c/o BokChoy Productions 10580 N. McCarran Blvd. #115-124 Reno NV, 89503 There’s more to the Biggest Little City in the World than empty wallets Sol’Jibe is (from left): Fernando “El Nando” and cheap hotel rooms — especially if you like your rock jams blended with roots music, Flores (bass), Caleb Dolister (drums), Justin electric violin, world rhythms, and picante Latin zest. Founded in Reno, Nevada, in 2002, “JK” Kruger (percussion, guitar), Tim Snider Sol’Jibe is independently gaining national exposure and winning over fans wherever (violin, guitar, lead vocals), Jonathan Phillips they play their intoxicating, effervescent “world rock for the Gypsy soul.” Fans young (sax), and Joel “J” Cowell (keys). and old and everywhere in between from throughout the western U.S. have purchased upwards of 20,000 copies of Sol’Jibe’s first two albums, “On Your Feet” and “Marinero,” On the Web: and sales of the band’s most recent effort — an EP titled “New Day” — are quickly www.soljibe.com surpassing previous efforts. “New Day” is also getting played extensively on dozens of www.myspace.com/soljibe college and Internet radio stations like AccuRadio.com and Live365.com, as well as XM www.sonicbids.com/soljibe Satellite Radio. Voted Reno’s best band from 2005-2008 by readers of the Reno Gazette- Contact: Journal and 2006-2008 by the Reno News & Review, Sol’Jibe won Harrah’s “Search for the Tony Harrison, manager Stars” competition and is on regular rotation on its hometown Triple-A radio station Perfect Pitch Publicity + Management 100.1 The X (KTHX-FM). [email protected] 208.880.9814 Sol’Jibe’s sound — often described as the Dave Matthews Band meets the Afro-Cuban All Stars — is driven by the expressive vocals and violin of Tim Snider. Tim, who began playing What to expect from Sol’Jibe: classical violin at the age of three, longed to immerse himself in the music of other cultures. Worldly acoustic rock served with electric After graduating from high school he trekked to southern Spain to study music with the violin, saxophone, and a picante Latin zest Gypsies, honing his skills and enriching his style. He returned home and started a band with Has Gigged With: a distinct sound that can only be described as Sol’Jibe, and the group has toured relentlessly Michael Franti and Spearhead, ever since, staging upwards of 200 concerts and clinics annually. Sol’Jibe’s growing reputation Robert Randolph and The Family Band, for musical innovation also reflects the talents of a half-dozen other diverse, extraordinary Steel Pulse, Charley Hunter Trio,New musicians: bassist Fernando “El Nando” Flores, pianist Joel “J” Cowell, drummer Caleb Monsoon, Grupo Fantasma, Blue Merle, “Escandalo” Dolister, multi-instrumentalist Justin “JK” Kruger, and saxophonists Jonathan Royal Bliss, Charlie Mars, Michael Phillips and Jimmy Hoover. McDonald, Dave Koz,David Lindley, B-Side Players,Mama’s Cookin’, Wally Ingram &Eric McFadden, and many more... Consistently performing to full houses, Sol’Jibe maintains a strong sense of purpose for themselves as musicians. Their goal is to explore different cultures and styles of music Festivals & Events Highlights: around the world and return home to share their experiences with others through their art. High Sierra Music Fest (2007, 2008) In pursuit of this dream, the band has traveled extensively throughout Central America and Joshua Tree Music Festival (2008) the Caribbean, plus it completed an intensive, three-week residency at the National School Earthdance Northern California (2008) of Music in Havana, Cuba, in 2004. Since its return, the band has encouraged children and Envirolution Festival (2008) young adults to expand their cultural horizons via music by conducting concerts and clinics Lightning In A Bottle (2008) Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival (2008) at upwards of 100 K-12 schools and universities in Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Sundance Film Festival (2005-2006) Idaho, and Montana. ArtsNW Booking Conference (2006) MT Performing Arts Consortium (2007) Sol’Jibe is sharing that vision with a growing legion of fans, making its major festival debut Red, White & Tahoe Blue Festival (2007, 2008) at the 2007 High Sierra Music Fest . The following summer saw them playing on the main Yaak Wilderness Festival (2008, 2007) stage at High Sierra, as well as performing at a half-dozen other big fests, including the Babb Fest & Portland Pirate Festival (2007) Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in North Carolina, the Joshua Tree Music Festival Toofy Film Fest (2004-2006) and Lightning In A Bottle in Southern California, and Earthdance in Northern California. The BSU Spring Fling (2007) band also performed at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in 2005 and 2006, and Jazz & Beyond Festival (2007) headlined community concert series in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Moscow Mardi Gras (2008) Moscow Renaissance Fair (2007) Washington. Sol’Jibe also has opened for such national acts as Michael McDonald (at Red Mountain Harvest Festival (2006) Rocks Amphitheater), Michael Franti and Spearhead, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jerry Fest (2006-2007) New Monsoon, Steel Pulse, Grupo Fantasma, Eric McFadden, David Lindley, and Dave Koz. Solar Cookoff (2005-2006) and dozens of community concert Sol’Jibe’s dream of fusing diverse world-music influences with a unique blend of American rock series in Nevada, California, Washington, is taking them to new heights, and it’s only a matter of time before the masses take notice. Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.