karlifairbanks.com

Press clippings:

“On Bitter Blue, Fairbanks is nearly perfect, and in turn produces one of Spokane’s most promising albums in quite some time.” -Out There Monthly

“In terms of production, musicianship and songwriting, the stars have aligned for “The Breaking of Our Days.”- Isamu Jordan

“And yet while each track is a separate animal, anchoring all of them together is Fairbanks herself — and her ghostly, entrancing voice. Like Chan Marshall, Leslie Feist or Neko Case — women who will forever be defined by their distinctive sets of pipes — Fairbanks is a songstress extraordinaire in part because of the elastic, enduring quality of her vocal cords.” - Jeff Echert – The Inlander

“There doesn’t seem to be an experience regarding love or loss that Spokane’s Karli Fairbanks can’t write about. On her latest release Breaking of Our Days, the singer-songwriter breaks from the lonely strum of an acoustic guitar adding a full band treatment. An electric guitar opens the bluesy I Can Almost Tell. A brisk piano line keeps the pace in Needle and Thread. A slide guitar draws out the emotion on Down the Line. A ukelele helps lighten the don’t-give-up message on Forms of Getting Beat.” - Jeremy Dutton Tri-city Herald

Biography

written by Jan Carson

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 play alongside an increasingly long-list of accomplished musicians including Josh Ritter, Nick Jaina, The Beautiful Clarks, Troubletown, Weinland, My Brightest Diamond, Pickwick, White Hinterland David Bazan, Damien Jurado, Kate Tucker, Run On Sentence, The Maldives, Matt Bauer, 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 in the Open Space,” 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.

High-res photos:

for press, etc. (photo credit to Melani Brown www.melanibrown.com)

BOOKING:

I can be reached about booking inquiries at karlifairbanks@gmail.com

I’m currently not playing shows in Spokane, WA. If you are planning on touring through, feel free to contact me and I would love to attend/help you promote your show that you could book at one of the following places.

Caterina Winery/Platform Booking: Patrick Kendrick books at the Caterina Winery. It’s a nice all ages venue with delish wine. He does a great job putting shows together and promoting them. I played my first solo shows becuase he booked me!

Empyrean Coffee House: Chrisy owns empyrean and books all the shows. It’s a great venue. Find out more about booking there on their myspace.

RAWK: Dale Strom runs RAWK. He brings in great bands and promotes shows really well. You have to be a little more established to have him work with you, but it’s worth a shot.

Isamu Jordan/thesomshow.com: Isamu is one of Spokane’s music Moguls I guess you could say. He’s always around, always got some show he’s putting together or some big event. He’s a busy guy and very commited to Spokane’s music scene.

Bill at the BLVD: Bill runs the Production Company and books shows at the Blvd. It’s more of a rock venue, but he’s awesome and helpful.

Thanks for doing that. If you email me anyways I will just direct you back to this page. It’s all the help I can offer. If you are interested in doing a show trade, I might be down for that. I book you one, you book me one. In that case, feel free to email me.