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PASSAGE - Front & Back

New CD 'PASSAGE' Coming Spring 2012 (front and back cover shown above)

Cool News! Skip has been nominated for Best Acoustic Folk Artist at the Veer Magazine 2012 Local Music Awards. You can vote for other bands as well at http://www.veermag.com/localmusicawards2012.html.

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Skip Friel’s spirited performances capture the art and joy of music. With award-winning, finely-crafted songs often featured as the backdrop for public radio spots, his lively instrumentals and vocals continue to receive airplay. “Friel is a very talented vocalist with a big and unique voice,” writes Toronto Exclusive Magazine. “Friel's guitar work is exceptional,” notes The Virginian-Pilot. Offering a blend of acoustic-based new folk and blues, Skip Friel and his band the Resonators have emerged as local favorites at regional festivals and on more intimate, acoustic-friendly stages. The Resonators include Martin Somers on bass guitar, Bob Simmons on percussion and Bob Rankin on electric guitar. Associate members are Charlie Austin on fiddle/violin, Charlie Shugarman on drums and Denny Fohringer on guitar.

More quotes about Friel's music:

Barry Graham, WHRV FM 89.5 - “Enabling the listener to truly feel the joy and pain that only a talented singer can convey, I was immediately impressed.”

Paul Shugrue, WHRV FM 89.5 - “The Friel Brothers released a great Christmas album.”

Hunter Hughes, WPYA FM 93.7 - "There’s a lot of good stuff in his CD 'Twilight Red Sky’.

Skip Friel and The Resonators

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