MCFERON DECIDES TO "LET IT RIDE" 3/2/2007
Gene Stout/P.I. Pop Music Critic - SEATTLE - The Ian McFeron Band's new album, "Let It Ride," is finely tuned for a long, smooth run. "I wanted something that sounded warm, sincere," singer-songwriter and guitarist McFeron said...
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IAN MCFERON RELEASES HIS FOURTH ALBUM LET IT RIDE 3/3/2007
The Ian McFeron Band released their fourth album "Let It Ride" with two back-to-back, sold out shows at Seattle's swankiest venue, the Triple Door. Accompanying the band the on stage for the night was the rockin' solos and ethereal coloration of Dan Tyack on electric slide guitar, pedal-steel guitar, and dobro, and the haunting melodies of Ruth Marshall on cello.

IAN MCFERON BAND PEFORMS IN THE MOUNTAIN MUSIC LOUNGE 2/25/2007
Ian McFeron Band performs for 100 people at a destination Mountain Music Lounge at the Alexis Hotel, hosted by 103.7 FM The Mountain. Between John Fisher's questions, the band performed cuts from their soon to be released new album Let It Ride. For the special occasion, the Alexis Hotel served "McFeron Madras" to the audience; vodka, cranberry juice, and orange juice, with a float of champagne.

IAN MCFERON BAND OPENS FOR SISTER HAZEL 2/9/07
Ian McFeron Band opens for the incredibly talented (and possibly the nicest nationally touring band we have ever met) Sister Hazel at a sold-out Aladdin Theater in Portland.

IAN MCFERON TRIO PERFORMS LIVE ON KPIG, 94.9 FM 1/14/07
Ian, Alisa, and Mark perform live on Sleepy John's radio show "Please Stand By" in Watsonville, CA. Despite the early appearance, we enjoyed hanging around the station, meeting other musicians and DJs, while eating Santa Cruz Bakery bagels and drinking Odwalla juice. You can't beat a Sunday morning like that!

"FORTUNATE FOOL" ADDED TO SILVERFISH COMPILATION 2006
Ian and Alisa's April 28th performance of "Fortunate Fool" on KZSC Santa Cruz 88.1 FM was added to the Silverfish in the Kitchen Live 2006 compilation.
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IAN MCFERON BAND PERFORMS LIVE ON PRIME TIME TELEVISION December 2006
Ian McFeron Band performs their original arrangement of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" on the prime time Christmas in the Northwest TV Special hosted by John Curley and his playful remarks. The show was aired on CBS, NBC, IND, and cable TV all throughout the month.

IAN MCFERON DUO PERFORM AT CEREMONIOUS TREE LIGHTING 11/24/06
Ian and Alisa perform at the Tree Lighting Ceremony at the down town Westlake Center for an estimated crowd of 30,000 to 40,000 people.

GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN IS ADDED TO CHRISTMAS IN THE NORTHWEST COMPILTION November 2006
Ian McFeron Band's original arrangement of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is added to Christmas in the NW 9 compilation to benefit Children's Hospitals around the Northwest. Other artists included on the album are The Coats, Ashleigh Flynn, Kenny G, Michael Powers, Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd, and many more.
http://www.christmasinthenorthwest.com/

IAN MCFERON BAND OPENS FOR MISSY HIGGINS 6/14/06
Ian McFeron Band opens for ARIA Award winner Missy Higgins at the Crocodile Café in Seattle. In 2004, Missy won Best Female Artist and Song of the Year in the Australian Grammies equivalent.

IAN MCFERON NOMINATED BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER May 2006
Ian McFeron is nominated for Best Singer-Songwriter in the Seattle Weekly Music Awards.

IAN MCFERON DUO OPEN FOR LUCE AT THE SWEETWATER 4/29/06
Ian and Alisa open for Luce at the historic, sold-out Sweetwater in the San Francisco Bay Area.

IAN MCFERON DUO PERFORMS LIVE ON KDVS 4/28/06
Ian and Alisa perform live on Michael Leahy's Cool As Folk radio show and helped raise money for UC Davis's KDVS 90.3 FM station.

