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Boris McCutcheon

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Boston Music Awards Best Male Singer Songwriter 2004 AmericanaFest 2004 Roots of Heaven Festival (Haarlem, NL) 2004 + 2006 Take Root Festival (Groningen, NL) 2006 New Mexico State Fair Best Singer Songwriter 2007 Mountain Stage NewSong finalist 2008 Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life (Random House) 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Southwest finalist 2011 and 2012 Blue Highways Americana Festival (Utrecht, NL) 2011 Moab Folk Festival 2011 Folk Alliance 2012 SXSW 2012 Michael Hearne’s Big Barn Dance Music Festival 2012 Mountain Stage NewSong finalist 2013

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About The music of New Mexico-based singer-songwriter BorisMcCutcheon is rooted in country and traditional folk andblues songs, but has long defied even those genres.McCutcheon (b. November 21, 1969-- ) grew up in ruralHolliston,MassachusettsandintheElizabethIslandsoffthecoast of Cape Cod. Before entering the music industry,McCutcheonattendedMarlboroCollegeinVermontwherehestudiedcreativewriting.HealsoattendedtheprestigiousFarm and Garden Program at UC Santa Cruz, where helearned practical organic farming. Before leaving NewEngland for California, McCutcheon had encountered thelegendary folk musicologist and mandolin player RalphRinzler,whomadeadeepimpressiononhim.Atthattime,McCutcheonwasdiscoveringhisidentityasasongwriterandguitarist.OnaroadtripacrosstheWest,McCutcheonalsodiscoveredNewMexico.ButhelefttheWestattheendof20th century and returned to the East Coast to launch hismusic career. He assembled a roots rock band, andperformedhis firstgigattheCaptainKiddinWoodsHole,MA., and quickly moved into the prestigious folk-rootsscene in Boston. He became a regular, appearing on thestagesofClubPassim,theLizardLounge,theMiddleEast,and the Cantab. McCutcheon released his first albumMotherDitch(2001)whichwasproducedandengineeredbyPeteWeiss (AimeeMann,VaporsofMorphine).Bothpressand fans took notice of his unique songs, voice, andarrangements (with tuba, Moog, Wurlitzer, megaphone),andhegarneredaninstant,ifsmall,fanbaseonbothcoasts.He released his sophomore album When We Were Big(2003) produced and engineered by Craig Schumacher(Calexico,NekoCase)atWavelabStudiosinArizonaandwonBestMaleSingerSongwriterfromtheBostonMusicAwardsthefollowingyear.ItwasatthistimethathewasdiscoveredbyLuckyDiceMusic/LDMBookingsintheNetherlands,runbySandraZuidemaandLucianoMulder,establishedbrokersand curators of Americanamusic in Europe. Zuidema andMulduralsorunapremiereonlinerecordstorepromotingAmericana artists to European audiences. McCutcheon’sbandBoris&theSaltLicksbegantotourthroughHolland,BelgiumandGermanyeachyearandimmediatelyfoundahome in the LDM stables, alongside other favorite artistsGreg Trooper, Rod Picott, Frazey Ford, Dayna Kurtz andmany others. With a cult hero reputation in Europe, andselling out large and small venues,McCutcheonmoved toNew Mexico, and made a permanent home there. Heconsolidated his core band, and with the Salt Licks (BrettDavis,SusanHolmes,KevinZoernig,PaulGroetzinger)beganrecording at Santa Fe’s Frogville Studios, a boutique indiehouseforalternativeandtraditionalAmericanamusic.

