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About Town Rill
Town Rill (Birger Olsen) is a songwriter with a heavily rooted, yet totally distinct sound. With a strong, finger picking guitar style, and a rough baritone voice that seems to belong to somebody else, his music can knock listeners off balance, right before it pulls them in to the simple stories of his songs.During a recent stint living in San Francisco, Birger formed a gypsy blues duo with guitarist Travis Magrane called the Rustics, and worked as a sideman to folk singer Anna Laube. Now a resident of Portland, Oregon, Birger is backing singers Alison Rice and Reina Collins, in addition to performing his own music solo and with his band throughout the West Coast.
The Town Rill band includes bassist Dean Boudouris, formerly of Vagabond Opera, Harris Ambinder on harmonica, and portland-music veteran and guitar master Dan Miller.
"An impressive one man tour-de-force who will wow you with his guitar playing and singing"--Ray Alvarado, Black Magic Voodoo Lounge, SF, California
"They are a band out of Portland, OR that play blues/folk music. They sound pretty good!"--chacha.com