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Bearfoot
Bluegrass / Americana / Roots Music

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska
United States

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Last Login:  3/16/2010
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   Bearfoot: General Info
Member Since2/17/2006
Band Websitewww.bearfootband.com
Band MembersKate Hamre - acoustic bass, Odessa Jorgensen - fiddle, Mike Mickelson - guitar, Jason Norris - mandolin, Angela Oudean - fiddle
InfluencesBooking - Trish Galfano, TG2 Artists, www.tg2artists.com Record Label - Compass Records www.compassrecords.com, Press and Publicity, Stephanie Fields - publicity@compassrecords.com
Sounds Like "Old time, roots, Americana, folk, bluegrass - whatever...it's just plain old pleasure." - The Boston Globe


Bearfoot live on Local Motion radio show KHEN - Salida, CO Feb 2010

In Redding, California, Oct. '09.

In Fairbanks, Alaska November 2009

At the Compass Records Open House during the AMA's

Wintergrass, Seattle WA Feb 2009

Worldfest, Grass Valley, CA July 2009

Merlefest 2009


Odessa and Chris Thile duet at Pagosa Four Corners Folk Festival 2008
Record LabelCompass Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Apr 8 2010 8:00P
Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, Arkansas
Apr 9 2010 8:00P
Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, Arkansas
Apr 9 2010 10:00P
Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, Arkansas
Apr 15 2010 8:00P
Old Settlers Music Festival Driftwood, Texas
Apr 16 2010 8:00P
Old Settlers Music Festival Driftwood, Texas
Apr 17 2010 7:30P
Tahlequah High School Performing Arts Center Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Apr 19 2010 3:00P
Stillwater Community Center-Houston Theater Stillwater, Oklahoma
Apr 23 2010 8:00P
Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center Bartlett, Tennessee
Apr 30 2010 8:00P
Merlefest Wilkesboro, North Carolina
May 1 2010 8:00P
Merlefest Wilkesboro, North Carolina
May 8 2010 7:30P
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, Arizona
May 9 2010 2:30P
Sedona Bluegrass Festival Sedona, Arizona
May 14 2010 8:00P
KAC Coffeehouse Clinton, New York
May 15 2010 7:30P
Cultural Center at Eagle Hill Hardwick, Massachusetts
May 16 2010 7:30P
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery Brattleboro, Vermont
May 26 2010 9:00P
The Station Inn Nashville, Tennessee
May 28 2010 8:00P
Stage on Herr Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania
May 29 2010 8:00P
Delfest Cumberland, Maryland
May 30 2010 8:00P
Delfest Cumberland, Maryland
Jun 2 2010 10:00A
Bluegrass Camps for Kids Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Jun 3 2010 10:00A
Bluegrass Camps for Kids Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Jun 4 2010 10:00A
Bluegrass Camps for Kids Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Jun 5 2010 8:00P
Pagosa Folk ’n Bluegrass Festival Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Jul 6 2010 10:00A
Bluegrass Camps for Kids Crested Butte, Colorado
Jul 7 2010 10:00A
Bluegrass Camps for Kids Crested Butte, Colorado
Jul 8 2010 10:00A
Bluegrass Camps for Kids Crested Butte, Colorado
Jul 9 2010 8:00P
Crested Butte Music Festival Crested Butte, Colorado
Jul 15 2010 7:00P
Pickin’ in the Park - Ridgeway Town Park Ridgway, Colorado
Jul 17 2010 8:00P
Strings Festival Park - Strings Music Pavilion Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Jul 19 2010 9:00A
Rockygrass Academy Lyons, Colorado
Jul 20 2010 9:00A
Rockygrass Academy Lyons, Colorado
Jul 21 2010 9:00A
Rockygrass Academy Lyons, Colorado
Jul 22 2010 9:00A
Rockygrass Academy Lyons, Colorado
Jul 23 2010 8:00P
Rockygrass Festival Lyons, Colorado
Jul 24 2010 8:00P
Floydfest Floyd, Virginia
Jul 25 2010 8:00P
Floydfest Floyd, Virginia
Aug 14 2010 8:00P
Grand Targhee Festival Alta, Wyoming
Oct 4 2010 8:00P
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Matilija Auditorium Thousand Oaks, California
Oct 5 2010 8:00P
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Matilija Auditorium Thousand Oaks, California
Oct 6 2010 8:00P
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Matilija Auditorium Thousand Oaks, California
Oct 7 2010 8:00P
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Matilija Auditorium Thousand Oaks, California
Oct 8 2010 8:00P
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Matilija Auditorium Thousand Oaks, California
Oct 9 2010 8:00P
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - Matilija Auditorium Thousand Oaks, California
Nov 6 2010 8:00P
RiverHawk Festival Dade City, Florida
Nov 7 2010 8:00P
RiverHawk Festival Dade City, Florida

