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Bronze Radio Return

Chris Henderson - vocals/guitar
Rob Griffith - drums/vocals
Bob Tanen - bass/vocals
Matt Warner - keys/vocals
Craig Struble - harmonica/banjo
Patrick Fetkowitz - guitar

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Hometown	Hartford, CT
Genres	Indie Rock, Roots
Band Members	Chris Henderson (Lead Vocals, Guitar) Patrick Fetkowitz... » more
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Manager Keith Mahler management@bronzeradioreturn.com 203.573.1600 Booking Brian Jonas brian@blackbirdartistsagency.com 718-260-8001 Publicist Ashley Brian ashley@pressherepublicity.com 212-246-2640 Artist / Band Member Bronze Radio Return info@bronzeradioreturn.com 203.573.1600 Other Mark Goodell Production@bronzeradioreturn.com 860-559-3281
# Years Experience Performing Live:	3
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	75
Market Draw:	Home Market: 451-500; Hartford: 701-800
Venue History:	Port City Music Hall - Portland, ME NorthStar - Philadelphia, PA World cafe live - Philadelphia, PA Johnny D's - Somerville, MA Harpers Ferry - Alston, MA Bitter End - New York, NY Mercury Lounge - New York, NY Stage One - Fairfield, ct Up or on the Rocks - Hartford, ct Black Eyed Sally's - Hartford, ct IOTA - Arlington, VA 8x10 - Baltimore, MD Nectars - Burlington, VT Empire - Portland, ME Brick House - Dover, NH
Opener Experience:	John Mayer; Blues Traveler; Rustic Overtones; Biffy clyro; the coronas; The Bridge; Pete Francis; the New Mastersounds; VIBES; MOUNTAIN JAM; MUSIKFEST; SUMMERFEST
Similar Artists:	Delta Spirit; Mumford & Sons; the Head and the Heart; Tom Petty; Ryan Adams; Blues Traveler; the Decemberists
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Live at Black Eyed Sally's EP—2011; SHAKE!SHAKE!SHAKE! LP—2011; Old Time Speaker LP—2009; Bronze Radio Return EP—2008

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Bronze Radio Return is a band you’ve heard hundreds of times – between nearly 100 syncs on American Idol, HBO and more, appearances at SXSW and on The Rock Boat, and over 500,000 views for their music on YouTube –...

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John Mayer "Side Stage Warfare" Competition

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Reached 13th in Best of Rock chart in 2011. In the top 20 for 1 week.

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LIVE REVIEW - AbsolutePunk.net by AbsolutePunk.net
Three days later, Hartford, CT's Bronze Radio Return performed an hour-long set of Midwestern roots-rock, culled mostly from their album Old Time Speaker. Beginning with the groove-rock of "Lo-Fi," the band then dipped into 2007's "Shade Tonight." Expanding on the original version, the song featured an extended harmonica solo by Craig Struble, two organ flourishes from Matt Warner and a fiery guitar solo from Patrick Fetkowitz. Building on that momentum came the cheery pop of "Digital Love," with its radio-ready chorus and Henderson's smooth vocals. Never once out of synch, and utterly flawless, the Nutmeg sextet moved effortlessly from song to song. The real apex of the set was the bouncy "It's Okay Now," which featured a 90 second five-drum assault, with each member banging various drums, cymbals and snares. The percussive intro was an effective and skilled tactic that proved the band's spontaneity and ability to deviate from the script. A dip back into another old song proved once again to be a chance for the band to showcase their inherent ability to jam. A request from the 50 plus fans in attendance to play one more song, brought the band out on stage for their country-pop sendup "Pullin' On The Reins," providing an effective punctuation mark on an overwhelmingly entertaining set of easy-to-please roots rock. Though their name still remains below the surface, their set at the Mercury Lounge revealed that they are most certainly a band to contend with in the years to come. Armed with maturity beyond their years, Bronze Radio Return are truly on the precipice of something great.

Old Time Speaker Album Review by Eric Danton_Fox61/Courant
The first half of Bronze Radio Return's full-length debut is an improvement on an EP the Hartford group released last year. The second half shows genuine promise. Those songs, 6 through 10 on "Old Time Speaker," find the band relaxing into its strengths and forgetting about trying (too hard, as it turned out) to impress. Once the musicians get past the impulse to ingratiate with displays of range or virtuosity -- urges that certainly fueled the wan stabs at suburbanite reggae on the self-titled EP -- they find a soulful groove that shows the beginnings of a compelling sound. Wolves" opens with acoustic guitar and double-tracked vocals from singer (and Hartt School alumnus) Chris Henderson, then blossoms to include a blend of electric guitar, piano, bass and drums. Jaunty electric piano propels "Pullin' on the Reins," and if Henderson's can't-get-ahead narrative follows a familiar formula, the raucous, rootsy rocker is no less catchy for it. Although they're less settled, the first five songs on the album have their moments, too: The deep, knotty bass line on "Digital Love" anchors the tune like old-growth tree roots, and the jangling electric guitars on "Play It On Me" run pell-mell through the verse before tumbling into a glorious heap in the chorus. Despite the self-conscious start, "Old Time Speaker" represents a significant step forward for a band with something to say and a growing sense of how best to say it. Essential download: "Wolves

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A Shining New Album from Bronze Radio Return by Eric Danton - Review - SHAKE!SHAKE!SHAKE!
It's a self-released collection of robust rock songs, full of ringing guitars, keyboard textures and strong melodic hooks, marked here and there by touches from banjo and jumbles of clattering percussion. I think the difference we're hearing is us refining our process," Henderson says in an interview a few days before Friday's show, a CD-release party to celebrate "Shake! Shake! Shake!" "We're getting to know ourselves musically." The difference was evident onstage, where the band played a mix of old songs and new. The musicians tackled the 90-minute set with obvious enthusiasm, but the new songs stood out, crackling with particular energy. Playing together over the past 31/2 years has helped Bronze Radio Return get to know itself, of course. So have producer Chad Copelin and the band's growing willingness to take its time. We had 10 days to record 'Old Time Speaker' in Nashville, a place we'd never been, with a producer we'd never met, playing songs we'd never played before," says Henderson, 26, a Maine native and 2006 graduate of the Hartt School. "'Shake! Shake! Shake!' we did in Oklahoma with the same producer, who we now have a very strong relationship with and the people he works with, in a studio that he owns — it's all his gear and his friends' gear. And we gave ourselves just about a month." Henderson writes the basic songs, and the other musicians — guitarists Patrick Fetkowitz and Craig Struble, drummer Rob Griffith, bassist Bob Tanen and keyboardist Matt Warner — flesh out the arrangements.

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