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“ON THE VERGE” and one of “FIVE BANDS TO KNOW ABOUT” – Relix Magazine Dec 2011

“DIRIGO… has both the pedigree and the chops to be pretty damn impressive.” – Boston Phoenix

“…a mix of alt-country and jam band that’s satisfyingly groovy…”- Bangor Daily News

Dirigo consists of guitarist Luke Patchen Montgomery (Strangefolk), bassist Erik Glockler (Strangefolk), guitarist Steve Jones (The Coming Grass, The Boneheads) and drummer Russ Lawton (Strangefolk and Trey Anastasio Band). All members sing, with the songwriting divided evenly between Montgomery, Glockler and Jones. The group has been playing on and off over the past 10 years under various names and decided on the name Dirigo in 2010. This Latin word is also the Maine State Motto (“I Lead”).

While Strangefolk’s passionate fan base provides strong support for the band throughout New England, the rocking alt-country influences will also attract fans from outside of the jam-band genre. Dirigo has crisscrossed the Northeast playing festivals as well as top rock clubs from Boston to Burlington. Their inaugural album, Jamericana was released in September 2011, and continues to receive press nationally. Their sound was aptly described by one writer as “The Stones jamming with The Allman Brothers at Willie Nelson’s barbecue.”

Dirigo was featured in the December 2011 Relix Magazine as one of “Five Bands To Know About” and in their online weekly “On The Verge” Dec 23, 2011. Dirigo’s album Jamericana was reviewed in The Portland Press Herald Jan 2012, Vermont 7Days in November 2011, and the Portland Phoenix in September 2011. The band has enjoyed radio interviews with Mark Curdo of WCYY (Maine), Charlie Gaylord of WBLM (Maine) and Arty LaVigne of WDEV (Vermont) September-November 2011.

They have also received exposure on Portland’s NBC affiliate TV program 207 and have been interviewed by Maine’s renowned journalists Emily Burnham for The Bangor Daily News and Aimsel Ponti for The Portland Press Herald.

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