This year, Snowvana will feature 12 hours of acoustic, roots, soul, bluegrass, and honky-tonk from some of Portland’s most talented musical artists!
A native New Yorker, who was raised in an exceedingly musical family, REDRAY is an established vocalist and musician who creates his own unique fusion of Alternative R&B, Rock, and Indie-Soul. Get ready for captivating new lyrical sounds and smooth, smoky vocals like you’ve never heard.
Born and raised in Winnipeg and Montreal, Pash initially moved to Los Angeles, before calling Portland home for three years, moving to Nashville for nearly seventeen, and returning to Portland, where he now resides. Besides co-writing Hall & Oates’ “Private Eyes,” Pash has written music for film and television, played bass for Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Rosco Gordon, and – together with members of The Mavericks, Wilco, and Cheap Trick – played in the supergroup Swag. As well as having songs recorded by such artists as Carole King, Dan Hill, and Patti LuPone, he has shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Pixies, The Waterboys, Todd Rundgren, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Healey, and Big Star among others. During his time in Nashville Pash recorded and performed in his own band, Plastic Rulers, Dave Cloud’s Gospel of Power band, and produced the celebrated album Chocolate Orchid Piano Bar by the legendary Tupper Saussy
Morgan Geer has never fit into any cookie-cutter notions of “Americana”. He was born in San Francisco to a couple of idealistic Alabama runaways and grew up traveling around the US, following his folk-singing mother. Eventually the two settled back in their ancestral home around New Orleans, LA where Morgan furthered his music appreciation through his grandfather, a Dixieland jazz horn player. Morgan Geer has lived in nearly every region of the country and sounds like it.
Multi-instrumentalist Paul Brainard is a veteran of the Alt-Country and Americana scene, playing and recording with many top names over the last decade and beyond. He specializes in all forms of Steel Guitar—pedal, non-pedal, Dobro—as well as guitar and trumpet. He is further noted for his producing skills and his instrumental arrangements of strings and horns.
Eagles of Freedom
Sarah Gwen
Michelle DeCourcy
Tiki Men
