Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) developed a commercial for the Mountain Tailgate Market Association, and it begins airing today! It was filmed @ Flying Cloud Farm/North Asheville Tailgate Market, produced by local Patrick Cavan Brown, and features music from Galen Kipar Project . Check it out below.
Also Check out this interview with Galen Kipar by the Mountain Times in Boone. GKP plays The Lexington Ave Brewery in Asheville tonight 10/7 and then Canyons in Blowing Rock tomorrow 10/8.
Here is an excerpt of the article:
Galen Kipar Project meshes jazz with the funk
by Lauren K. Ohnesorge
It’s bluesy. It’s funky. It’s jazzy. It’s the Galen Kipar Project…“I guess it’s kind of like a slew of genres,” front man Galen Kipar said.
Add in elements of classical composition with a dash of Americana and you have a sound that, while hard to classify, is just eclectic enough to work.
The Asheville-based crew can’t help but play off what they were given: Majestic mountain scenery.
“It’s influenced the imagery of the music and the lyrics,” he said. “I am a supporter or believer that art is a reflection of your immediate culture or your immediate environment. This environment and community have definitely channeled through in the music.”A musical background doesn’t hurt either.
“I started playing music, I guess it was 1991,” Kipar said. “I found an old classical guitar in my mother’s closet, and a friend had just gotten a guitar, so we were kind of playing chords.”
A music education from Brevard College and several tour dates later, Kipar is thrilled to be back in the High Country.
TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE: http://www2.mountaintimes.com/entertainment_focus/Galen_Kipar_Project_meshes_jazz_with_the_funk_id_002286