IAN MCFERON DUO PERFORMS LIVE ON KKUP 4/28/06
Ian and Alisa perform live on David Stafford's Friday Folk Off radio show in Santa Clara. Due to the studio's remodel, a shortage of microphones required us to perform old-school - meaning we shared one microphone between the two of us. Despite the studio's current state and the primitive recording technique, David Stafford's passion for music propelled the show forward and we had a great time!

IAN MCFERON DUO PERFORM LIVE ON KZSC 4/28/06
Ian and Alisa performed live on KZSC Santa Cruz 88.1 FM's Silverfish in the Kitchen radio show. We also lent our voices to assist the one-man band, the Riz Orchestra who also made an appearance at the station that day.

Ian McFeron Band 4-25-06 : Live From the Mountain Music Lounge Click Here to Listen [24.6MB]

IAN MCFERON BAND PERFOMS LIVE IN THE MOUNTAIN MUSIC LOUNGE 4/25/06
Ian McFeron Band performs live in the Mountain Music Lounge with Marty Remer.

IAN MCFERON BAND RELEASES "FISTFIGHT WITH FATHER TIME" 3/24/06
Ian McFeron Band performs two back-to-back shows at the Triple Door in Seattle, releasing their third album Fistfight with Father Time.

IAN AND ALISA PERFORM ON KISM 3/5/2006
Ian and Alisa performed live on KISM 92.9 FM in Bellingham. Local's Only host Pooner Clark conducted the interview, and Ian and Alisa performed one tune live. Between questions Pooner also aired 4 cuts from the newly completed album, "Fistfight With Father Time."

IAN MCFERON PERFORMS IN THE ROUND 1/15/2006
Ian McFeron performed as part of an "In The Round" concert at Jazzbones in Tacoma, sharing the stage with such talented songwriters as Eddie Spaghetti (The Supersuckers), Tom Landa (The Paperboys), Carrie Akre, and Vicci Martinez

IAN MCFERON BAND PERFORMS AT THE KMTT CD RELEASE FOR "ON THE MOUNTAIN 11"
KMTT packed the Showbox with excited Mountain listeners (many of them our favorite fans!) and we had the honor of performing in celebration of the new KMTT compilation disk along with Mike Doughty (former Soul Coughing frontman) and his band.

IAN MCFERON TRIO PERFORM LIVE ON KCDA March/April 2006
Ian, Mark, and Alisa perform live on KCDA 103.1's Local Lounge in Spokane, WA.

IAN MCFERON TRIO PERFORMS LIVE ON KUGS 3/9/06
Ian, Mark, and Alisa perform live on KUGS 89.3 FM at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

IAN MCFERON BAND OPENS FOR THE PAPER BOYS 11/18/05
Ian McFeron Band opens for the three-time Juno Award Nominee, Tom Landa and the Paper Boys at Jazzbones in Tacoma, WA.

IAN MCFERON PERFORMS LIVE ON KUGS 10/13/05
Ian McFeron performs live on Western Washington University's KUGS 89.3 FM.

IAN MCFERON DUO PERFORM AT BENEFIT FOR HURRICANE ANIMAL VICTIMS 10/11/05
Ian and Alisa perform at the Tractor Tavern to benefit animal victims of Hurrican Katrina.

IAN MCFERON BAND INCLUDED ON THE KMTT "ON THE MOUNTAIN 11" CD 10/2005
Still ever supportive, KMTT included a live cut of "Half a Million Dollars (and a bottle of red wine)" we did in the Mountain Music Lounge on their "On The Mountain 11" CD. 25,000 copies were sold at Seattle area Starbucks as a benefit for the Wilderness Society.

IAN, ALISA, AND MARK PERFORM AT A BENEFIT FOR ZIMBABWEAN REFUGEES 9/17/2005
The trio played at the intimate Taproot Theater in Greenwood in support of Zimbabwean refugees disenfranchised by the corrupt Robert Mugabe regime. Over $4000 was raised!

IAN MCFERON BAND PERFORMS AT BUMBERSHOOT 9/3/2005
The Ian McFeron Band performs at Seattle's prestigious and renown Bumbershoot music festival on a beautiful and sun-filled Saturday afternoon. Over 2,000 people showed up to watch our stage, making this one of the most memorable performances to date!

IAN AND ALISA OPEN FOR PATTY GRIFFIN AT THE ALADDIN 8/4/2005
Happy to be back at the Aladdin for another big national show, and even happier to be spending two days in a row with Patty, Ian and Alisa had yet another opportunity to share the stage with Patty Griffin and to watch the passionate red-headed tunesmith in action.

