Poi Dog Pondering

Artist Description

Poi dog pondering, "The little big band with the strong back and supple / stubborn heart", has been following it's intuition for 20 years now. From bohemian street buskers to impossible to market major label sacrificial lambs... Poi dog pondering have ripened into staunchly independent musical voyagers. They have let every sound that excited them flow through their music and flood it with ever changing colors. Acoustic folk rock, global music, big band disco, electronic textures, orchestral collaborations, rock and soul. All threaded along the way with lyrics that embrace the beauty and pain that life can bring. 20 plus years down the line there is a bolstered sense of history in the PDP now, and a swagger with 2 fingers up in the air to the "industry". It is quite apparent that PDP has ever been, and ever will be in it for the love of it. Creating and performing.

On the eve of the release of their new full length album ("7") they are coming out east to perform a special set as an acoustic quintet, featuring founding members Frank Orrall (guitar / voice / ukulele), Susan Voelz (violin / voice) , Dave Max Crawford (accordion / trumpet), Ted Cho (mandolin / guitar) & Dag Juhlin (guitar / voice).