Julio Appling

Welcome!

julio_appling — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:51:41 +0000

Thanks for dropping by to visit my website for my musical endeavors. Check out a show, browse some photos, read a little about me, give some of my work a listen, and drop me a message if you feel inclined. You can also follow me on Twitter if you want the full experience. I (don’t) promise to keep it clean.

Peace!

-Julio

Sweet times with songwriters.

julio_appling — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:22:31 +0000

I’ve said it a thousand times, but my favorite shows are with singer-songwriters. Since I’m not a lyricist myself, I get to live vicariously through them. It’s like getting paid to see a great show with the best possible seats in the house. While The Student Loan will be away for this Saturday’s 8/20 Eagle Hour, I’ll be joining Will West for the first time for his Thursday, 8/18 Happy Hour show at the White Eagle. He’s a great songwriter and guitarist, and there will be plenty of other folks along for the ride as well.

If you’re lamenting the absence of TSL this Saturday August 20th, nurse those blues with the sweet sounds of Kory Quinn, who will be subbing for us with a selection of quality sidemen. I wish I could join him, but I just have to be patient…for a week. Saturday, 8/27 I’ll be returning (again) to the White Eagle with The Student Loan and following it up with a late evening show at Maher’s Irish Pub in Lake Oswego with Kory Quinn.

Hope to see you all out soon!

Returning to the Eagle

julio_appling — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:12 +0000

Appearing with the Matthew Gailey Band at Tony Starlight's

No, I haven’t been updating the site. Yes, I’ve still been busy!

After a rather eventful Summer which included several weddings, a Bowling Green, Ohio CD release tour, a memorable weekend at Northwest String Summit, and an appearance at the Five Suns Bluegrass Festival in Moses Lake, the Student Loan will finally return to the White Eagle…August 13th. In the meantime, I’ll be appearing this Saturday, August 6th with the Matthew Gailey Band which also features Neil Mattson (the creative genius behind Trio Flux) and Riley Geare of the Tomorrow People and Bowie tribute project, Queen Bitch. Seriously, how do you turn that down?

I’ll be following that up with an evening appearance at Vie de Boheme with folk/soul songstress Laura Ivancie who never disappoints. With flugelhorn dynamo Max Ribner and drummer Forest Carter keeping us in line, Vie de Boheme is the place to be Saturday night!

Lastly, I’ll be making a throwback appearance of sorts on Thursday, August 11th at Vino Vixens with the Mike Prigodich Trio featuring local breakout jazz fusion composer/keyboardist Mike Prigodich and drumming wizard Reinhardt Melz on drums. It’ll be my first appearance with the group in over a year, but I’m looking forward to shaking off the rust and digging back into Mike’s music.

Stay tuned. I’ll try not to go half a year without updating again. I’ll try…

Gettin’ goofy in San Isidro

julio_appling — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:52:10 +0000

While the Cosquin Folk Festival made up the most of The Student Loan‘s January trip to Argentina, we still got to squeeze in a workshop or two. We had the pleasure of sharing our music with an enthusiastic group in San Isidro. The kids were great, and perhaps I planted the seeds for a few future bass players!

Winter Strage Brew Review

julio_appling — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:24:03 +0000

The Student Loan was recently a part of the Camp Cascadia Winter Strange Brew show at Migration Brewing Company. It was a packed house and we had ourselves a good ol’ blast. Check out some of the photos (courtesy of Billy Cook Photography) from the February 5th show and see how we somehow managed to cram four of us on that tiny stage.

Everything looks better/worse in black and white."

Also, don’t forget to come out and join us March 3rd at The Goodfoot as we throw down some stringed sweetness with Four on the Floor.

Two Saturdays with two serious singer-songwriters.

julio_appling — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:00:31 +0000

Performing at the Triple Door with Adam Sweeney. Image courtesy of "joyful dutchgirl."

On February 19th I’m backing up Laura Ivancie at Barile Wine and Beer (formerly Vinideus). A vicious force in the folk-soul realm, Laura serves up a mix of enchanting originals along with some old favorites by Peggy Lee, Bill Withers, and Seal. Next Saturday I’ll be joining old buddy Adam Sweeney at the TaborSpace community coffeehouse. I had the pleasure of joining Adam opening up for Dar Williams in January, and it’s always a pleasure to join him again.

Hope to see you out and about!

The Student Loan in Argentina!

julio_appling — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:00:09 +0000

The Student Loan recently became the first United States band to perform at the Cosquín Folk Festival—the largest in Latin America—in its 50 year history. This was a special honor for us, and a humbling experience, particularly when we appeared on the main stage for a crowd of 10,000 plus! We also had the honor of performing a show in San Pedro with renowned Argentinian blues guitarist Gabriel Grätzer opening for us, and wrapped up the tour with a show for an enthusiastic young crowd in San Isidro.

Performing at the beach stage in Cosquin

We had a wonderful time, ate great food, met some phenomenal musicians, and heard some amazing music. Check out some of our photo and video from the trip below.

Video of our performance on the Cosquín Folk Festival main stage
Photos from the Cosquín Folk Festival
Photos from the San Pedro concert
Video from the San Pedro concert
Photos from the San Isidro concert for the kids

Trio Flux Interview on KPSU

julio_appling — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:20:35 +0000

Trio Flux was recently interviewed Noah Peterson for his radio program NW Jazz and More! on KPSU. We talked gear and musical inspirations, took some playful shots at our hometowns (okay, just mine), and even fit in a few of our cuts from the new CD. Listen to the interview here, and hopefully we’ll see you at the CD release!!

Trio Flux CD Release Party @ The Globe this Friday!

julio_appling — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:56 +0000

Announcing our CD Release Party on Friday February 4, 2011 at The Globe on SE Belmont in Portland (details). The show starts at 9PM and is free. We will be selling our new CD at the show (we can take plastic!). It should be a good one: lots of tunes from the album plus at least 4 new tunes slated for the next CD, and a couple of Bill Frisell and Herbie Hancock tunes to round out the set. The Globe is a nice spot to hang and listen to music, they have a full bar, some nice brews on tap and a full menu (the pizza is fantastic!). We’ll see you there!

For a preview of what’s in store, here’s Trio Flux performing “Quadrado Um” at a past appearance at The Globe.

Video from New Year’s Concert at Lola’s Room

julio_appling — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:00:56 +0000

Some great video of the show with Laura Ivancie at Lola’s Room on New Year’s Day (happy birthday Mimi!). Also featuring Mimi Naja on mandolin and Forest Carter on drums.