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“Put together the unity of street punk and the instruments of bluegrass and folk and you get Dovekins, with just a bit more of a modern indie edge. Assemble the Aviary is fresh and aged at the same time – these guys are old souls making modern music”
-Marlee Keeven, Scene Magazine
—The Dalles
The Dovekins have crossed the country five times over this year, hitting major cities and small towns across the USA. With a force of will and New Belgium’s Tour de Fat beneath their feet the Dovekins played over 100 shows in 2010 alongside Punch Brothers, State Radio, Yonder Mountain String Band, Vetiver, The Books, and Akron/Family to name a few. Described as “beautiful and unhinged”, the Dovekins are a new edge gypsy gem of a band redefining genres and the Denver sound itself. Outfitted with nothing less than Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Banjo, Trombone, Melodica, Stomps, Spoons, Cornet, Drums, Washboard, Raspy Voice, Accordion, Flute, Kazoo, Standup Bass, and Clarinet.
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“Seamlessly fused accordion, acoustic guitar, mandolin, flute and banjo. With imaginative time signatures and melodies that hint at everything from klezmer to gypsy jazz, the group offers a set that is dizzying in scope and captivating in richness”
- A.H. Goldstein, Westword
“Dovekins… If they were a stock, I’d buy. But they’re not. They’re a hipster folk merrymaking band that everyone at least in these here parts [Boulder CO] will know the name of in one year, and then they won’t be cool anymore. But that won’t matter, ’cause you’ll still want to listen to them, because they’re actually really, really good. I’m in a love with a band infectious happy talented straight-up hard-working whacky fantastically catchy even once in awhile sweet.”
-Waylon Lewis Elephant Journal
“They are beautiful and unhinged and without peer in the “let’s see how many different instruments we can play while yelping” subset. There is no center of attention — each of the five members at FoCoMX fronted at least one song, each somehow meeting the impossible standard set by the last.”
-Kiernan Maletsky, Westword
