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Wolf Trap

1551 Trap Road, 22182, Vienna, VA, US

www.wolftrap.org/

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Doors open: 19:30

Concert in your area for Indie & Alt, Country, Folk & Blues, and Rock.

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The Avett Brothers biography

The Avett Brothers is an American Folk band made up of brothers, Scott and Seth Avett, as well as Joe Kwon and Bob Crawford. The group was formed during 2000 in North Carolina.

The groups beginnings can be traced back to the two brothers younger days, when they merged the separate bands they had formed at college and school to perform under the moniker “Nemo”. Whilst playing in the rock influenced Nemo and releasing three albums with them, the brothers started a side project focusing on acoustic music, eventually writing their first folk EP, the eponymous “Avett Bros.”, in 2000.

After the disbanding of Nemo, the Avetts, alongside new members Kwon and Crawford, decided to push on with their new band, and wrote and released their debut album “Country Was” in 2002, before embarking on their first tour together in the same year.

They were shortly picked up by local record label, Ramseur Records, and released their follow up album a year later, “A Carolina Jubilee”. This was the first glimpse of the Avett Brothers’ ability to blend their folk style with other genres, such as punk, pop and honky tonk.

The group released a further three studio albums with Ramseur between 2004 and 2007, before collaborating with legendary producer Rick Rubin, and subsequently signing with his American Recordings label.

It was with Rubin that the band really broke through into the mainstream, with their sixth effort, “I Love You and Love You” reaching number 16 in the US charts. The album was well received by critics, who appreciated their more polished sound, and after touring for a few years the band moved on to capitalise on their newfound fame, releasing the even more successful “The Carpenter” and “Magpie and the Dandelion” in 2012 and 2013.

As well as touring, the band has performed at the Grammy Awards and TV shows such as “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and their music has also been used as the soundtrack for many different movies such as “This is 40” and “Friday Night Lights”.

Guster biography

Guster is an Americanalternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner, Brian Roseworcel and Luke Reynolds.

Guster was formed in 1991 when the members met each other at a freshman orientation at Tufts University in Boston. A year after their formation they booked their first gig as Gus, later independently releasing their first album entitled “Parachute.” Shortly after, they renamed the band to Guster due to another artist who already took the name Gus.

In 1996 Guster again independently recorded and released their second album entitled “Goldfly,” which was later re-released when they signed with Sire Records in 1998. A year later they released a third studio album with the title “Lost And Gone Forever” followed by television appearances such as on the Late Show with David Letterman. After the release of their fourth studio album, they also released a live album/DVD from their performances in Portland, Maine.

Led off by the single, “Manifest” Guster released a fith studio album in June 2006. Later that same year the band won the Album of the Year award at the Boston Music Awards. Continuing their string of success they released “Easy Wonderful” in October 2010, and before setting out on tour, it was announced that Joe Pisapia would be touring with k.d Lang and would be replaced by Luke Reynolds. By 2014 they worked on and released an album entitled “Easy Wonderful” which was released on their independent label, Ocho Mule label.

Live reviews

The Avett Brothers have been the soundtrack to my life for the last 6 years. Every emotion I have felt, whether it is joy, love, sadness, rage, I have always been able to relate a song to them. I have seen the Avett Brothers twice and that is not nearly enough for me. I saw them in Montreal and in Boston. Both shows I was in the front row and I highly recommend it for the full in your face experience. The Avett Brothers have an energy that is contagious like a virus that spreads over your entire body for the entire show. Songs like "Talk on Indolence" make your whole body vibrate with ecstasy as you thrash your head, stomp your feet, and shake your fist. They break up their shows with heartwarming single mic numbers such as "Murder in the City". Watching them all sing in perfect harmony playing acoustically into one microphone sends shivers down your spine and you break out in goose bumps. I find that at their shows everyone in the audience is on the same wave length as you, there are no bros shouting out song titles. There are no wasted DMB type fans who won't even remember that they went to a show in the morning. I have found all my fellow fans to be caring compassionate individuals who look out for each other and all have the same love and passion as you do. It saddens me that I have moved across the country for 6 months and now that I have moved the Avett Brothers have finally returned to do a show in my home state of Vermont. If you love bluegrass, love to rock, and aren’t ashamed of a shedding a tear once in a while then you will absolutely love to see the greatest live show of our generation, The Avett Brothers.

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Although Guster started playing underground shows during the early years of the band, they soon found themselves breaking into the musical mainstream playing to huge audiences that were dying to hear them live.
Guster is able to get rich atmospheric sounds live with crisp, pristine acoustic guitars shimmering over their ornate soundscape. The band’s main songwriters, Ryan Miller and Adam Gardner, have excellent dynamics on stage with Adam usually singing the chorus in a deeper vocal range and Ryan singing a harmony in a higher pitch to create a rich sound. Their vocal harmonies are also interesting because Ryan and Adam are often singing different lyrics when they are harmonizing. The band’s drummer, Brian Rosenworcel, also has a unique style of performance often playing with his bare hands and using different drums than a usual drum kit such as bongos. Brian’s drumming style was so unique and entrancing that his fans have labeled him as the “Thundergod”.
The band wants the environment of their performance to be very open and friendly so they do not enforce any restrictions on live taping and allow the audience to freely record their live performances if they want. The band also follows unique traditions during their live performances such as letting the drummer sing obscure cover songs for the encore. During their performance of “Airport Song” the audience has a tradition of throwing ping-pong balls onto the stage after the end of the song. Guster is also known for performing hilarious antics on stage as well as maintaining a close relationship with their audience. Guster is well loved by their fan base and have impressed numerous of respectable musicians that they have toured with such as Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, and Pete Yorn. You never know what to expect at a Guster performance. You could hear a cover of the Cheers theme song or you might see the band dancing with KFC buckets on their heads (all things which the band has done), but you can definitely expect to be in awe of their immense talents and their catchy music.

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