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   About Bearfoot
Big News! We are having a Name the Bearfoot Band Van Contest for the new van we just bought! It's a 15-passenger, gold van, yes, gold,,, pretty sweet rig! Here are the rules, and you can always check out our website, www.bearfootband.com for more details. 1) One entry per person; Must be posted to our Facebook page, Myspace page, Twitter page, or emailed to us at bearfootband@yahoo.com. We will also have paper to write suggestions on at our gigs. 2) Due date is Feb. 25th. The Winner will be announced by March 1st on our website, Facebook page, Myspace page, Twitter page, and in our next newsletter. 3) The Winner will receive 2 free tickets to any Bearfoot show (except festivals and openers), OR 2 free CDs, OR 2 free T-shirts. Prizes are redeemable until Dec. 31st, 2010. 4) A picture of the van is uploaded into our Photos page. Have fun! Be creative! Bearfoot
Bearfoot
Quantcast Bluegrass music from Alaska. It may sound like a bit of a non sequitur but Bearfoot, a band from Anchorage, is proving that the two aren't as unrelated as you might think. Comprised of Kate Hamre (acoustic bass), Mike Mickelson (guitar), Jason Norris (mandolin), Angela Oudean (fiddle), and newest member Odessa Jorgensen (vocals/fiddle), Bearfoot’s rise from über talented music camp counselors to an established national touring band has been nothing short of meteoric. A mere two years after their initial meeting teaching at their namesake’s bluegrass camp for kids, Bearfoot earned one of roots music’s most prestigious awards – Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions – an honor they share with artists Dixie Chicks and Nickel Creek. Soon, they were touring extensively during summer breaks and became regular crowd favorites at prestigious festivals including Wintergrass, Grey Fox, Strawberry Festival, and six consecutive years at RockyGrass. The original band members (Hamre, Mickelson, Norris, and Oudean) had known each other and played together in various combinations in Alaska’s small but vibrant music scene and the community of musicians, fans, parents, and friends rallied around the fledgling band. “We wrangled some support from them in the form of mileage and airline tickets,” says Norris. “People wanted to see us succeed and travel. Very few bands in Alaska, particularly young bands, get the opportunity to do that so the community was excited about it and jumped onboard with us. Those same people still go to our shows now.” The original band name was “Bearfoot Bluegrass” but as the band evolved, they dropped “bluegrass” from the name. “We were never really a traditional bluegrass band because there was no one our age who played banjo in Alaska,” says Mickelson with a laugh. Bearfoot has adopted the Americana moniker to describe their music but haven’t left their bluegrass roots behind. “Even if it’s not a bluegrass song, it’s not too hard to see where it all came from,” Norris points out. “You can definitely tell that we play bluegrass by how we structure our phrasing, our instruments, and how our harmonies are set up.” Although Bearfoot has nine years, major festivals, and three albums under their belt, Doors and Windows contains many firsts. This is the first Bearfoot CD to feature guest musicians, in this case Andrea Zonn of James Taylor And Band (fiddle), Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters (dobro), Alison Brown (banjo) and Larry Atamanuik, whose drums also represent another Bearfoot first. The band, all of whom sing, have also elected to rely more on a lead singer approach, with newest member Odessa Jorgensen taking charge of the vocals. California-born fiddle player and vocalist Jorgensen, formerly a member of The Biscuit Burners, joined Bearfoot in September 2008. Produced by Compass Records' Garry West, Doors and Windows is made up of eleven gorgeous songs steeped in the bluegrass music tradition but unafraid to befriend other genres. The opening song, "Oh My Love" has a gentle, rolling melody that speaks to the freedom of loving without fear and is the perfect lead-up and juxtaposition to the toe-tapping traditional, "Single Girl". Bearfoot proves less-is-more on the old-timey inspired "Caroline" (written by former member Annalisa Tornfelt) and their show-stopping a cappella original "Good in The Kitchen". The title track, penned by Jorgensen and featuring hypnotic guitar and fiddle underpinnings, is darkly evocative musical poetry. Bearfoot tackles their first pop cover with a laidback version of The Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down". "Overall, I think this album is more collaborative," says Hamre. "In the past it's always been 'we have to have a fiddle break, and a mandolin break, and another fiddle break', but this time it's more about the sound as a band than it is about individual solos. "I think that what's really cool about this album is that it captures our energy and when you listen to it, you want to move," muses Norris. "I don't know if I can say that about what we've done previously; every song is like that. It's physically lifting." Collaborative, uplifting, energetic, haunting, beautiful, inspired: all words that anyone should feel comfortable with while describing the sound of Bearfoot. With the release of Doors and Windows on April 21, Bearfoot will again find themselves atop a cultural mountain where they overlook the past, present, and future of bluegrass music.