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Discography

I’mHereLetMeIn(Cactusman/Frogville2017)MightCrash!(Cactusman/Frogville2013)BorisMcCutcheonSingstheSongsofTownesVanZandt(bootleg2012)Utrecht(live)(Cactusman/Frogville2011)WheelofLife(Cactusman/Frogville2010)BadRoad,GoodPeople(Frogville2008)BoxspringPlow(EP)(Cactusman2008)SongsofNewMexico(mult.artists)(Revolution2007)LostSessionsandB-Sides(Cactusman2006)Cactusmanvs.theBlueDemon(Frogville2006)TurbulentAmusement(live)(Cactusman2004)WhenWeWereBig(Cactusman2003)MotherDitch(Cactusman2001)

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U.S.A. CONTACTS

Media & Bookings

Melissa Totten • 505-231-0860 Melissa@MandCo.org

M+Co ◁▷ www.MandCo.org

The Real Boris • 505-316-2332 Boris@BorisMcCutcheon.com www.BorisMcCutcheon.com

About (cont’d) The first album out of Frogville by Boris & The Salt Licks wasCactusmanvs.TheBlueDemon(2006).Thealbumwasproducedandmixed by Boris and piano savant Kevin Zoernig, whose keyboardarrangements brought some intensive jazzy improvisations toMcCutcheon’s unique compositions. Cactusman debuted at #1 ontheEuroAmericanaChart,andstayedinthetoptenformorethansixmonths.OntheotherEuropeanchartofnote,Americana&RootsTop13,basedonairplay,internet,salesanddownloads,everyoneofMcCutcheon’salbumshasenteredandstayedinthetopten.AfterCactusman, McCutcheon and the Salt Licks were in demand allaroundtheuptownanddowntowntheatres,barsandbreweriesofNew Mexico. McCutcheon, now living off-the-grid near Ojo Sarcowithamilemarkerasanaddress,startedafarmandafamilywithhiswife,LauraMcInerney.Inthisperiod,everygigstartedwithanhour-longdrivealongthehighroadtoTaos,throughcanyonsandcone-shapedhills, and finally to the state road and through theCarsonNational Forest to reach a highway. During the years from 2006-2012, McCutcheon released his “off-the-grid trilogy”: Bad Road,GoodPeople (2008)TheWheelofLife(2010),andtheblockbusterfinaleMightCrash!(2013).Inadditiontothese,hemadeacoupleofpraisedcompilationalbums,a livealbumfromtheNetherlands,anEP,amusicvideo,andabootlegacousticsoloalbumofTownesVanZandtcoversongs,recordedfromthecreakycarseatthatservedastheonlychairintheshed.Atthe2007NMStateFair,McCutcheonwonthestate’scovetedBestSingerSongwriteraward.Commercially,hehashadanumberofhissongslicensedasbothsourcemusicandfeaturecuesontelevisionandradiodramas.NPR’sClickandClack(Car Talk) couldn’t stop laughing and playing his song “Pilgrim” –about aman’s dying old truck. The Peabody-winning and very hipMoth Radio Hour just recently licensed “Choppin’ Wood” --McCutcheon’sdefinitive,elegantsongoffhisveryfirstalbum.FromSavingGracetoHulu’sShutEye,andmanyinbetween,televisionhasbeenahomeforhismusic.Inliveperformance,McCutcheon,withorwithoutabackingband,hasbeenon justabouteverycompetitivefestivalstageandshowcasethatthemusicbusinessofferstoyoungormature,uniqueorfamiliar,traditionaloralternativesongwriters:SXSW, The Moab Folk Festival, AmericanaFest, Folk Alliance,MountainStageandbarnsandconcertsalloverthiscountry.IntheNetherlands,McCutcheonhasmade appearancesat the top threeAmericanafestivals:RootsofHeaven,TakeRoot,andBlueHighways.FromtheEastAustinhonky-tonkTheWhiteHorsetoLincolnCenter,McCutcheon’sworkcontinuestopleaseaudiences.Whenyouthinkhecan’tout-dohis lastalbum,outcomesanewanddifferentandbetterone.I’mHereLetMeIn(USrelease,latesummer2017)ishisfirstalbumwithouttheSaltLicksbandinoveradecade.Pre-releasereviewsareaspositiveasanyinhiscareertodate.Toreadsonglyrics,ortoseemoreinformationaboutsongoralbumproduction and personnel please see the artist’s website atborismccutcheon.com.