Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Jazz / Contemporary, Pop, R&B / Hip-Hop, Reggae / Funk, Rock / Alternative

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Emily Stanton

American singer-songwriter and Idaho native Emily Stanton is a strong vocalist that plays keyboard/electric violin for The Emily Stanton Band (funk/soul/R&B) Producing, recording, and playing high energy live shows professionally in Idaho and surrounding areas. Owner/Operator of Rock’n Rooster Entertainment.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Covers, Jazz / Contemporary, Pop, Rock / Alternative

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Emily Tipton Band

Get ready for mid-song outbursts of applause inspired by wide-ranged vocal riffs that shake hands with the musical styles of vintage-indie-pop-soul-rock, Emily Tipton. The Emily Tipton band is making their mark on the music block. This New-to-Boise band with pure vintage-indie-soul and gripping vocal chops introduce you to a story distantly familiar yet like something you’ve never heard. Her power-packed voice caused quite the buzz. Emily’s bass player, Rob Hill, plays with area favorites Gizzard Stone and the Rebecca Scott Band and is the most sought after bass player in Boise for live shows and recording. Meghan Kelly Watters plays with The Rebecca Scott Band and lends her percussive talents doing sit-in performances with Thomas Paul Band, Bernie Reilly, and many others too numerous to count. This eclectic trio primarily met while crossing paths working with their other projects and by collaborating at the Pengilly’s open jams in downtown Boise. As this group came together it was instantly noticeable that there was a natural chemistry that fit together from the get go.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Country / Western, Rock / Alternative

Evergreen Machine

Formed in Boise Idaho in the spring of 2013 by singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Michael Gill, Evergreen Machine is just starting make a musical impact in the Treasure Valley. A bit about the founder, Michael Gill was raised in northern Wisconsin before going to Purdue University for engineering in Indianapolis Indiana. It was in Wisconsin that Michael first learned to love music and he began playing drums from the early age of eight years. Since first picking up the sticks, he has continued to expand his abilities into singing, piano, and guitar.

It was in college that he first began to write songs. His newfound appreciations for history, culture, and philosophy gave him immediate access to lyrical material that contains depth and emotion. As a result, the songs are heavily narrative with subtle links to current world dramas and common personal journeys. Growing up in a religious home, Michael was quite limited in terms of listening content. This limitation led to an explosion of musical discovery in his college years and an ability to appreciate many variations of musical style. This newness and exploratory nature is brought into the musical styles of his songs, which makes it difficult to place it in limiting genres. Some of the songs have a folk rock / bluegrass sound common to central and southern Indiana. Others are emotional, raw, and acoustic along the lines of Sufjan Stevens and Noah Gunderson. Still others are heavily rhythmic and more in the realm of alternative rock, yet still beautifully acoustic.

After moving to Boise Idaho in 2011 for his first job out of college, Michael began to spend more of his “free time” writing songs and playing music around town. From street corners to coffee shops and restaurants, he began introducing his music to the beautiful community of Boise. The culture in Idaho and the charming subcultures of Basque immigrants and long time Idaho natives have given him plenty of material to share their stories and values with the city and whoever else might listen. The songs had too much space and potential for Michael Gill to continue alone so he began to invite other talented musicians into his sphere and after much hard work, practice, and learning to lead a band, Evergreen Machine was formed. The band includes three of Michael’s own family. His sister, Heather Clark, provides harmony vocals that are pristine in their relationship to Michael’s own voice. Another sister, Stephanie Gill, is picking up guitar and adds a lot of accent and flavor to the overall sound. His father, Tommy Gill, has also joined the band. He has a long history playing keyboards and organ and contributes immensely to the atmosphere. Michael also became friends with a bassist at his day job and invited him to join. Dustin Gorseth has a real passion for the instrument and can both carry a song while providing detailed and complex lead lines. He’s a real talent. Michael also invited a friend and drummer, Jeremy Wiese, to provide the critical rhythm section to the music. Jeremy is accurate, dependable, and brings real emotion to his craft. For a band that plays this many different kinds of music, the artists involved have to be flexible, dependable, and creative. These are the musicians of Evergreen Machine. The band will continue playing live in Boise and is planning an album release in late 2014.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Country / Western, Rock / Alternative

Evergreen Machine

Formed in Boise Idaho in the spring of 2013 by singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Michael Gill, Evergreen Machine is just starting make a musical impact in the Treasure Valley. A bit about the founder, Michael Gill was raised in northern Wisconsin before going to Purdue University for engineering in Indianapolis Indiana. It was in Wisconsin that Michael first learned to love music and he began playing drums from the early age of eight years. Since first picking up the sticks, he has continued to expand his abilities into singing, piano, and guitar.

It was in college that he first began to write songs. His newfound appreciations for history, culture, and philosophy gave him immediate access to lyrical material that contains depth and emotion. As a result, the songs are heavily narrative with subtle links to current world dramas and common personal journeys. Growing up in a religious home, Michael was quite limited in terms of listening content. This limitation led to an explosion of musical discovery in his college years and an ability to appreciate many variations of musical style. This newness and exploratory nature is brought into the musical styles of his songs, which makes it difficult to place it in limiting genres. Some of the songs have a folk rock / bluegrass sound common to central and southern Indiana. Others are emotional, raw, and acoustic along the lines of Sufjan Stevens and Noah Gunderson. Still others are heavily rhythmic and more in the realm of alternative rock, yet still beautifully acoustic.