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Greg

Greg



Jan 31 2010 9:08 PM

Enjoy your break.  I'm looking forward to your next swing through AK.  Enjoy the fine canned beer in Lyons, Colorado.  (really, it's good.)
Basshawg

Greg Criner



Jan 31 2010 9:07 PM

Thanks for the add Bearfoot! Keep makin' music!
Basshawg
Black Diamond Bluegrass Band
"I swing big wood."
Boys of Greenwood Glen

Boys of Greenwood Glen



Jan 31 2010 9:07 PM

Just droppin' by in the midst of yer holidays to wish y'all the best!
Cheers,
BOGG
Narrow Gauge Bluegrass

Narrow Gauge Bluegrass



Jan 31 2010 9:07 PM

hey guys! thanks for being our online friend! can't wait to catch another show! check out our tunes and videos if you'd like!

ashleigh, jess, james & matt
Shotgun Majors

Shotgun Majors



Jan 31 2010 9:06 PM

Doors and Windows made my list of Best Americana Albums of 2009:

Thanks for the great music!

XXXOOO
Shotgun
Jane

Jane Lozano



Jan 31 2010 9:06 PM

Thanks for Musical friendship!

Have a nice life full of gigs!
Saddle Mountain

Saddle Mountain



Jan 31 2010 9:05 PM

Greetings Bearfoot. I love your music. Have a friend at work, an Internal Med doctor. We both leave your cd in our car player for weeks at a time. Happy pickin. From Saddle Mountain. The Bunkhouse Tapes.
PILCHARD

PILCHARD
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Jan 31 2010 9:05 PM

Thank you for accepting!

Great songs, I hope one day you make it across the pond to a place a bit closer to home than Scotland (Sheffield has a great Americana night you know hint-hint!)

All the best for 2010,

*PILCH* X
cora

cora Trowbridge



Dec 15 2009 5:50 AM

i am really excited to see all of you and hear your new stuff. Safe travels and see you next week, cora
Doug Geeting

Doug Geeting



Dec 15 2009 5:50 AM

Thanks for a wonderfull concert last night in Talkeetna.  It was a great pleasure to have the chance to open for you both myself and Osgood (the Olson Guitar) had a great time..  Be well and stay healthy on the road.. Gargle with salt water every night..  Pal, Doug
 

Brenna

Brenna Poulson



Dec 15 2009 5:50 AM

Will you be at the Anchorage Folk Festival this winter?  We were really disappointed to miss your concert in Anchorage last week, and now I don't see you on the 2010 schedule!  I hope I'm wrong, I love seeing you guys perform...
Sare

Sare Jee



Dec 15 2009 5:50 AM

Nice profile :))



Michael-Ann

Michael-Ann



Dec 15 2009 5:49 AM

Really lovely stuff....
Dag Sørum

Dag Sørum
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Dec 15 2009 5:49 AM

Hi:)
 
I wish you and your family Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I wish you a fantastic and a great music year in 2010 :)

Dag:)
Sterling

Sterling Magnell



Oct 16 2009 5:58 PM

damn you guys sound really good. Odessa your pops was rad.. gonna miss him. I'm sure he's proud.
live4fun

live4fun



Oct 16 2009 5:58 PM

Don't Let Me Down is my new profile song :-)


 

Mark (String Mountain Band)

Mark (String Mountain Band)



Sep 28 2009 9:07 PM

Awesome set at Strawberry y'all!!  I (and I'd say everybody else) LOVED it!!  I know I wasn't much of a conversationalist at 4:30 am, but it was nice to meet you in the Nashville airport all the same Odessa!!
Jana Mougin

Jana Mougin



Sep 28 2009 9:06 PM

Hi guys,
we listened to your music live on WSM a few days ago. You sounded great!!!
Ron

Ron



Sep 24 2009 8:07 PM

Thanks for the add. Is Alaska the next "hot-bed" of Trad music??
El

Eleanor Callison-Hendrix



Sep 24 2009 8:07 PM

Just wanted to drop by and wish you a wonderful rest of the week!
Sare

Sare Jee



Sep 24 2009 8:07 PM

Thanks for the friendship
Cassandra Robertson

Cassandra Robertson



Sep 24 2009 8:06 PM

glad you all are home and relaxing, and even more glad of all your successes and opportunities!  Enjoy the down time.  PEACE
live4fun

live4fun



Sep 9 2009 5:43 PM

Hey guys  !
My cd review of Doors and Windows is online.
http://www.rootsville.be/CD%20REVIEW%20TOTAL/CD%20REVIEWS%202009/BEARFOOT.html

Greetz from The Netherlands (& Belgium),
Jolanda (live4fun)


 

Mallory

Mallory Wilcox



Sep 9 2009 5:42 PM

Just wanted to drop by and say thanks for the great music!! I bought the album a couple of months ago and listen to it all the time! Cant wait to hear you play at Bristol Rhythm & Roots in a couple weeks!!!

Mallory
Dag Sørum

Dag Sørum
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Aug 17 2009 9:51 PM

Hi:)

I wish you guys all the best with your music and your future with music in years forward:)

Take care:)

Dag:)
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