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The Bowmans / About This Artist

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Hometown: Berkeley, CA

Label: independent

Management: Please contact us if you're interested in managing The Bowmans

Website: www.thebowmansmusic.com

Sounds Like: Joni Joan Mitchell, Norah Jones, The Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch

Genre: Folk

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Folk charts for Berkeley, CA
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Biography:

October 2013 - Make Sure The Snow Falls (CD) and Mert the Anxious Evergreen (Book) Available on iTunes and www.TheBowmansMusic.com

With harmonies that seem to come from one astonishing voice, The Bowmans share a rare, near telepathic musical bond. The traveling twins are a “roller coaster” duo, ranging from poignantly captivating to serendipitously joyful. Their music is concurrently sophisticated and imaginative, blending together the preserved vulnerability and abandoned glee of their Iowa childhood. The Bowmans deeply move and delight their audience world wide with uncanny, evocative, and unforgettable performances. Their style is a blend of Folk, Americana and Classical music. Albums: Make Sure the Snow Falls, 2013, Live at Powerplay Studios, 2010, The Bowmans, 2009, Far From Home 2007.

Sarah Bowman has been keeping a busy solo career going as well, bringing her touch of The Bowmans style delight to Swiss and EU audiences with her debut Swiss release 'Empty Houses.' You can learn more about her projects at www.sarahbowmanmusic.com, and www.famousoctober.com

Press:

“These songs are well crafted short stories laced with memory as narrative device and theme. A line like “this is the place where we talked about parting/ the change in your face marked the actual end…” from “Twenty Days (the Slumber)” is worth the price of admission but they keep coming.”
JJ Hayes - American Songwriter Magazine

““Gleich mit dem ersten Song ist klar, dass sich eine andere musikalische Dimension auftut. Dabei spürt man, dass hier zwei Menschen in ungewöhnlich engem Gleichklang schwingen.” ”
Giessener Anzeiger

“…Their music resonates with a distinctive personality all its own…their gentle demeanor finds them wistful and whimsical. It’s a sound that brings the Roches to mind … but only when those Roche siblings reveal their more sobering side. ”
Mare Wakefield - Performing Songwriter

““[I’ve] been wanting to get The Bowmans in studio for a long time since hearing their first album, Far from Home…” ”
Bob Harris - BBC 2 Whispering Bob Harris Show

“ ”The Bowmans reveal an enchanting blend of voices... Clearly there are no boundaries that keep the Bowmans fenced in as they find themselves "On the Road," a pastoral slice of Jesse Sykes-style rustic pop where they discover (but don't care) that "the road may take a toll on you." ”
Steve Appleford - LA Weekly

“The harmonies are indeed stunning… the choral purity of their voices lends a hymn like quality to the songs…the strength of the material and those amazing voices... has ensured The Bowmans have a growing following on the New York folk scene.”
J. Alder - Americana UK

“A perfectly beautiful way to wake up”
Jessie Scott - Music Fog

“Après leur concert à Haren, les soeurettes comptent une trentaine de fans belges. Des voix impressionnantes, un répertoire varié, du charme et du charisme !”
Preumont - Le Blog des critiques de concerts

“GorillavsBear.net I'm a total sucker for Eisley-esque harmonies, the kind where you can't tell where one voice ends and the other begins, and The Bowmans have the gift. " ”
Chris Cantalini - Gorilla vs. Bear, quoted on Done Waiting

““An einem Bowmans-Konzert spürt man ihre Lebenserfahrung und ihre tiefe Liebe zur Musik, inspiriert und lebenshungrig” ”
7 Tage - Freiseit Obwalden und Nidwalden

“„Ich bin immer noch zu Tränen gerührt, wenn ich sie höre“ ”
Peter Damm - Lich und Keistrich conzerts

““Die Schwestern schaffen es ,den Zuhörern allein mit ihren Stimmen und minimaler instrumentaler Begleitung Gänsehaus zu bescheren.” ”
Barbara Rufenacht - ONZ Obwalden und Nidwalden Zeitung

“… a knack for songwriting that still hasn't managed to lose its sense of imagination... if their music can stay this sweet in a city this tough, or this authentic in a world so quick to adapt and discard the latest fad, they’ll never have left that Iowa hill behind. ”
Christin Roman - The Deli Magazine

“ In short, The Bowmans are the best vocal duet to grace the Jezebel Music Songwriter Showcase. Sarah Bowman's lyrics are deceptively mysterious... the listener catches one level of the meaning to later find the dark twist of the story. ”
Gabriel Levitt - Jezebel Music

“… accessible on first listen and keeps resonating pleasantly. ”
Robert Pally - Swiss Records