BAND PROFILE

BAND NAME: Curious Grace & Black Rabbit LOCATION: Chicago BAND MEMBERS: Tom Erangey (vocals, bass, acoustic guitar), Mary Erangey (vocals, electric cello), Heidi O’Toole (vocals, percussion), John Hickey (lead guitar), Bojan Kolevski (keys), Scott Way (drums) INFLUENCES: Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, David Bowie, Queen, The Beatles, Arcade Fire, Muse, Dream Theater, Macklemore, Electric Light Orchestra SOUNDS LIKE: Arcade Fire, The Kills, Broken Social Scene, The Airborne Toxic Event, Cage the Elephant, Jethro Tull, Kasabian, Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge

RECENT PERFORMANCE VENUES: House of Blues (Chicago), The Elbo Room (Chicago), Wire (Berwyn, IL), The Forge (Joliet, IL) :: BAND BIO #WORLDONFIRE MEET THE BAND

Curious Grace & Black Rabbit plays indie CG&BR is a band for this moment. CG&BR is a wild blend. rock with a big, progressive sound and an urban vibe. They’ve earned Chicago and college radio Tree-huggers and gun owners; yogis and craft airplay and critic shout-outs for Fat Cats, Fire brewers; immigrants, activists and homebodies. Featuring the work of huband-wife songwriting Brigade and Make It Rain from their #WorldOn- CG&BR is steeped in rock, jazz, rap and soul, team Tom and Mary Erangey, CG&BR is an Fire album, produced by Rich Rankin. Fresh classical and music theatre. Their loyal fans indie-rockestra that revels in anthemic, urban from playing to a crowd of 1,100 at Chicago’s turn out to immerse themselves in an intense, melodies, close vocal harmonies, psychedelic House of Blues, which hosted the 2019 I AM high-energy live show experience. CG&BR is grooves and progressive arrangements. Fest, CG&BR is recording new songs, including the soul and sound of today’s American indie two that have become recent crowd favorites: rock. Bright Lights and Inglorious.

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These songs and more › SoundCloud Critics love CG&BR’s new music! available on SOUNDCLOUD “Fat Cats opens with some chunky riffs and when the vocals kick in, › YouTube a bluesy alt rock feel quickly emerges. It doesn’t stop the band’s › Fire Brigade › Facebook creative music takes us even further; curious indeed!” Beehive Candy › Fat Cats Fire Brigade has the “energy of mid-90s power pop/alternative hits,” › Instagram striking a “fun balance of pulsating guitars and soaring harmonies.” › World on Fire Part 1 › ReverbNation Music. Defined. › Scars and Children › Spotify “Chicago-based funky art rock sextet Curious Grace & Black Rabbit take on rampant consumerism with their new single Fat Cats, a prog › Make it Rain rock anthem. Protest songs don’t need to be simple singalongs — it can Get The Full Experience at: be done with smart chord changes and complex rhythmic structures as curiousgraceandblackrabbit.com well.” Here Comes the Flood Music Blog

Press and Marketing inquiries: Contact August Forte, [email protected], NoVo Management & Publicity Bookings: Contact Mary Erangey, [email protected] | Tom Erangey, [email protected]