Paper Bird

Paper Bird
Performing in Colorado Springs in 2011
Background information
Origin	Denver, Colorado, USA
Genres	Folk, indie
Years active	Since 2007
Labels	Thirty Tigers
Website	www.paperbirdband.com
Members	Sarah Anderson Genevieve Patterson Carleigh Aikins Mark Anderson Caleb Summeril Paul DeHaven
Past members	Esmé Patterson Macon Terry Tyler Archuletta Davis Gunter

Paper Bird is a six-piece indie folk band based in Denver, Colorado. The band is composed of: Genny Patterson (vocals), Carleigh Aikins (vocals), brother and sister Mark (drums) and Sarah Anderson (vocals and cornet/trumpet), Paul DeHaven (guitar), and Caleb Summeril (bass, banjo, guitar), Davis Gunter ( backup vocals).

Paper Bird formed in 2006 and their self-released first album, Anything Nameless and Joymaking appeared in 2007. Summer 2008 Paper Bird went on their first national tour with New Belgium Brewery's "Tour de Fat", they have been touring nationally ever since. On their East Coast tour, they had numerous sold-out venues, including some in Philadelphia and New York City. They are very successful locally, and were voted "top band" by 5280 magazine, as well as one of the "Top Ten" best bands by the Denver Post. On June 24, 2009, Paper Bird's first EP titled "A Sky Underground" was released, followed by a summer tour which included stops at High Sierra Music Festival, Oregon Country Fair, Mile High Music Festival and 10,000 Lakes Festival.

Paper Bird has shared the stage with Hall & Oates, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Nathaniel Rateliff, Neko Case, DeVotchKa, The Lumineers and many, many others. The EP A Sky Underground was picked up and re-released digitally April 2010 by Park The Van Records. and the live EP Live at Twist & Shout. In July 2010 the band again self-released their second full-length album When the River Took Flight.

In the fall of 2010, Paper Bird began working with Ballet Nouveau Colorado. The band composed the music for a ballet entitled Carry On. Their music was then combined with the choreography and films by Garrett Ammon, it thus became a multi-media performance which debuted at the Lakewood Cultural Center on February 4, 2011 and was played to sold-out houses in February. Carry On was released as a full-length, two-act live album on June 11, 2011. They recorded it live onstage with the ballerinas. Paper Bird hired Mark Anderson and Stelth Ulvang to perform the ballet. Anderson was inducted to the band's roster after the ballet.