Stillhouse Junkies is a one-of-a-kind creative project born out of the collective
passions of three individuals with very different musical backgrounds. With
chops and stylistic leanings ranging from classical to West African, blues,
bluegrass, and swing, Fred Kosak, Alissa Wolf, and Cody Tinnin came together
around a shared goal of bringing sounds and grooves to their fans that fall
outside of easy genre distinctions. With all three band members trading lead
vocal, songwriting, and arranging duties, Stillhouse Junkies paint with a rich
tonal palette that pays homage to their musical heroes while forging a unique
artistic path.
Born out of a long-standing weekly residency at a local distillery in Durango,
CO, Stillhouse Junkies have quickly become a staple of Colorado and the Four
Corners region’s vibrant music scene and a nationally-recognized touring act,
establishing a solid fan base through multi-hour performances that feature
soaring group improvisations, novel re-imaginings of covers from the likes of
Asia, Caleb Klauder, and Bill Withers, and intimate vocal-driven ballads.
Through their strong writing and creative, intricate arranging, the Junkies have
built up an eclectic multi-set catalogue of original music that reflects their
diverse interests and creative inclinations. Their songs run the gamut of human
emotion and experience: disenchantment with the pace of modern living,
confronting adversity in its many forms, mortality and aging, and story songs
that imagine reality from the perspective of a member of the Lewis and Clark
expedition; a small-town bartender; a lonely miner; an imperiled cattle driver.
They pay tribute to the remarkable diversity of both the Four Corners area of
the Southwestern US and the country as a whole, probing below the surface of
everyday life to find the themes that unite us all as Americans and citizens of
the world.
In November 2019, Stillhouse Junkies entered the studio in Austin, TX to record
their third album, Calamity, an epic thematic collection of 12 original songs
released on March 7th. This effort represented the culmination of over a year
of constant writing, gigging, and rehearsing and was to be supported by a
dizzying schedule of over 100 planned shows across the US and in the UK.
Stillhouse Junkies are proud to be winners of the 2021 IBMA Momentum Band
of the Year award, 2018 and 2019 Telluride Band Contest finalists (3rd & 2nd
place) Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Showcase Artists, and Showcase Artists at
both the 2020 & 2021 IBMA World of Bluegrass.
Brian Oberlin (Opener)
Brian Oberlin is an internationally acclaimed mandolin player and educator. During his decades long professional career, Brian has been playing swing, bluegrass, and Italian classical as a solo mandolinist and vocalist. Along with the myriad award-winning bands and ensembles he has collaborated with throughout the United States and Europe (Full Cord, Grasshoppah, GER Mandolin Orchestra/Mike Marshall and Twin Mandolin Slingers/Evan J. Marshall), Brian is also the founder/director of the River of the West Mandolin Camp, the Great Lakes Mandolin Camp, the Michigan Mandolin Orchestra and the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra. Of his accolades, his most recent stint was winning the 2022 Telluride band contest at that festival in Colorado, winning the 2022 IBMA momentum band of the year award, all with the band Full Cord, and Brian was a featured song-writer at the 2021 IBMA awards. When he is not performing, Brian teaches music to children and adults at a variety of venues and events around the world. Brian’s website (MandOberlin.com) is a great resource for not only his appearances but features FREE content for budding mandolinists on the Lesson Hub.
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