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Festival News: Aaron English Band Announced For ROSFest 2012

Posted on Friday, October 07 @ 12:00:00 UTC by nightowl

RoSfest is pleased to announce that US ensemble The Aaron English Band have been signed for the 2012 edition of the Rites of Spring Festival.

Saturday morning should prove to be an interesting one for sleepy, late night party people and early birds alike when The Aaron English Band hits the stage on the 5th of May. Compared to the likes of Peter Gabriel and noted for the inclusion of world music elements on their initial production All The Waters Of This World, while the following The Marriage Of The Sun And The Moon had slightly more of an Americana flavored sound. Both albums, issued in the name of band leader Aaron English, have received ample amounts of praise and critical acclaim over the years.

But the story of this band is also the story of a hard working crew of musicians who nearly lost it all. On their fourth US tour in 2008 their tour bus was caught up in a catastrophic accident, destroying much of their equipment and most of their spirits to boot. Thankfully all members survived, but further progress as a band unit ground to an immediate halt as a direct consequence.

With the help of grateful and appreciating fans Aaron English was able to record solo album American Fever Dream in 2010. A rather successful creation, with the song "Believe" entering the US top 20 single charts. Following this solo production, The Aaron English Band have gradually built themselves back together, the first concrete result of that appeared when they hit the studio to record a long-standing live favorite: The elongated Beatles and Led Zeppelin medley "Norwegian Wood/Kashmir." A spirited 10 minute effort which has seen good sales on iTunes and been watched by close to 20.000 viewers on YouTube so far. Watch video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1e_0cF6whM

Aaron English (vocals, keyboards) and fellow band members Patrick Strole (guitars, hurdy-gurdy), Matthew Burgess (percussion), Mark Fauver (wind synths, electronics), Miguel Mateus (bass) and Derek Munson (drums) are currently in the midst of planning a 5th US tour, and are also working on a live DVD scheduled for a March 2012 release. All of them are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to make a grand impact at the 2012 edition of ROSfest.

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