Poplar Playhouse, Berkeley House Concerts
Galen Kipar
Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 8 p.m.
We decided to squeeze in one last show before the end of the year! If you’re around at the end of the year, you’re invited to attend our house concert with Galen Kipar at our home in Berkeley on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 8 p.m. $10-15 sliding scale suggested donation. Feel free to BYOB/snacks. RSVP at our website, berkeleyhouseconcerts.org, or by calling Tom at 510-697-4097
Linda Oliver & Tom Montgomery
Effortlessly crafting a fusion of folk, classical, jazz, and blues, the Galen Kipar Project has been hailed as “complex yet accessible” and “cohesive and poignant” with “experimental folk masterpieces.” Based in Asheville, GKP released their fourth album The Scenic Route in 2010 which was listed in WNCW’s Top 100 albums of 2010.
Galen’s other endeavor keeps him on the water as he serves as a fly fishing guide with in Western North Carolina. He gets much of his inspiration for songwriting while standing waist deep in a river. Galen states in an interview with the WVGazette, “Water, particularly rivers, have many different currents. Music is the same way,” he says. “Music has many different currents, and they all work together. It’s something that’s always fascinated me.”
GKP’s music was featured on WNCW’s 2010 Crowd Around the Mic Compilation CD with artists such as Darrell Scott, Jeff Sipe and Ike Stubblefield, Muddy Waters Reunion Band, Drivin & Cryin’, and Jim Lauderdale. Their hit “October Snow” was used in a commercial promoting the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) and the WNC Farmers Market Association, and was also a finalist in the Google TV for All Contest.