
Koonce Ross Fraser
Mississippi Studios
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Portland
Sunday, April 19 at 8 pm PDT
Concert Venue
Sunday, April 19 at 8 pm PDT
Concert Venue
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w/ Kip Richardson and The Prose
Formed in 2021 by three friends from two legendary NW bands (Quarterflash and Johnny & The Distractions), Koonce Ross Fraser (Jon Koonce, Marv Ross and Doug Fraser) has released two stunning albums that have earned them both critical praise and a passionate following.
Winner of the Oregon Album of the Year, the debut record New American Blues is a 9-song journey through the stark landscape of the fading American dream. Gritty lead singer/drummer Jon Koonce delivers guitarist Marv Ross's songs of perseverance, loss, regret, and pride with a passion-infused edge. Doug Fraser's driving electric guitar blends seamlessly with Ross's unique acoustic tunings, creating sparse but harmonically fresh voicings that separate New American Blues from other roots-rock efforts. One song, "I Won't Sing Here Anymore" (about a man whose conscience will no longer allow him to attend his family's church) was released as a video on Vimeo and has gone viral, averaging 1,000 plays per day and over 45,000 total views.
The follow up album, Bent Not Broken was inspired by Jon Koonce’s first book about growing up in N. Carolina (Nobody Knows Nuthin’) and Doug’s eye-opening experiences living in Valdosta, Georgia. Marv started writing songs exploring how the deep-seated racial, religious, and historical-hero myths impact the lives of folks in that land. He ended up with 9 story-songs and then wrote two more with Jon. “Bent Not Broken’ takes a provocative look at the archetypes, stereotypes, tall-tales, and mojo mythologies of The South with empathy, anger, humor, pride, irony, and irreverence.
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