Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers

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About Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers

Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers is Andy Reiner, Brownyn Bird, Mariel Vandersteel and Stash Wyslouch.

"BMUZ are a band you can't put a label on. They take songs and tunes, old and new, and infuse them with an almost punk-rock kind of energy, all the while respecting the traditions. Labels are good for marketing - what BMUZ has is good for MUSIC!"
-- Matt Smith, Manager, Club Passim.

“Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers is one of the dynamic new fiddle bands arising out of the bubbling Boston neo-trad scene. Weaving influences from Appalachian old-time to Celtic to Scandinavian (yes, that is a Swedish nyckelharpa on which you hear Bronwyn Bird knocking out some good old-time tunes), mixing tunes and songs from varied traditions with their own sparkling originals, BMUZ bring chops, inventiveness, elán, and comraderie to their music--and know how to rock the house to boot. All Berklee students, their sound is clearly in the tradition-busting tradition of eclectic improvisatory fiddle music pioneered by the likes of Darol Anger and Matt Glaser (head of Berklee's Strings Department). Berklee is rapidly becoming a magnet school for the next-generation fiddle phenoms of this neo-trad style, already making its mark in the contemporary music scene through prominent Berklee alumni like Casey Driessen, Hanekke Cassel and Laura Cortese of Halali, and Rushad Eggleston of Crooked Still among many others. Don't be surprised to find Blue Moose out there as well, spreading the World Fiddle gospel in days to come.”
-- Mark Simos

http://www.bmuz.net/