Description: Home page for the Seattle trio, Uncle Bonsai.
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"A folk-pop trio from Seattle, performs funny original songs whose exquisite musical detail and subtle needling wit attain a level of craft not often seen in pop" - NY Times
Imagine what might happen if Tim Burton and Edward Gorey hijacked the Andrews Sisters en route to a Stephen Sondheim festival with The Beatles and Tom Lehrer in the sidecar; you'd get Seattle super-harmonizers Uncle Bonsai. With just three voices and an acoustic guitar, Uncle Bonsai presents an often dizzying vocal array of intricate harmony. Their songs, dark and hilarious at times, just as often delight with moments of great insight and beauty. The trio aligns itself with the under-achiever, the dejected,
The group has eight recordings, a reversible/hard cover book for parents (and their kids), and is currently preparing an all new show, “ Seven Sins, Seven Wonders, Seven Dwarfs ,” a 25-song song cycle which will premiere in March 2023.
Yellow Tail Records Home Page
Bring A Chair House Concert Series - Home Page
Seven Sins, Seven Wonders, Seven Dwarfs
The Uncle Bonsai Newsletter
Irreverently – Be Defined By What You Do, Not What’s Happened To You
Emerald City Arts Agency - Construction Page