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ZETROC MUSIC FESTIVAL: Saturday, July 14, 2007

KATYA CHOROVER Performing 12:30 - 2:00 PM Main Stage at City Park For over a dozen years, Katya Chorover has been captivating audiences with her warm, dark voice and her intimate, well crafted songs. Living as she says "with one foot in the city and the other in the hills," her lyrics arise out of both worlds, weaving tender personal stories with wry social commentary. Combining elements of pop, folk, gospel, Americana, blues and country, she's been described as "Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez reincarnated into one body" (mp3.com) and "her music embodies a peace that transcends the noise of modern life" (Chris Roth, Talking Leaves). Katya has spent much of the past fifteen years touring, playing festivals and developing a loyal, passionate following. To date, she has released three CDs on her own label, Cat and the Moon Music, How this Feels ('94), The Clearing ('98), and Off the Map ('01). Chorover moved to the Northwest from her native Boston, back in 1987, after a six-month journey to India, and began writing and performing her own material in the thriving coffeehouse scene in Olympia, Washington. In 1993, at the urging of a growing fan base, she recorded and released How This Feels, recorded in a basement studio, and released only to cassette. She took the tapes across the US, (touring with Casey Neill), and traveled to Europe, where she spent several months performing on the streets and in cafes, selling her tapes from Prague to Dublin. Her 1998 recording, The Clearing captures songs of traveling, relationships and "her Pacific Northwestern home... giving voice to spirits and sprites singing prayerfully... from the edge of a threatened timberline" as Dirty Linen observed. The CD features the backing of several of the finest players in the Northwest (Cary Black, Zak Borden, Paul Benoit), and garnered excellent reviews. Off the Map, her 2001 release (also self produced), has an upbeat, country, and at times, jazz sound. The CD was dubbed one of the "Best of the year" by several folk DJs and Katya was selected by Ruby Brown, host of KMTT-FM's Acoustic Brunch show as one of her "top 5 artist picks for tomorrow's hits" in Performing Songwriter magazine, saying "...Her range continues to amaze me!" Victory Review called Off the Map "lush and soulful...top-notch!" and Dirty Linen declared "the arrangements are vintage Nashville...any of these originals could fill the vacuum that is the gaping maw of formatted radio". Chorover and her husband and daughter recently moved from Seattle to Southwestern Colorado, where the title cut and a few of the songs from Off the Map were written. After a hiatus from performing for the winter, she's planning lots of gigs for summer. Keep checking the tour-dates page for updates to the schedule. "It's great to be exploring a whole new region of the country. This area is magical, and has always been an inspiration for my writing. I look forward to getting to know, and to becoming a part, of the vibrant arts community around the Four Corners!" Find out more about Katya Chorover at http://www.katyachorover.com/. COSMIC ACCIDENT Performing 2:30 - 4:00 PM Main Stage at City Park BEAUTIFUL LOSERS Performing 4:30 - 6:00 PM Main Stage at City Park Steeped in the finest traditions of American music, the Beautiful Losers inhabit the space in time when Hank Sr. defined country music, and a young truck driver from Tupelo named Elvis was busy laying the foundations of rock 'n roll. While fully embracing these classic musical tenants, the Beautiful Losers bring a thoroughly modern perspective to their music that defies categorization. Garage Country? Hayseed Rockabilly? Desert Surf? Yup, and then some! It is a long road from the swamps of the Mississippi Delta to the high desert plateau of Southwest Colorado, but it is rife with the characters and events that inform the songs of Chuck Barry. The words only tell a part of the story, though. The music that carries these stories is what gives them the power and urgency that brings them to life. A meeting of musical minds is a rare and precious thing, and a true convergence of style and influence is even rarer. Such is the magic of the Beautiful Losers. In the fall of '01, Barry and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Chelf formed a four-piece and began to spread