Genre: Americana / Rock / Roots Music
Location ATHENS, Ohio, Un
Profile Views: 24119
Last Login: 9/21/2011
Member Since 4/30/2008
Website You're lookin at it
Record Label Unsigned
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
BUY the mp3 version of our new 10-track CD "Lake Hope" on cdbaby.com for just $9.99!! "Silver Spoons," "Lake Hope," and "Party Dress" copyright 2010 Back to Me Publishing (ASCAP). "Too Far Gone" copyright 2010 William K. Rawlins. Broken Ring is an Athens-based alt country/Americana band with a spirited female lead. Drawing on raw and sassy originals with a bucketful of vintage and contemporary tunes, Colleen Carow (rhythm guitar), Jeff Redefer (guitar), Bill Rawlins (percussion), and Steve Phalen (new on bass) approach each song with thoughtful reverence. It’s fine fodder for this fatback, toe-tapping throwdown – lovingly complicated by the brooding elixir of a searching songbird. “Lake Hope” is inspired by the love Broken Ring has for Southeastern Ohio. It’s a record full of enticing fluctuations. Since 2008, Broken Ring has been cultivating a folk-y and charming sound that many people have taken a liking towards, if not a loving. There’s a certain wisdom in the craftiness of the music,” – ACRN The Rock Lobster "Broken Ring has been making a lovely stink about town for some time now. They play female-fronted Americana-type music with great melodies." -- Leo DeLuca, Southeast Engine and Donkey Coffee & Espresso "This is one fun band that's worth checking out. Expect some swinging originals and twangy covers from one of the best groups we've heard from Athens in quite some time." -- Jackie Welker, Court Street Grill "Danceable country folk-rock for the people!" -- Eric "Junebug" Leighton, The Athens News "Colleen Carow is a mix of Norah Jones and KT Tunstall. Her soft vocals seem to float over her music, creating laid-back folk. It is easy to tell from her lyrics that she has a master's degree in poetry. Light, but at times bluesy, Carow introduces folk to its sultry side." -- The Post, "Listen Locally”
Members
Colleen Carow: vocals, rhythm guitar, the odd percussion instrument Steve Phalen: bass Bill Rawlins: drums, vocals Jeff Redefer: guitar, vocals
Influences
Little Feat, Gram Parsons, Kathleen Edwards, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, The Beatles, Lucinda Williams, Buddy & Julie Miller, Pure Prairie League, T-Bone Burnett, Led Zeppelin, Big Mama Thornton, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Patty Griffin, tom-tom drums, love and loss, these Southeastern Ohio hills
Sounds Like
Car wheels on a gravel road

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Broken Ring is an Athens-based alt country/Americana band with a spirited female lead. Drawing on raw and sassy originals with a bucketful of vintage and contemporary tunes, Colleen Carow (rhythm guitar), Jeff Redefer (guitar), Bill Rawlins (percussion), and Steve Phalen (new on bass) approach each song with thoughtful reverence. It’s fine fodder for this fatback, toe-tapping throwdown – lovingly complicated by the brooding elixir of a searching songbird.

"Broken Ring has been making a lovely stink about town for some time now. They play female-fronted Americana-type music with great melodies." -- Leo DeLuca, Southeast Engine and Donkey Coffee & Espresso

"This is one fun band that's worth checking out. Expect some swinging originals and twangy covers from one of the best groups we've heard from Athens in quite some time." -- Jackie Welker, Court Street Grill

"Danceable country folk-rock for the people!" -- Eric "Junebug" Leighton, The Athens News and The Royales

"Colleen Carow is a mix of Norah Jones and KT Tunstall. Her soft vocals seem to float over her music, creating laid-back folk. It is easy to tell from her lyrics that she has a master's degree in poetry. Light, but at times bluesy, Carow introduces folk to its sultry side." -- The Post, "Listen Locally," 1-14-10

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