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Meet Winterlark
Acoustic guitar, acoustic upright bass, acoustic drums, and two voices that sound like they emerged from the same end of the gene pool—Winterlark is a San Francisco Bay Area trio that blend bossa nova, American soul, and string band swing into a melodic folk-jazz.
The group formed in early 2019 to record a batch of songs, by guitarist Sweeney E. Schragg, that cast a gimlet eye toward modern romance. As fellow songwriter and upright bassist Kristin Olson joined in tight, jazz-influenced vocal duets and drummer Chris Haskett added syncopated, dynamic brush work, the trio developed a repertoire with the hooks of pop tunes, the conscience of folk songs, and the harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary of jazz standards.
About Winterlark's debut recording, When Does Love Go South?, Susan Werner—Chicago songwriter and emissary from Folk Alliance International—writes: "Nice soundscape - nice arrangements - interesting asymmetries in the song shapes . . . a terrific accomplishment. Under All the Weight of the Summer should be the California state song."
Sample Tracks
Press Photos
The Trio
B&W CD Photo
The Duo