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Great Northern

Rock / Indie / Other

Los Angeles, CA

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another transmission from pennio morricone...... Jul 15

pennio morricone pt.2:



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we highly recommend you go to his page and make him sell you his art.be persistent.....he likes that.xo....gNryan coscia myspace page...

bEWarE.....pEnniO moRRicOnE iS coMiNG!!!!!! Jul 4





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Bio

Great Northern: The name evokes a feeling of a place and time in which . . . to dream, perhaps, to get away from it all, or away from oneself. Its late afternoon, strolling into night. Theres a slight breeze but youre warm in your coat, or bundled in cotton as you gaze out the window.

An appropriately evocative soundtrack for all this widescreen grand nudging fuzzy intimate is something akin to what Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte sought when they formed Great Northern. The two longtime friends had often talked about making music together and Bixler eventually approached Stolte with material hed been developing quietly.

Rachel and I had known each other for about seven years, says Bixler, and I was touring and playing a lot with this four-track on the road with me, just writing songs.

We had similar tastes in music, says Stolte. I was taking a break from being in a band, and one night he gave me all these tapes hed been working on and said, `Do you want to play piano and sing on these? And I was like, `Yeah! We went back and forth from my four-track to his for six/seven months and then finally got in the studio together and started recording... Read More

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plays today - 4

all-time plays - 22110

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  • Sleepy Eepee

    Sleepy Eepee

  • Trading Twilight for Daylight

    Trading Twilight for Daylight

  • self-made EP

    self-made EP



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:::rannou says:

thanks for c o n n e c t i n g !

posted May 8


THIS IS AN EMPIRE (IS ON ITUNES!) says:

Thanks for adding us! -THIS IS AN EMPIRE

posted Apr 6


hells belle says:

The Larimer Lounge show was spectacular, can't wait to see you in Boulder!

posted Mar 20


A13 says:

Hello, have a look to the photos from our last concert at l'archipel Paris, Feb 2008

posted Mar 5


Pete Schalck & The Invisibles says:

Very nice stuff! Wish you guys would play around the Boston area.

posted Feb 22


theblanchard says:

Saw you guys when you were in Oklahoma City a few months back, the show was awesome. One of the best I've been to in a long time. Heard you on TV last night also in a car commercial. Right on!

posted Feb 12


Balm says:

Be sure to visit the blog too: balm1

posted Feb 2


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