Crowes Pasture

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Crowes Pasture performs moving and inspirational songs that are sometimes joyful, sometimes wistful, and oftentimes, poignant, and that reflect a mutual passion for life, family and humanity. Their intimately blended vocal harmonies are mixed with an expressive and unique instrumental style that is best described as "a banjo-guitar romance." 

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Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin perform moving and inspirational songs that are sometimes joyful, sometimes wistful, and oftentimes, poignant, and that reflect a mutual passion for life, family and humanity. Their intimately blended vocal harmonies are mixed with an expressive and unique instrumental style that is best described as "a banjo-guitar romance." Crowes Pasture’s style of intimate and soulful folk transports and connects listeners through universal experiences in their “skillfully crafted, emotional songwriting” (Chris Eastburn, award-winning composer). 

Crowes Pasture has made waves with two EPs and three full-length albums in just six-years time.  Their CD, "Slow It Down", was released in June 2019 at the legendary Club Passim. Since its release, the title track earned Crowes Pasture a #1 song, and the album debuted at #5 on the Folk Alliance International Charts. Since the release of their first album, "Edge of America," the duo has had eight Top 10 Songs on the Folk Charts, including "Take Back the Red White and Blue" (January 2022), their cover of Mary Gauthier's "Mercy Now" (June 2019), and the timely and topical song, "Quarantine" (January 2021).   

Over the past few years, Crowes Pasture has performed at a number of renowned east coast music venues including Club Passim, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockwood Music Hall, The Bull Run, and Circle of Friends Coffeehouse and has been a supporting act for The Small Glories and The Kennedys. The duo has been twice honored with nominations as “Roots Act of the Year” by the New England Music Awards (2019 and 2022) and once as “Americana Artist of the Year” by the Boston Music Awards (2019). They were named finalists for Best Group/Duo in the 2020 International Acoustic Music Awards, and for Best Group/Duo in the 2021 IAMAs, for their song “A Virtue and a Call”. The duo has toured recently throughout Southern Ontario and Quebec, and is currently recording their third full length album with award-winning producer Eric Lichter of Dirt Floor Studios.  

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 

2022: ROOTS ACT OF THE YEAR Nominee, New England Music Awards 
2022: Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) FOLK DJ Showcase Artist, Al Kniola – WVPE South Bend, IN 
2021: Best Group/Duo Finalist, International Acoustic Music Awards (A Virtue and a Call) 
2020: Best Group/Duo Finalist, International Acoustic Music Awards (Slow It Down) 
2019: TOP ALBUMS OF THE YEAR, Folk Alliance International Folk Charts (Slow It Down) 
2019: Best Albums of 2019, The Back Porch Radio Show (Slow It Down) 
2019: AMERICANA ARTIST OF THE YEAR Nominee, Boston Music Awards 
2019: ROOTS ACT OF THE YEAR Nominee, New England Music Awards 
2019: Best Song of the Month Finalists, Songwriters Universe (Slow It Down) 
2018 & 2019: Finalists in CT Folk Festival Auditions 
2017: Winners of Linden Tree Coffeehouse Winter Folk Potpourri Contest 
2017: Folk DJ Top Folk Artists of the Year list 
2017: Folk DJ Top Folk Albums of the Year (Edge of America) 
2017: Folk DJ, Chris Kocher's list of Favorite Music of 2017 (Edge of America) 
2016: Sundilla Radio Hour's list of favorite albums of 2016 (Self-titled) 
2016: Folk DJ Nick Noble's top 15 albums of the year (Self-titled) 
2016: Folk DJ Top Folk Artists of the Year list 
2016: Top 10 songs on OurStage online radio Americana charts, January and February (Madison) 
2015:  #1 Song on OurStage online radio Americana charts for December 2015 (Madison)

ALBUM/SONG RECOGNITION ON FAI FOLK CHARTS 

Slow It Down - #1 song, June 2019 
Edge of America, #3 song, Oct 2017 
Hazy Shade - #3 song, Dec 2018 
Quarantine - #5 song, Jan 2021 
Is this Love - #7 song, Feb 2021 
Take Back the Red, White and Blue - #8 song, Jan 2022 
Mercy Now - #8 song, June 2019 
Song for Woody - #9 song, July 2021 
Catch the Wind, #12 song, Oct 2017 
Forever Young - #17 song, May 2021 

ALBUM RELEASES 

Slow It Down, 2019  (Debuts at # 5, FAI Folk Charts, June 2019) 
Edge of America, 2017  (Debuts at #7, FAI Folk Charts, Oct 2017) 
Rambling Round (Tribute to Woody Guthrie), 2016 
Crowes Pasture, Self-Titled (Debuts at #20, FAI Folk Charts, June 2016) 
Best Believe (EP), 2015