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Portland's Black Prairie began in 2007 when <a href="spotify:artist:7ITd48RbLVpUfheE7B86o2">Decemberists</a> guitarist Chris Funk, having discovered the joys of the Dobro guitar, and <a href="spotify:artist:7ITd48RbLVpUfheE7B86o2">Decemberists</a> bassist Nate Query decided to start a mostly instrumental and acoustic string band as a side project. They enlisted another <a href="spotify:artist:7ITd48RbLVpUfheE7B86o2">Decemberists</a> member, <a href="spotify:artist:6KsuSTv5kFaVZpb8XWCpNy">Jenny Conlee</a>, on accordion, and added two other veteran Portland musicians from popular local bands, guitarist and songwriter Jon Neufield, who played in <a href="spotify:artist:3OzWAoO2wUlxmtE2uZ1XrE">Dolorean</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7CoMFVivBVRoaf3UrMFMKf">Jackstraw</a>, and singer and violinist <a href="spotify:artist:4Eo2U9v17haXp8fW3g47Za">Annalisa Tornfelt</a>, who played in the Woolwines and <a href="spotify:artist:57Orx3Kc06KuNLvVUoHP9i">Bearfoot</a>. The resulting band blended together an impressive array of styles and textures, from tilted bluegrass, klezmer, and runaway Gypsy music to folk, blues, and a bit of jazz, resulting in a unique and fresh take on a kind of free-spirited alternative Americana. Signing to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Sugar+Hill+Records%22">Sugar Hill Records</a>, the band released an impressive debut, Feast of the Hunters' Moon, in 2010, following it up with A Tear in the Eye Is a Wound in the Heart in 2012. With <a href="spotify:artist:4Eo2U9v17haXp8fW3g47Za">Tornfelt</a> emerging as a more than capable lead vocalist, Black Prairie's third album, Fortune, took a hard left turn into garage folk-rock territory, and featured all band originals. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
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