Press Release

Blue Devil Productions is proud to present Chris Koza with Haley Bonar. The artists are scheduled to perform at the University of Wisconsin-Stout on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 8 p.m. in the Underground, located on the lower level of the Memorial Student Center.

Chris Koza is a Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter, and has released three albums since 2004 -- "Exit Pesce," "Patterns," and "A Friend of a Friend" (EP). Music critics have compared Chris' sound to Wilco, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Beck, and Ryan Adams, among others. He performs live with a band, which includes anywhere from 2-7 members. In April 2006, Chris released "Patterns," which went on to receive more acclaim, including a Minnesota Music Award for Best Pop Recording along with the Best Male Vocalist award. At the end of 2006, Patterns was kindly included in some local best-of lists, coming in at #10 in the Star Tribune's annual Twin Cities Critics Tally, and at #1 in Chris Riemenschneider's (Star Tribune Music Critic) top ten local albums list. "Koza knocks the listener off balance by pairing his avant-garde lyrical inclinations with precise folk-pop melodies of a largely traditional bent delivered in a clear, pleasing tenor, recalling '70s singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne and Paul Simon in the process." --Rob Van Alstyne, Pulse of the Twin Cities; Minneapolis, MN. Haley Bonar is another Minneapolis singer/songwriter whose music is passionate, intimate and urgent. Haley has toured with such acts as Mason Jennings, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Mary Lou Lord, Richard Buckner and Charlie Parr in the U.S. and Europe. Both of these artists will bring a unique, entertaining sound to campus that you simply can’t miss.

This event is sponsored by Blue Devil Productions of the University of Wisconsin-Stout and is FREE to Stout students with Student ID, $1 public. Please call (715) 232-2432 or go to bdp.uwstout.edu for more information.