information visit: boiserockschool.com.
1pm – Urquides
Urquides began as a solo project for singer/guitarist Ricardo Osuna to explore the relationship between the cultures of his native Mexico and current home in the American Northwest. In a matter of months, Urquides grew to a six-person ensemble, drawing on the talent, influences and styles of a diverse group of collaborators.
A project of the Green Zoo Arts Collective, the music of Urquides explores the complexities of culture and identity through narratives in both Spanish and English. The band’s sound has been described as danceable yet melancholy – incorporating acoustic and electronic drums, dreamy synthesizer, syncopated guitar and vocal harmony to create an intricately layered musical style.
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3pm – The Very Most
The Very Most was started in Boise, Idaho, USA by Jeremy Jensen in either 2002 or 2003 (he honestly can’t remember). Since that time, the band has released three full-length albums, seven EPs, and a bunch of miscellaneous tracks. Recorded entirely in Jeremy’s backyard studio (made from a converted shed), the music exists in a pretty little spot on the Venn diagram where The Beach Boys, Camera Obscura, New Order, Teenage Fanclub, and The Wedding Present meet. It makes heavy use of male/female harmony, vocal call-and-answer, and lushly layered instruments, both conventional and not-so-conventional. It’s all pop, and it’s all melodic, but it finds a lot of different ways of being melodic pop.
Live, the band has taken many different forms: from solo acoustic to a seven piece with a vibraphone. They’ve shared the stage with bands as varied as Built to Spill, The Ruby Suns, The Monochrome Set, and The Halo-Benders. They have played such festivals as NYC Popfest, Treefort Music Fest, and Indietracks (in the UK). Coming up is a compilation album of odds and ends, a 6ths-inspired EP of synth-pop with guest vocalists, and, with any luck, another full-length album.