Famous October

FAMOUS OCTOBER - INDIE FOLK DUO
Winners of the Werkbeiträge Prize of kantons Nidwalden and Obwalden, CH, and the Verein für Musikschaffende Schweiz selected artists for the prestigious Künstlerbörse in 2014, the new indie folk duo Famous October made an unprecedented local impact in their first collaborative year. The American and Swiss pair's initial tours across the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands have caught widespread attention with touching and imaginative performances. Their upcoming debut album ‘One Day Baby’ is internationally anticipated as a result.

Famous October are intimately intertwined singer-songwriters, combining vocal harmony with cello and guitar in a way which gives breath to a new acoustically driven, yet hauntingly bold sound. Their writing daringly pulls from americana and modern folk music with underlying classical arrangements. The songs tackle the ‘Schluesselerlebnisse’ (key moments) the two have faced separately and together in the wide scope of their collective paths.

Sarah Bowman is an American born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a legendary voice. She studied cello, piano and voice in Pittsburgh, PA and Baltimore, MD respectively. During her studies she was invited to teach cello in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which later became the subject for her solo album ‘Empty Houses’ in 2012. Born and raised in Davenport, IA, she toured the United States and Europe with her twin sister Claire Bowman after arriving in NYC in 2004. The Bowmans compiled 4 albums and performed more than 1,000 concerts internationally.

Rene Coal Burrell stepped on stage at age 16, gaining immediate success and recognition as a rising star in Switzerland, the youngest of the three musical Burrell brothers. Early in his career he was invited to open for Neil Young, ZZ Top and Amy Winehouse. He then went on to become Switzerland’s most recognized voice of Country Music. He released 5 acclaimed albums, including his own vision ‘The Song Circus’ which brought Switzerland’s biggest talent on stage with Coal and His Band. Today, hit songs from his previous albums are spun regularly on national radio.

Famous October are two exceptional artists Sarah Bowman and Rene Coal Burrell. Based in Central Switzerland via New York City, they have turned heads from the start with sold out concerts and a city commissioned serious work for the 300 year anniversary of the great fire ‘Stans Brandnacht 1713.’ An excerpt of this work appears on their upcoming debut release ‘One Day Baby,’ produced by Todd Sickafoose, and recorded at the Clubhouse Studio in Rhinebeck, NY.