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MARTIAN ACRES
The Martian Acres Band--Alternative-Boulder music at its best. The Acres’ songbook runs along a wide musical river. They’ve picked up international song-writing awards and distinctions in areas which range from rock to country to blues to gospel. One of their blues originals, for example, was selected by the listeners of Midnight Blues Radio (in Paris) as one of 2007's best. And late last year, the Acres’ anti-war anthem, "War (We’ve All Been Here Before)," became one of the most downloaded songs in Australia. Then, in the spring of 2008, the new MA tune "Missing You" topped the national charts in the Acoustic category for the OurStage Competition (some of the folks that bring you Bonnaroo every year).
Although the Acres' repertoire has been compared to running one’s I-Pod on "shuffle," there are distinctive characteristics shared by all of the songs: strong melody lines; abundant vocal harmonies; and lyrics with a lot of fizz and "ear appeal": usually thought-provoking; sometimes politically provocative; and all too often "just plain silly."