karlifairbanks.com

My friend Jan Carson wrote me a new bio that I’ve been using for tour promotion stuff. I thought I would post it because she’s totally willing to write more bios for musicians and bands. If you are in need of something similar for your myspace page or press kit, feel free to email me and I will forward your information along. booking (at) karlifairbanks.com

“Something old, something new, something bitter, something blue…” Karli Fairbanks will sing you to sleep in the sweetest way imaginable.

Born and raised in the sleepy streets of Spokane, Washington Karli Fairbanks has been a well-known presence in the local music scene for the last three years, collaborating widely and playing alongside some of the talented and increasingly successful young musicians who are putting Spokane back on the music radar. A hard-working multi-instrumentalist, Karli cut her teeth on classical piano and now brings both a careful sensibility and very deliberate wistfulness to the folk and country music she has lately favored. Switching easily from guitar to melancholy piano ballads, accordion and delicately strummed banjo Karli Fairbanks is equally comfortable playing stripped down acoustic sets or taking lead on a crowded stage as she sings alongside some of the incredible musicians she calls collaborators and friends.

The last few years have seen Karli Fairbanks collaborate with and play alongside an increasingly long-list of accomplished musicians including Josh Ritter, Nick Jaina, David Bazan, Norfolk and Western, Horse Feathers and Johanna Kunin. Extensive touring and the opportunity to work with such incredible musicians has had something of a hothouse effect on Karli’s music with three releases in the last two years tracking her swift progression as a gifted, young songwriter. Her recent five song EP, “Meet Me,” is an attempt to capture the intimate, stripped down sound so familiar to anyone who’s heard Karli play live recently.

Watching a Karli Fairbank’s set is an oddly consuming experience. Haunting, ethereal and wise beyond her twenty odd years, Karli Fairbank’s voice is captivating. Bringing to mind the whiskey-tongued weariness of Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin, Karli steps almost effortlessly into a long tradition of ladies who know how to take up their guitar and put a broken heart to good use. Not to call Karli anything but original; her songs display a healthy respect for beautiful voices both past and present whilst at the same time retaining a brave edge, unique to her own story. Karli Fairbank’s recent EP, “Meet Me,” perfectly highlights her incredible songwriting ability as her voice soars on sharply-penned songs of love, loss and long nights of the soul. Following on from last year’s self-produced LP, “Bitter Blue,” “Meet Me,” will be available online and for purchase during Karli’s Fall tour of the West Coast and features the musician’s own beautiful hand-made artwork.

Some information about the first year of my music carreer in Spokane. By Joel Smith.

Hope. Melancholy. Whiskey. On her latest self-produced release, Bitter Blue, Karli Fairbanks sings with a wisdom and insight belying her relatively tender age. Only 21 and already one of the most promising performers in Spokane, Washington’s vibrant singer-songwriter scene, Fairbanks draws unmatched crowds with her mix of haunting melodies and alt-country edge. A hard-working multi-instrumentalist who has shared bills with such luminaries and up-and-comers as Josh Ritter, Bill Mallonee and Julie Lee – and has been recognized for her excellence by local media outlets – Fairbanks combines her haunting voice with a twang sensibility that has fans of Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin and Feist taking notice.