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Whiskey Bear
Abolitionist Ale Works
Abolitionist Ale Works
1529
Charles Town, WV 25414
Jul 20, 2019
8:00 PM EDT
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The first stop on our American summer tour couldn't be sweeter! Come down to Abolitionist Ale Works in historic Charles Town, WV to catch some catchy tunes and tasty brews.
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Formed in 2016, Whiskey Bear is an indie folk band with Americana and bluegrass tendencies, based in Manila. While folk and the Philippines don't immediately seem to go hand-in-hand, Whiskey Bear has found that folk thrives in tropical climates. With Michael, Carl, and Nicole hailing from Texas, West Virginia, and New Jersey, and Emma from the whiskey rivers of Scotland's Isle of Skye, the band's influences and style provide something for everyone. They play a mix of original music and cover songs, and have made an impression on the local Manila music scene, playing a range of venues including whiskey bars, biker bars, and even, on one special occasion, a flying trapeze show.
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Whiskey Bear Biography
Logic can’t quite explain how or why paths cross; logic is for apparatuses and systems. Making music is mostly about pathos and not for the faint of heart; stories will be told and tears will be shed. From the Isle of Skye, Texas, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and India, five souls traveled far and wide looking for something. A sound, perhaps. A feeling. Euphonic stage sweat. Unwritten songs and missing strings. Friendship, harmony, love.
What they found was a home in each other and a shared musical vision. What they’ve become is WHISKEY BEAR.
Since their first studio album release Hill Shack Arson in 2017, a feel-good bluegrass jam, WHISKEY BEAR has written and recorded over 40 songs. In 2021, amidst the global pandemic, WHISKEY BEAR stretched their range and style with Terra Imperfectum: Worlds Away but Still in Tune, a 16-song tour de force Americana album. Today, WHISKEY BEAR strives to hit that next chord, a new verse, the thrill of the next song as they move along together on their journey.
Emma bowing her fiddle to the swing of her highland roots, Tarini on percussion and the meanest rendition of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” that Whitney would surely cheer to, Carl on bass—on production, on everything in between, Nix on rhythm guitar and her sangin’ ‘bout folks and love and heartbeats, and Michael, lyricist on a mission to save the world. This is WHISKEY BEAR.
Join the journey as they continue to capture their story!
- Bradford C. Philen | author of When the Color Started and Autumn Falls -
Read MoreWhat they found was a home in each other and a shared musical vision. What they’ve become is WHISKEY BEAR.
Since their first studio album release Hill Shack Arson in 2017, a feel-good bluegrass jam, WHISKEY BEAR has written and recorded over 40 songs. In 2021, amidst the global pandemic, WHISKEY BEAR stretched their range and style with Terra Imperfectum: Worlds Away but Still in Tune, a 16-song tour de force Americana album. Today, WHISKEY BEAR strives to hit that next chord, a new verse, the thrill of the next song as they move along together on their journey.
Emma bowing her fiddle to the swing of her highland roots, Tarini on percussion and the meanest rendition of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” that Whitney would surely cheer to, Carl on bass—on production, on everything in between, Nix on rhythm guitar and her sangin’ ‘bout folks and love and heartbeats, and Michael, lyricist on a mission to save the world. This is WHISKEY BEAR.
Join the journey as they continue to capture their story!
- Bradford C. Philen | author of When the Color Started and Autumn Falls -
Americana
Bluegrass
Indie Folk
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