THE BROTHERS COMATOSE

Whether traveling to gigs on horseback or by tour bus, Americana mavens The Brothers Comatose forge their own path with raucous West Coast renderings of traditional bluegrass, country and rock ‘n’ roll music. The five-piece string band is anything but a traditional acoustic outfit with their fierce musicianship and rowdy, rock concert-like shows.

The Brothers Comatose is comprised of brothers Ben Morrison (guitar, vocals) and Alex Morrison (banjo, vocals), Scott Padden (bass, vocals), Philip Brezina (violin), and Greg Fleischut (mandolin). When they’re not headlining The Fillmore for a sold-out show or appearing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the band is out on the road performing across America, Canada, Australia, and hosting their very own music festival, Comatopia, in the Sierra foothills.

April of this year is finding the band touring Latvia and Lithuania as cultural ambassadors for American Music Abroad, which is run by the US State Department with the goal of sending American artists all over the world as a cultural exchange program. The band toured China in 2018 under the same program.

The remainder of 2019 will see the Brothers Comatose hitting the studio to record on their fifth studio album to be released on AntiFragile Records.

BEAR MARKET RIOT

Bear Market Riot is Power-Folk Americana from the Central Coast of California. It's the feeling you get when you crack open a beer after a long week. Warming your soul like your best friend, it's the beat of your heart in your chest at a show. Two intertwined voices heartfelt and harmonic, BMR tells tales of adventure, equality, and romance.

Bear Market Riot was San Luis Obispo’s New Times reader's poll pick for “Best Band” the last three years in a row! As the emcees of the Central Coast’s Whale Rock Music Festival and frequent radio guests, they’ve earned a reputation as energetic hype-men.