April 27th, 2013 will be the date of the inaugural MoonRunners Music Festival. This will be the first fest of it’s kind to be held in the Midwest. Comprised of the most popular and unique artists in the underground Roots scene, MoonRunners Festival will feature 19 artists from all over America joining forces in Chicago for a one of a kind event.Co-Headlined by Shooter Jennings and Scott H. Biram, the fest will also feature the likes of Posseseed by Paul James, The Calamity Cubes, Hellbound Glory, Fifth on the Floor and many more.The show will take place at Reggie’s Rock Club and Music Joint, and will feature two stages of continuous music. Tickets are $30 and go on sale November 1st The event is 21+ and begins at 11am.
Ticket includes entrance to All Rooms of Music
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ARAN BUZZAS
Aran Buzzas is a honky tonk singer/songwriter from Missoula Montana who dabbles in rowdy Irish folk music and has roots in bluesy rock. Aggressive rhythm guitar playing, strong vocals, and lyrics that are both amusing and heart-felt characterize Aran’s country songs.
This Montana native got his musical start playing classic rock in his high school band Groundswell, back in the mid 90s. Since then Aran has been doing the singer/songwriter thing, writing and recording songs on his analog 4-track and brushing up his lead guitar chops. This culminated with the relase of Aran’s homemade debut CD “Just Bein’ Here” in April of 2008.
“Just Bein’ Here” combines elements of strong song-writing, lots of guitars, and innovative back-up vocals from close friend and collaborator Mike Dunn. The songs range from rock to country, blues to Irish traditional, with Aran playing all the instruments.
For the past three years Aran has hunkered down to refine his “sound”. Using the bluesy rock basis of “Just Bein’ Here” as a jumping off point, traditional and outlaw country sounds have been dominating more recently, along with an ever growing element of edgy Irish trad. Released in August 2010, the “Niki’s Closet Demo” features a more stripped down sound. Mostly straight-up honky tonk, with one tragic Irish rocker.
Several of the demo tracks have been featured on such respected podcasts as Outlaw Radio Chicago, IBWIP, Blue Ribbon Radio, Friday Happy Hour, Rebel Rouser Radio, Broken Country Radio, and the White Trash Revival show.
Since it’s release Aran has opened for Hellbound Glory three times, The Clumsy Lovers, The Cheatin’ Hearts and Coffin Hunter, and played the Community Stage at LYME Fest 2011. Winter 2011/12 Aran will be teaming up with Travis Yost to begin work on a new, full-length CD, featuring guest appearances from many of Missoula’s finest roots musicians. Look for many more performances to come, and a new album in late 2012!