Bio

The Pete Kilpatrick Band hails from the coastal city of Portland, Maine. They have been writing, recording, and performing regularly since 2004 and have released five independent albums to date. They have been named Maine’s best act four times in the Portland Best Music Awards and have performed over 1,000 shows since their formation. Throughout the spring of 2011, the band was on the road w/ O.A.R. and DJ Logic performing at various ski resorts throughout the country as part of FestEvol and Stefan Lessard’s (Dave Matthews Band) IZstyle Winter Tour.

The PKB has been called a “folk singer-songwriter with a rock ‘n’ roll band,” and the band feels that it’s a perfect title. The songs are acoustically driven but maintain a full and layered sound due largely in part to electric guitarist Pete Morse and Keyboardist Tyler Stanley’s approaches. Bassist Matt Cosby and drummer Ed Dickhaut round out the group, comprised of five close friends who have a deep appreciation for writing and performing music. Their sound has been compared to Travis, Guster, and The Frames, and as NewBandDaily.com puts it, the band “has that suburban sensibility, that clarity and sweetness sometimes so necessary after a hard day’s work.”

Together they have shared the stage with Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, Jason Mraz, Ray Lamontagne, Barenaked Ladies, O.A.R, Guster, G Love and Special Sauce, Amos Lee, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Brett Dennen, Tim Reynolds, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Wailers, Yonder Mountain String Band, DJ Logic, Blues Traveler, Spoon, Against Me!, Cold War Kids, Toots and the Maytals, Rusted Root, Mutemath, State Radio, Dawes, and Eve6

Their music has been featured on the following TV shows:

NBC's "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," "Outlaw"

ABC's "The Lying Game," "Happy Endings"

USA's "Fairly Legal"

MTV's "Real World/Road Rules Challenge"

Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club"

In 2012 their music will be featured in the Castle Rock feature film "The First Time" directed by Jon Kasdan.

They have performed at the following venues and events:

Dave Matthews Band Caravan-Atlantic City

The Sundance Film Festival

The Orpheum-Boston,MA

The State Theatre-Portland,ME

Maine Center for the Arts-Orono,ME

over 100 colleges throughout the east coast

Apple Store-San Francisco,CA

The band will be releasing its sixth studio album on March 20, 2012.

This album is being recorded by PKB guitarist Pete Morse at Red Vault Recordings in Portland,ME. The band has been producing the entire record which will be mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig (Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Colplay, Radiohead) in late Feb. For more info on album availabity and tour information tune in to www.petekilpatrickband.com