Press

"Escaping Pavement makes sparseness stunning. The acoustic and crackle together like a mesmerizing bonfire and the voices of Emily Burns and Aaron Markovitz blend together like the azure purple and tawny oranges of a vibrant sunset” - Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press “Detroit, Michigan has a group to be proud of in Escaping Pavement...they show that they’ve got the chops to hang with the big boys, combining gifted vocals together with strong musical arrangements and songwriting to create a warm atmosphere of Americana-inspired music.” - Escaping Pavement Andrew Greenhalgh, Along the Journey Music Bio Blog Hailed as "One of the most dynamic americana groups out of Detroit, "Straddling many SeMI bluegrass genres, this vocal/ Michigan" Escaping Pavement masterfully blends and blurs the lines of instrumental duo has not only garnered local, but regional bluegrass, folk, rock, and country. Their unique joint frontperson and national attention with their hard-driving, vocal-driven arrangement, with Emily Burns and Aaron Markovitz sharing equally in approach to as exemplified by their singing, songwriting, and guitar playing, allows for astounding, harmony- superb new album, The Night Owl. There's a lot of driven, musical interplay and has earned them slots on bills with the likes of Justin Townes Earle, , and Joan Osborne. bluegrass in this duo from the -tune laced mandolin licks of Aaron Markovitz or the driving, pounding rhythm Members guitar work of Emily Burns-she even rips off a killer flatpick Aaron Markovitz-vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar solo at the end of "Leave the Light On" that is one Lester Emily Burns-vocals, acoustic & electric , ukulele Flatt G-Run short of bluegrass perfection!" - John Bayerl, SeMI Bluegrass Blog Discography Notable Performances: UpRooted (debut album) 2013, The Night Owl-June 4th, 2016 (Detroit Coffee Gallery Backstage-Altadena, CA Music Award winner for Outstanding Americana Recording 2017), 4th & Main Grille-Wray, CO Wilderness Cathedrals: A Tribute to America's National Parks EP-June The Ark-Ann Arbor, MI 3rd, 2017 20 Front Street-Lake Orion, MI (Headlining sold-out show) Nor-East'r Music Festival-Mio, MI The Night Owl Track LIsting Meadowgrass Music Fest-Colorado Springs, Co 1. Wanderers Black Rose Acoustic Society-CO Springs, CO 2. The Sweetest Lady 3. Fuel The Fire (Lead Single) 4. Dumb Luck 5. Girl From the North Country (Bob Dylan Cover) 6. Mary 7. Derailed 8. Watching the Wheels (John Lennon Cover) 9. 3 Weeks 10. The Night Owl 11. Silver Lining 12. Leave the LIght On

Recommended listening Fuel the Fire, Wanderers, Girl From the North Country, and Mary

Links escapingpavement.com Contact : facebook.com/escapingpavementband Emily Burns youtube.com/escapingpavement (live performance videos) [email protected] soundcloud.com/escapingpavementband 248-804-8450