Mike Spine is a Seattle born and Seattle/Europe based musician known for his powerful voice, intelligent songwriting and captivating live performance. He has played hundreds of folk rock, rock and punk shows in five continents since 1995.
He is touring as a folk rock/Americana duo in support of the release of his 9th studio album, “Don’t Let It Bring You Down”, with Mike on guitar and vocals, accompanied by Barbara Luna from Milan, Italy on piano/violin/guitar and backing vocals.
In 1996 while living in Portland OR, Spine founded the independent label Global Seepej Records. In 2001 he founded hybrid punk rock/indie rock/folk punk band At the Spine and between 2003 and 2012 released 5 critically acclaimed albums and toured substantially throughout the United States and Italy.
When not playing music, Mike has spent the last 20 years working as an activist and public school teacher.
Mike has shared bills and stages with artists such as Mike Watt (Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Minutemen), Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Los Lobos, Damien Jurado, Artis the Spoonman, Chiodos, The Murder City Devils, Pall Jenkins (Black Heart Procession, Three Mile Pilot), Dick Valentine (Electric Six), Stef Burns (Alice Cooper, Vasco Rossi), Ian Moore (Joe Ely), The Districts, David Mallett, Jim Page, etc.
Søren Bruun er et nystartet Aalborgensisk soloprojekt. Søren Bruun debuterede 1. maj 2016 i fælledparken, på den største danske scene for socialistisk musik. Musikken er en blanding af folk, blues og soul der tekstmæssigt blander protestsange med sange om kærlighed og solidaritet. Søren Bruun indspiller for tiden sin debut EP, men laver for tiden også en single med Sigurdvin Sigurdsson og Jens Jepsen der udkommer på youtube i midten af August