[local-music] All-Yooper Music in Minneapolis

[info@thepolyesthers.com]

If any of you are looking to escape the UP for St Patty's Day, come down and
celebrate in Minneapolis with a bunch of fellow Yoopers.  Let all of your
twin-cities friends know, it will be fun night!


MINNEAPOLIS’ HEXAGON BAR TO HOST AN EVENING OF ALL-YOOPER MUSIC

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA – Three bands from Michigan’s isolated Upper
Peninsula, The PolyEsthers, Jeff Krebs, and Jonathan Rundman, will perform
together in Minneapolis on March 17th.

Friday, March 17th, 9PM, No Cover, 21 and over
Hexagon Bar
2600 27th Ave. So. 
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-532-3688 

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for brutal winters, iron mines, and its
majestic Lake Superior shoreline, but rarely does the U.P. (with its residents
called “Yoopers”) receive any recognition for its music scene. Despite the lack
of venues and audiences, occasional music groups and songwriters emerge from
this remote location, and Minneapolis’ Hexagon Bar will be hosting three Yooper
bands in March. Jeff Krebs, Jonathan Rundman, and the PolyEsthers represent
nearly 20 years of U.P.-originating rock and roll.

JEFF KREBS 
Growing up in rural Escanaba, MI, rustic singer/songwriter Jeff Krebs
incorporates elements of Appalachian hominess with his more standard Americana
flourishes. After taking numerous Kerouac-like jaunts across North and South
America and serving stints in country-rock bands (even briefly linking up with
Everclear's Art Alexakis in a band called the Easy Hoes), Krebs finally settled
in San Francisco and started his solo career in 1994. Songs of Love and/or
Death, a mix of power-trio renditions of folk-based songs with brief ventures
down reggae and swing side roads, was released soon after. 2000's Keep an Eye
Out mixed just about everything in the American pop and rock landscape with the
help of friends like Tom Waits' crony Ralph Carney. When not recording solo,
Krebs indulges in more heavily traditional sounds while playing bluegrass as a
part-time member of the KLM Camp Band. Recently Krebs has returned to the U.P.
and now resides in Marquette, MI. www.jeffkrebs.com

JONATHAN RUNDMAN
Raised in Ishpeming, MI, Jonathan Rundman marks his tenth year as an independent
musician in 2006. He emerged on the national music scene in the late 90s as
Chicago-based touring artist. In 2002 Rundman relocated to Minneapolis.
Rundman’s newest CD Public Library, released in late 2004, is produced by
Walter Salas-Humara of acclaimed Americana band The Silos, and features The
Silos and other New York indie-rock luminaries as Rundman’s backing band.
Jonathan Rundman’s songwriting has earned much critical acclaim, and his three
previous solo albums have been likened to the work of other Midwest natives
such as Marshall Crenshaw, Paul Westerberg, Liz Phair, and Matthew Sweet.
Rundman rang in his first decade as a full-time troubadour this January by
journeying to Finland and Sweden, playing shows in Helsinki and Stockholm.
www.jonathanrundman.com

THE POLYESTHERS
Brothers Ben and Dan Durbin and friend Matt Johnson began performing together as
teenagers in Gladstone, MI, and after various musical incarnations formed the
folk-pop trio The PolyEsthers in 2003. They reached beyond the boundaries of
the Upper Peninsula by playing a grueling 2-month 55-date tour across the
Midwest in support of their debut album Saving Sunday Night. Their refreshingly
un-ironic lyrics celebrate the simple pleasures of life, and their
instrumentation provides a fun and garagey musical foundation that recalls
early-80s R.E.M., Cracker, and even hints of Fountains of Wayne. The band now
has members living in Minneapolis as well as back in Upper Michigan.
www.thepolyesthers.com