their own unique version of the music that has given voice to the downtrodden, simple working men and women of this country. In fairly short order they developed a sizeable following that allowed them to sell out shows across the region. After some reorganization in '06 the Losers reformed with a new rhythm section - Danny Bankston on drums and Mike McCluhan on doghouse bass, both veterans of the Four Corners music scene. The music of Chuck Barry has been featured in articles in regional publications, has received airplay on KSUT (broadcast Four Corners-wide), KDUR (Durango), KSJD (Cortez) and KOTO (Telluride), and his song "Sonny" was featured on Backroads, a regionally syndicated radio show. There is a buzz of anticipation for the new band album due out in '08. Find out more about Beautiful Losers at http://www.myspace.com/beautifullosersforever. JACK BONE Performing 6:30 - 8:00 PM Main Stage at City Park Jack Bone shares the Appalachian hills of Southern Ohio with the likes of Pure Prairie League, Adrian Belew, Jerry Douglas, Ekoustic Hookah, Craig Fuller, and Kim Ritchey as it's birthing place. Collectively, it's members have logged performances from LA to Boston with road experience spanning the past 20 years. Focused on the creation and production of their original music, Jack Bone is in the process of releasing it's third CD entitled "Clockin' In" with a scheduled release date of late summer, 2007. Their first two albums, "To the Bone" and "Songs From the Barley Shop" were extremely well received and offer insights into their acclaimed live performances. Their unique style draws from R&B to Reggae, Funk to Folk, and Jazz to Country. Difficult to categorize, hearing them live answers all questions. The summer of 2007 finds Jack Bone touring through the mid-west and west. Watch local listings for dates in your area or find out more at: http://www.jack-bone.com/. JACK BONE is: Jack Brown - drums & percussion Dan Carruthers - vocals & acoustic guitars Craig Gossman - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars Jeff Miller - electric guitars & mandolin Casey Summers - vocals, electric & upright bass guitars K. David Watts - vocals & keyboards BIG PETE PEARSON Performing 8:30 - 10:00 PM Main Stage at City Park The Big Pete story began in Kingston, Jamica where he was born in 1936. He started his musical career at the age of 9, working with a "spiritual group" at the Triple J, a beer joint in Austin, Texas. He grew up quickly as a "manchild of the eastside blues scene." Pearson eventually caught on with Blues Boy Hubbard and The Jets, where he played a three-string bass. Pearson's earliest influence was T-Bone Walker. T-Bone also influenced another upstart out of Memphis, none other than B. B. King. A long time friend of Pearson's, Big Pete says, " B.B. was like a big brother to me. B.B. was my idol. I learned more than I could say." Pearson has worked with Little Junior Parker, Bobby Blue Bland, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Aaron Nevill, Ike Turner, Marvin Gaye, and scores of others known and not. Living Blues Magazine has described Big Pete1s voice as "hefty as Big Joe Turner's." Phoenix Magazine named Big Pete the Blues Performer of the Year in 2001 saying his "voice is a big as his person." Big Pete Pearson represents the best of vintage and modern blues. His latest release in currently #2 on the blues charts in the U.S. and #1 in Europe. He may be heard on XM radio's "bluesville" station. Blue Witch Records proudly announced the release of Phoenix, AZ-based Blues shouter Big Pete Pearson's first national release, "I'm Here Baby" on February 13, 2007. "I'm Here Baby" features Pearson's powerhouse vocals backed by the Rhythm Room All-Stars on a star-studded collection of 12 tracks (including 6 Big Pete originals). Special guests on the disc include Big Pete's cousin W.C. Clark (vocals/guitar), Ike Turner (guitar), Kid Ramos (guitar), B-3 Hammond master Joey DeFrancesco and Johnny Dyer (harmonica). A spectacular singer and stage performer, Big Pete has long been a popular performer at European Festivals and in his hometown of Phoenix. Now, with the national release of I'm Here Baby, Arizona's King of the Blues Big Pete Pearson is finally poised to step into the national spotlight. He'll spend much of 2007 touring festivals and supporting the release his new disc. Find out more about Big Pete Pearson at http://www.bigpetepearson.com/.