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Terra Roots presents
The 5th annual Winter Warm Up: A kick off to the Summer Meltdown Festival
featuring
Flowmotion is The True Spokes
The Mother Hips
Star Anna
http://www.flowmotion.net
http://www.truespokes.com
http://www.motherhips.com
http://www.staranna.com
http://www.summermeltdown.com

Flowmotion has dominated the Northwest live music scene for over 10 years, garnering thousands of fans throughout the entire West Coast region via relentless touring and as host of their very successful music festival, Summer Meltdown (held every August in Darrington ,WA) In December, Flowmotion announced it would be retiring the band name and reemerging as The True Spokes. The Winter Warm Up is the official True Spokes album release party. The new album was co produced by The True Spokes and The Mother Hips’ Tim Bluhm and features performances by both Tim & Nicki Bluhm (Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers). To hear the first song, “Back Porch,” visit their new website www.truespokes.com.

The Mother Hips have flown under the radar as true indie music pioneers for two decades. Hailed by critics for their “rootsy mix of 70s rock and power pop” (pitchfork.com) and for their unflinching ability to “sing it sweet and play it dirty” (New Yorker), The Hips’ signature sound rings more genuine and relevant than ever before. The Hips – led by co-founders Tim Bluhm (vocals/guitar) and Greg Loiacono (guitar/vocals) – have been playing music for 20 years, and in the process, have had the luxury of exploring and refining their craft. And have never been more primed to share their well-traveled tales – the long days and nights on the road, the gritty politics, the smart inward reflections and man, the music! – all delivered with a most appealing balance of Americana storytelling and their California-burnished rock.

Star Anna is an American vocalist and rhythm guitarist from Ellensburg, WA, described by Barbar Mitchell of NPR as belonging to the genre of Americana and by Nicole Brodeur of the Seattle Times as alt-country. Duff McKagan wrote of her singing, “She is the real deal. There is a pain in her voice that comes from somewhere deep, a place I dare not ask where it comes from.” Brodeur describer her as having “a voice full fo bluster that will slam the door behind you, then find itself alone to take in the loneliness, the quiet, the beauty.”

Terra Roots is a 501©3 non-profit cultivating community and a sustainable future by supporting Northwest arts. As always we will have the cheapest early bird Summer Meltdown tickets available at the Winter Warm Up. Get your 4 day MD12 pass for only $80! This will be the last chance to purchase them at this price so don’t miss out!

The Showbox, Seattle, WA

8pm,

Winter Warm Up Portland and an album release!
FLOWMOTION is The True Spokes
The Mother Hips
Jimmy Russell (Quick & Easy Boys)

Mt. Tabor Theater, Portland, OR

9pm,

The 6th Annual Blizzard Music Festival

Red Mountain Resort, Rossland, BC

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The Royal, Nelson, BC

9pm, $15

back in Spokane and sharing the bill with Portland’s Scott Pemberton Trio!

SHOW TIMES: 8:00PM-8:45PM(FUNKSHWAY)
9:00PM-10:15PM(SCOTT P. TRIO)
10:30PM-12:45PM(FLOWMOTION)
DOOR CHARGE: $7 (8:00PM-10:00PM)
$9 (10:00PM-1:15)

Ugly Bettie's Public House, Spokane, WA

8pm, $7

Back in AK for three nights at the Sitzmark!

The Sitzmark at Alyeska, Girdwood, AK

10pm, $10adv/$15door

New Year’s Eve!
come out and help us ring in what promises to me a huge year for us and see one of our last shows as “FLOWMOTION”

Nectar Lounge, Seattle, WA

9pm, $12adv/$15door

Christmas Eve’s Eve! It was the night before the night before Christmas and all through the….

All Ages show! Children under 12 free with paid adult ticket.

The Conway Muse, Conway, WA

8pm, $15

supporting Cody Beebe & The Crooks Holiday Extravaganza
Flowmotion will be doing the backstage after party!!

The Seasons Performance Hall, Yakima, WA

doors 7:30, $12/15