Chi McClean, Mike Gibbons

Brindl (closing set)

Chi McClean
Chi McClean was born and raised in New York before heading out to California in a beat up truck looking for a change. Settling in San Francisco, he began to develop an honest, introspective approach to his songwriting that ultimately formed the building blocks for his debut release, "Something Out There", and recently, his latest effort, "A Thing Or Three".

Chi writes acoustic rock songs marked by a haunting Southern style. Many of his songs take a straightforward… Show more look at love, loss, and in the end, opportunity. Influenced by Jimi Hendrix, The Black Crowes, Free, The Faces and The Allman Brothers, Chi’s music borrows from the classic tones and song structures that formed the pillars of the 1960’s rock scene while presenting listeners with a contemporary and wholly unique perspective.

Mike Gibbons
With a generous, restless spirit that informs his songwriting and infects his audience, Mike Gibbons narrates tales of heart break and love made, adventures had and disasters averted. A life-long wanderer, Gibbons has roots that extend around the globe--from Minnesota to Thailand, Egypt to Ohio, Belgium to Pennsylvania--to his current home in San Francisco, California.

Gibbons has released three full-length albums and performed countless shows over the past several years. Just this past December he launched his most recent single, "Swells and Storms" with a GoPro sponsored music video that has been viewed nearly 20,000 times in the past month since its release.

Gibbons is also an avid surfer and ocean activist who has worked in numerous contexts with organizations including Surfrider, Sea Stewards, The Marine Mammal Center, and The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival.

Brindl (closing set)
Brindl’s music is a unique style of folk nouveau: soulful folk with flavors of blues and jazz in the same vein as Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin. Brindl is known for her powerful vocals and insightful poetic songwriting. Brindl's second full length album Shine ("a powerful and heartfelt album," Local Music Vibe) was recorded at A Room with a Vu in Marin County with veteran sound engineer David Solari (Kyle Alden, The Alexis Harte Band) and features performances from Bay Area players including violinist Steve Gardner (Cullen’s Hound) and guitarist Adam Roach (Dale Watson, Nathan Hamilton).

Brindl has opened for acts like Sean Hayes and Danny Schmidt, toured from San Diego to Vancouver at venues such as Yoshi's, Sweetwater and Lestat's. Brindl is founder of Moxy Music and moxymusic.org, a resource site for the singer-songwriter & folk music community. She is currently touring on her latest release "Shine" and recording her third full length album

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