After moving to Boise Idaho in 2011 for his first job out of college, Michael began to spend more of his “free time” writing songs and playing music around town. From street corners to coffee shops and restaurants, he began introducing his music to the beautiful community of Boise. The culture in Idaho and the charming subcultures of Basque immigrants and long time Idaho natives have given him plenty of material to share their stories and values with the city and whoever else might listen. The songs had too much space and potential for Michael Gill to continue alone so he began to invite other talented musicians into his sphere and after much hard work, practice, and learning to lead a band, Evergreen Machine was formed. The band includes three of Michael’s own family. His sister, Heather Clark, provides harmony vocals that are pristine in their relationship to Michael’s own voice. Another sister, Stephanie Gill, is picking up guitar and adds a lot of accent and flavor to the overall sound. His father, Tommy Gill, has also joined the band. He has a long history playing keyboards and organ and contributes immensely to the atmosphere. Michael also became friends with a bassist at his day job and invited him to join. Dustin Gorseth has a real passion for the instrument and can both carry a song while providing detailed and complex lead lines. He’s a real talent. Michael also invited a friend and drummer, Jeremy Wiese, to provide the critical rhythm section to the music. Jeremy is accurate, dependable, and brings real emotion to his craft. For a band that plays this many different kinds of music, the artists involved have to be flexible, dependable, and creative. These are the musicians of Evergreen Machine. The band will continue playing live in Boise and is planning an album release in late 2014.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk

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Faux Bois

Faux Bois (formerly mayerforceone), began in Brooklyn, NY 2000 as a bedroom folk project. Every once in a while Brian Mayer, the chief songwriter, would venture out of the shotgun apartment and perform at clubs or street corners. After moving to Boise in 2001 mayerforceone added members and underwent many changes. In 2007, mayerforceone began working on a recording with members of the Portland bands, Point Juncture WA, Bazillionaire, and Andy Combs. They helped with engineering and backing up a slew of new pop songs. As the recording project moved along, the need to reproduce the recording, on stage, required the formation of a live band. the mayerforceone academy of arts and sciences, is the latest incarnation featuring Caleb and Tori McKim, Scott and Kate Seward, Shaun King, and Trevor Kamplaign (ATTN).
Phone: 208-867-8087

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Pop

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Fiona Luray

Fiona Luray is an American folk/pop singer-songwriter. Since her career began in 2010 she has released two albums (Rise from the Ashes, 2011 and Lion Heart, 2012), and is currently back home in Boise, ID laying down tracks in the studio for her third album.

Fiona has played countless venues and festivals across the US including Music from Stanley (2011, 2012, 2013), the Bioneers Festival in Scotland (2010), Boise’s Visual Arts Collective (2012), and Higher Ground’s Northern Exposure in Burlington, VT (2013).

Additionally, Fiona was featured on the 2012 Idahoho holiday album and placed in the top three in the 2010 Boise’s Got Talent, and took home the grand prize for the 2011 Redlands competition. She received media attention for her 2012 political mock music video, “Homophobic Senators Suck.”

Aside from playing the guitar, ukulele, and piano while singing melodic lines about life’s search for meaning (i.e. butter, wool flannels, and sometimes love), Fiona enjoys milking jersey cows, a good game of whiffle ball, and saying the word “nun chucks” to make herself seem as fierce as she knows she is, despite her gangly exterior.

You can find Fiona’s music on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, CD Baby, YouTube, and on the local Idaho radio station. Follow Fiona on Facebook for updates and visit Fiona’s Soundcloud page to hear samples from her forthcoming album.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Covers, Pop

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Galen Louis

Galen Louis is a singer-songwriter living in Boise, ID. His songs range from soulful to silly. During performances, he sings many of his own songs but also plays oldies, standards, country-folk and 60s-70s light rock.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western

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Gem State

Gem State is singer songwriter Tim Andreae with percussion and back-up vocals by local gems Rebeca Suarez, Thomas Paul, Erin McCarter and Erik Elmer. The group plays their own brand of Folk-Americana that highlights the human voice.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Covers

Gina Jones (Spirit Wind Band)

Gina Jones was born in Idaho but raised in the south started singing at age 9 in a profesaional family band. Has opened for over 35 opry stars, written over 250 songs two of which have been cut by a Gospel band. One of the songs hit the gospel charts. Gina is currently signed to a record label out of Nashville and her single is being released to I tunes and all major online sites for downloads, she has an album on Jan go, reverbnation as well as hard copies to sell. She had the most votes to win the Sunrise stage at the Mountain Home Festival and currently hosts several events from Boise to twin falls, Mc call, and sun valley..

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Covers, Reggae / Funk, Rock / Alternative

GREAT BAIT

GREAT BAIT is a collection of multi-genre loving musicians from Tennessee, New Hampshire, Idaho, and California. What started as a casual North End garage session, has now turned into a full time gigging obsession. This 4 piece digs out everything from Johnny Cash, to The Grateful Dead, to Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons, to Townes Van Zandt, and plenty of original material.