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January 3, 2019 /// New Year's Update 

A New Year of Music! 

Happy 2019 from your favorite musical runners! It's been an exciting season of music the past few months and we wanted to take a minute to give you a peak into some of the things that have kept us busy. We just finished a 14 show run at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ - one of our favorite events every year called Las Noches de las Luminarias. We know we haven't been touring as heavily the past year, so it may have been a minute since we were in your town. We wanted to share some of the upcoming shows and news for everyone in the band. 

Bekah and Matt recorded and produced Bekah's latest record, Seed & Silo, which she completed as an artist-in-residence for the National Parks at Homestead National Monument. The CD was released July 2018 by Sky Island Records and is available for streaming and purchase. The album was recently named one of the Top 3 Folk releases of the year by Pop Matters and was recognized by the Tucson Weekly as one of best local albums of the year in 2018. Follow Bekah's music at her website here. They have a weekend of upcoming January shows in Arizona and will be touring in the Midwest (June) and Northwest (September). In addition to collaborating with a lot of Tucson artists, Matt has also been working for an arts non-profit in Tucson, Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, and was voted in as a board member for the Tucson Folk Festival.  They will both be teaching at the new Roots and Boots music camp near Flagstaff, Arizona in June 2019. 

Jen tied the knot with her guitar-strumming beau, Peter, in summer 2018 and is still living in Portland, OR where she has been active in the local arts scene. She started a new theater troupe, The Absentees, this past year and recently completed a series of stellar shows with the Ralph Radio Theater company production, "Christmas From Home". 

Grace has finished a new EP under her stage name, Rising Sun Daughter, and that record is set to be released in early 2019. She has a few upcoming shows in the Southwest (LA, Phoenix), so follow her Facebook page here for show details. 

We're looking forward to being educational Artist-in-Residents again at the Musical Instrument Museum again in May. We'll send out show announcements when we get back to your part of the country. Thank you for all your support for us and our continued artistic projects! Hope to see you at a show soon.

01/12/2019

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April 6, 2018 /// Tour Dates 2018 

Upcoming 2018 Shows!

4/6 | Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole* 

Music+Improv collaboration with Ryanhood, Tucson Improv Movement

4/14-15 | Marana, AZ @ Marana Bluegrass Festival

4/14 | Tucson, AZ @ 1st Annual Acoustic Lottery* 

5/6 | Tucson, AZ @ Tucson Folk Fest* 

5/12 | Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole (Rebekah Rolland CD release)* 

with Peter Dalton Ronstadt y los Tucsonenses

5/13 | Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar (Rebekah Rolland CD release)* 

with Good Morning Bedlam and Some Dark Hollow

9/29 | Batavia, IL @ Performing Arts Center 

 

Full Listings and Tickets: 
http://www.runboyrunband.com/shows/

 

*Indicates a show featuring members of Run Boy Run, but not the full band 

04/06/2018

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Oct 2 2016 /// Spotify Roots playlist  

We're honored to have been added to Spotify's official new roots playlist!  We listen to a lot of spotify playlists on the road and it's a great tool to discover new music. Our added song, "Who Should Follow Who?", already has 50k plays and rising. If you're on spotify, go check out our new album and give it a listen. Thanks Spotify!

08/31/2017

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October 28, 2014 /// Something to Someone Releases! 

The new full length album from Run Boy Run, Something to Someone, is now available on Sky Island Records, officially released October 28, 2014!

Recorded at historic Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington with the talented team of Ryan Hadlock and Jerry Streeter (The Lumineers, Brandi Carlile, Elephant Revival, Milo Greene), Run Boy Run's second full-length album features original and traditional songs rich with warmth and maturity.

A must listen for fans of great harmonies and nods to traditional American music. – Performer Magazine

Beautifully self-assured performances of contemporary, traditional and self-penned pieces. – Kevin Burke

Run Boy Run draws from and honors the American tradition, but explores beautiful new country. My recommendation…Run Folks Run to see this great band. And buy their CD. – Joe Newberry

We at Bear Creek couldn’t be happier or prouder of this album. Audiences will enjoy the record for its liveliness, beautiful songwriting, and musicianship. – Co-Producer Ryan Hadlock

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08/30/2017

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April 17th, 2014 // Kickstart our new album, "Something to Someone" 

We’re Run Boy Run 

A five-piece, all-acoustic folk band from Tucson, Arizona. Two fiddles, a mandolin, cello, bass, and three strong female voices singing separately and in harmony. Put another way, we're also two sets of siblings, college friends, and a husband and wife. Interwoven and intermingled, we know, but that's us. 

Since we started together in 2009, we’ve been putting our “string-heavy, old-timey, not-quite-bluegrassy” spin on music familiar and original. Existing comfortably in the tension between tradition and musical frontier, our road has taken us across the country to music festivals, music clubs, and even on to National Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” We’ve come a long away.

THE TOURING LIFE 

The story of this new album, Something to Someone, really begins seven months and 25,000 miles ago. Going full-time with our music in mid-2013, we threw ourselves into the touring life. Covering more than 25,000 miles and performing in half of the continental states, we spread our open-ended music far and wide. There’s nothing like going on tour for meeting new people, hearing new stories, and seeing new places. 

Our first national tour made us feel excited about where we were as a band and what we were doing. Inspired by the people, places, and new challenges we met on the road, we felt the need to record these experiences in the way we know best – making music. 

So Sang the Whippoorwill National Tour 2013Taking these memories and songs to simmer during an intensive but memorable music retreat, we spent two weeks in early 2014 in remote Arizona destinations. Under the sun-dappled cliffs of Aravaipa Canyon Ranch in southern Arizona and the snowy hills of Flagstaff's Museum of Northern Arizona Colton House, we arranged, composed, and practiced for two weeks straight. The result was a refined selection of music that we wanted to share. It’s a delight to think back on all the hard work that went into this album so far.

 

Arizona music retreats 2014

THE PROJECT

We’re coming to you now from the historic Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, a short drive from Seattle. We are thrilled to be working with two producers and engineers we really admire: grammy-nominated producer, Ryan Hadlock, who has produced some of our favorite indie-folk artists in the last few years (The Lumineers, Johnny Flynn) and our co-producer/engineer Jerry Streeter who recorded some of our favorite albums of late (Brandi Carlile, Elephant Revival).

Jesse and Matt at Bear Creek Studios
Jesse and Matt at Bear Creek Studios

We came to Bear Creek to push ourselves, our sound, and our songs. There’s something special in these walls, and we know our music is in great and capable hands. Finishing our third week of cutting the new record, we can’t help but feel really, really excited. It’s been an unforgettable time of intensive song-arranging, recording, and listening from morning until late-night in a beautiful, high-beamed, restored barn. Our hearts and souls have gone into these songs and we think it’s the best music we’ve recorded yet.

Bekah, Jen, and Grace in the studio

HOW YOU CAN HELP 

Many of you have been a part of our past year of travel, music-making, and growth. Whether in the form of coming to live shows, following us online during the first national tour, or supporting our last album's Kickstarter, you've shared in this exciting year. There are a number of ways you can get involved in the final stretch of making this album happen. The songs are recorded, but there’s still a long way to go. We’re asking for $6000 dollars. Your contribution will help us with: 

  • Art Design, by Showdeer 
  • Mastering, by Lurssen Mastering 
  • Videography 
  • Publicity & Radio Distribution 
  • Replicating 

We’ve poured a lot of our time, creative energy, and resources into this album. Now we’re putting this project in your hands to help finish. 
This is your chance to be part of the story. Thanks for your support! 

Bekah, Jen, Jesse, Matt, and Grace

 
 

08/30/2017

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