Great Lakes +
Opsvik & Jennings

Thursday, May 6
Admission: $7, $10 minimum
Doortime: 8:30pm
reservations are recommended

Great Lakes - Great Lakes formed around the songwriting partnership of Dan Donahue and Ben Crum. The band's history goes back to 1990 when Dan and Ben began collaborating on songs while still in high school. Their 3rd and latest album, Diamond Times, was released in 2006. They're currently working on their 4th.

http://www.myspace.com/greatlakesband

Opsvik & Jennings - Half norwegian half oklahoman band from the prestigious Rune Grammofon record label in Oslo, Norway. Folk and country influences provide their music with a rural, almost relaxed feeling as guitars, double bass, concertina, pump organ, lap steel, banjo, and various recording techniques and software manipulations creates a filmatic musical story being played by a dreamy experimental pop orchestra.

"They’re tidy and sweet, calling attention to their design, but they don’t want to be understood too easily" — The New York Times

"Their instrumental tides incorporate stray elements of folk, jazz, and country with an impressively gentle touch" — Pitchfork

"... songs are plotted like mini thrillers and the record as a whole is populated with instrumental characters and motifs that show an impressive depth." — BBC

"an understatedly captivating album that might be the best late sixties Beach Boys tribute yet recorded." — All Music

"...it is done with such delicacy and tenderness that this is an album one could fall in love with" — the WIRE

http://www.opsvikandjennings.com
http://www.myspace.com/opsvikjennings