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Jen balances teaching, a kids’ music duo, wedding ensemble The Ariel Consort, and various club gigs. She has shared bills with such illustrious acts as Emmylou Harris, McKinley, Patty Griffin and the Decemberists. |
Multi-instrumentalist Jen Bernard was born into a fertile maelstrom of family
musicianship, and is now a sought-after collaborator and event planner, best
known for her creation of the annual Night of the Murder Ballad.
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Since moving to Portland in 1995, Keith has had the opportunity to meet, study, play and record with a wide array of local musicians. In addition to being an on-call bassist, he performs regularly with The Blue Cranes and Caña Son. |
Keith Brush began his professional music career in Montana with the
Billings Symphony while performing with multiple cross-genre groups and working
alongside the varied likes of Bernadette Peters, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,
Green Day and The Offspring.
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An in-demand teacher and performer, he has dozens of recordings to his credit and has shared the stage with artists as diverse as Nirvana, Elliott Smith and the Holy Modal Rounders. His band credits include Hazel, Golden Delicious, The Kung Pao Chickens, and Django’s Tigers. |
Pete Krebs has been a solid fixture on the NW music scene for almost two
decades.
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Incredibly versatile, he has lent his skill to a number of diverse projects, from The Decemberists to Funk Shui. As of late, he spends much of his time performing around the Northwest. David charts all the Boswell Sisters’ arrangements for The Stolen Sweets. |
Guitarist David Langenes nurtured an ear for music
from the age of five, exploring the violin, guitar,
mandola, and electric bass. He learned rock,
Classical and fingerstyle guitar before studying jazz
composition at the Berklee College of Music
in Boston.
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Since then, she has released three critically acclaimed solo records and works industriously as a supporting musician in both live and studio settings. She currently performs with Piranha spin-off Carmina Luna and pop collective Dirty Martini. |
Lara Michell first appeared on the Portland music scene in 1996 as Carmina
Piranha’s flamenco-inspired acoustic guitarist.
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As an old time radio enthusiast and an avid collector and performer of pre-war vocal jazz, Erin really belongs to an entirely different era. The group’s assiduous gumshoe, she is always searching out old sheet music and 78s of such greats as The Mills Brothers, Annette Hanshaw, and the inimitable Boswell Sisters. |
Since the age of 12, Erin Sutherland’s voice has journeyed across the U.S. and
overseas, through operas, solo competitions, and rock bands alike. Of course,
this all happened about 70 years too late.
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Going above and beyond the call of duty, Leah showed up at the first show donning fancy vintage duds, perfectly coifed hair, and a cigarette box. Soon after, the band was playing every week, and Leah (who happens to be a busy medical student) decided to invite a few of her friends to share in the duties. Her friend, Meredith, had the idea to name this gaggle of ladies The Yowzas - and it stuck! These five ladies have been supporting and inspiring the Sweets and their audience members ever since. Yowza! |
When the Sweets first began performing, they asked their good friend Leah to
kindly peddle their wares at a few shows.
