CONTACT: chris.michels@live.com
We are Mother Shrew, a group of grooving souls from Portland, OR. Our sound is evolving, displaying R&B, Folk and Hip-Hop influences with a moslty-acoustic-beatboxing-string-band featuring Seth Krause on lead-vocals and acoustic guitar; Chris Michels on plucked strings, vocals, and beatbox; and Jon Letts on upright bass.
April 2
New Chris Michels Album
"Babel I" is available for download @
http://chrismichels.bandcamp.com/album/babel-i
MARCH 5
NEW ALBUM IN THE WORKS
Mother Shrew will be celebrating the completion of their first full-length album "Back Pocket Surprises" with a small tour in Northern Oregon. The album will be available Spring 2013.
3/08 Salem, OR
3/09 Corvallis, OR
3/15 The Dalles, OR
3/16 Hood River, OR
3/17 Portland, OR
3/23 Carlton, OR
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January 20 Naturally
Hello! Looking forward to visiting several Oregon cities for the first time. For now check out 3 COMPLETE LIVE SHOWS FROM DECEMBER HERE.
1/30 Eugene, OR
1/31 Portland, OR
2/01 Carlton, OR
2/02 Hood River, OR
2/09 Portland, OR
2/15 Albany, OR
2/22 Ashland, OR
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December 19 FREE LIVE DOWLOADS
Halfway through our winter tour, we have a complete recording available of the first stop Dec 1st in Portland, OR. CLICK HERE
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November 01--Winter Dates Anounced
11/30 Hood River, OR
12/01 Portland, OR
12/04 Portland, OR
12/07 Lake Oswego, OR
12/08 Portland, OR
12/12 Yspilanti, MI
12/13 Bellaire, MI
12/15 Honor, MI
12/21 Petoskey, MI
12/22 Traverse City, MI
12/27 Hanock, MI
12/28 Marquette, MI
12/29 Marquette, MI
12/30 Marquette, MI
12/31 Marquette, MI
01/22 Portland, OR
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SEPTEMBER 10 Holy Cow!
A wonderful introduction to Portland, thanks Leo J AND the Melee!. More shows are . anounced in Portland, including the Pub @ the end of the universe.
Aug 15 Chris Adds 4 more dates
Chris will be joining friend Dede Alderman and her band 'The Dreamers' for a few shows.
8/19 Hoxeyville, Wexford County, MI
8/22 Shorts Brewery, Bellaire, MI
8/24 Horizon Book Store, Traverse City, MI
8/25 Cyote Crossings, Cadillac, MI
Aug 6 Mother Shrew Marquette Fiasco!
Mother Shrew will be making a string of performances in MQT over the next couple weeks.
Aug 02 - Chris Michels Suprise Album
I unexpectedly recorded an album last week. A demo of the songs I wrote in Oregon this spring while wwoofing on some farms I title "Cathedral and Cave". Enjoy!
http://archive.org/details/CathedralAndCave
July 17 - Mother Shrew moves to Oregon
We are happy to anounce our first show in OR, Sept 5 @ the Goodfoot Lounge.
Photography by Stacy Dean
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