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New Album Awareness Tour! ...Back pOrchEstra at the Back Room, Berkeley March 21, Sat, 8:00 pm, doors 7:30. plus special guest Kathy Kennedy (Big Bang Beat) **$20/$15 student admission. 1st 10 paid attendees that arrive get a free CD. Tickets at https://events.humanitix.com/back-porchestra1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley, CA, 94704 - 510-654-3808
HOT NEWS! #1 this week on the American Country Album & Song charts at Roots Music Report, "I'm Wild About My Lovin'" ...Also #1 on their Top 50 Americana Country Album & Song Charts. https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/charts/view/album/sub_genre/americana-country/weekly/2026-03-07
... with Tim Eschliman, Candy Girard, Gary Potterton, Bowen Brown, Jen Rund ... Celebrating Back pOrchEstra's new album, "Stories In The Heart," on Globe Records ...available everywhere ..streaming / downloads: https://orcd.co/5xga7nr
LPs and CDs available all over, including https://www.globerecords.com
A broad range of Indie Rock and Americana and the American Roots styles that inspired it: country blues, Zydeco, roots rock, Tex Mex, rockabilly, Singer-Songwriter, Motown, Brazilian and Louisiana music. This combo, sprung out of the pandemic has developed a unique, catchy, funky, moody sound, drawing from the varied past. Comparison's have been made to the music of Big Al Anderson (NRBQ), The Band, JJ Cale, Asleep At The Wheel, Dan Hicks, Buddy & Julie Miller, Jesse Ed Davis & Levon Helm.
“...Born in the midst of pandemic chaos, the collective transformed isolation into a creative engine. And what an engine it is... Candy Girard, a fiery violinist with a background in country and rock; Bowen Brown, a drummer who played with John Lee Hooker; Gary Potterton, a guitarist with an impressive pedigree; Jen Rund, a bassist as solid as an old oak... An explosive mix of roots rock, Americana, Cajun, western swing, and blues, with that touch of grit reminiscent of Californian highways and the sultry nights of New Orleans... The guitars slam like saloon doors, the violin traces lines that oscillate between melancholy and jubilation, the rhythm section moves forward with a tranquil groove that never rushes but never falters... Back pOrchEstra delivers a luminous, earthy, profoundly human record. An album that makes you want to sit on a porch, watch the sunset, and let the stories do their work...." - Fred Delforge, Zicazine (translated from French)
"...What sets 'Stories In The Heart' apart is its sense of balance. Resonator guitar, violin, bass, drums, percussion, dobro, and Telecaster create a flexible, roots-forward palette that allows Back Porchestra to move between styles fluidly. The songs echo traditions without reenacting them, keeping one foot in the past and the other firmly planted in the present." - Vince's Hot Picks (Best of 2026) New Releases Now
"A group of just phenomenal musicians - new album is kinda bluesy, Americana, country, rockin', ..check out 'I'm Wild About My Lovin'' .. I love how the fiddle [Candy Girard] is used on this track” - Payton Burdette, Real Roots Radio
see our music video, "Dusty Road I'm On" video: ...a twangy roots rock number with a Cajun flavor and hints of Jesse Ed Davis and Sid Page.... over 2,000 views!
Our 1st album, "Voices In My Head (Genre Whiplash)" made the Top 100 Albums at Alt.Country Specialty Chart ..choose your music service: https://orcd.co/dw640r4
"It's one fine album" - Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone, Almost Famous)
"...everything from alt. rock to cajun, to country, to Brownie Ford era Western Swing. But the thing that keeps this set together is their excellent songwriting full of smooth never-miss-a-beat lines and vivid imagery. It's a studio album but it sure does have a back porch jam band feel to it" - Calvin Powers, WHUP-FM, americanamusicshow.com
See also
http://www.BackPorchEstra.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/backporchestra.bsky.social
https://www.facebook.com/BackPorchEstra
https://www.instagram.com/backporchestra/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0s4VMCtb1EMddafnDPZDDM?si=cGVFpp1JROaDEvSrJpKVjA
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The Back Room, 1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704-1038, United States
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