IAN AND ALISA OPEN FOR PATTY GRIFFIN AT ZOOTUNES 8/3/2005
Both fans of Patty's work, Ian and Alisa were thrilled to have the chance to share the stage with her at the Zoo. Lovely and soulful in concert, Patty cradled the 4,000 person crowd in her intimate and sincere tunes.

"HALF A MILLION DOLLARS (AND A BOTTLE OF RED WINE)" INCLUDED ON THE KMTT SUMMER SAMPLER 6/2005
The Mountain continues to be incredibly supportive, including us on their 2005 Summer Sampler CD with a circulation of 10,000 disks!

IAN MCFERON BAND PERFORMS IN SUPPORT OF KMTT SEATTLE WORKS DAY 5/21/2005
KMTT sponsored Seattle Works Day, an afternoon in which hundreds of folks volunteer their services all over the city. The event ended with a celebration at South Lake Union, and we had the pleasure of entertaining all the volunteers!

IAN AND ALISA OPEN FOR SHAWN MULLINS 4/29/2005
Shawn Mullins, author of the smash hit single "Lullaby," was in town to perform 2 sold out shows at the Triple Door, and Ian and Alisa had the opportunity to meet the man and kick off the show!

IAN AND ALISA OPEN FOR AMOS LEE 3/8/2005
Amos Lee stopped through Seattle on his tour with Bob Dylan, and added a show at the Tractor Tavern to his list of events while he was here. Alisa and Ian had the privilege of opening the show for talented Amos only hours after he had opened for Bob Dlyan at The Paramount!

IAN MCFERON BAND SELLS OUT THE TRIPLE DOOR 3/5/2005
Back to back sold out shows in Seattle, made the launch of our new album "A Long Way To Freedom" an even bigger success!

IAN MCFERON BAND PLAYS WITH THE HOTHOUSE FLOWERS 3/3/2005
It was a real treat to have the opportunity to share the stage with the internationally acclaimed "Hothouse Flowers" at the Aladdin Theatre in Portland, OR.

IAN MCFERON BAND RELEASES "A LONGWAY TO FREEDOM" 2/5/2005
The CD release party at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard was a huge success with a sold out audience, and lines down the block. Thank you so much to all of you who attended!

IAN MCFERON BAND NAMED LOCAL ACCESS ARTIST OF THE MONTH 2/2005
It was an honor to be named 103.7 The Mountain's Local Access Artist of the Month for the second time. Thank you to all our good friends at KMTT!

LIVE MUSIC LOUNGE APPEARANCE WITH MARTY REIMER 2/2/2005
Marty was up to his usual antics, but we had a good time anyway! (we love you Marty) Listen to the entire KMTT The Mountain Music Lounge interview and live performance [click here (22mb)]

LIVE MOUNTAIN MUSIC LOUNGE WITH JOHN FISHER & MIKE WEST 12/8/04
John and Mike welcomed us with their always-comical morning banter.

LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH CARBON LEAF 10/23/2004
It was great to share the stage with our friends Carbon Leaf in back-to-back SOLD OUT shows at the always-rockin Tractor Tavern in Ballard.

NEW BELLINGHAM VENUE WELCOMES THE BAND 10/9/2004
Up-tempo beats got the crowd moving Friday at The Nightlight, but soulful folk kept them riveted throughout the evening... [more]

THE BAND ENTERTAINS 4000+ AT ZOOTUNES 7/14/2004
Ian McFeron, Todd VanSelus, Alisa Milner, Mark Bateman opened for folk legend Nancy Griffith in front of a sold out crowd at Seattle's Woodland Park ZooTunes concert series. See the pictures: [click here]

FREMONT FAIR WELCOMES IAN MCFERON & THE BAND 6/19/2004
McFeron and band perform on KMTT & RedHook Brewery sponsored mainstage. [more]

MCFERON AND BAND PERFORM AT KMTT'S "DAY IN THE PARK" 6/12/2004
The band joins Seattle Mayor Greg Nichols in the inaguration of the Brickhouse at Golden Gardens park. Hundreds of volunteers spent Saturday cleaning up area parks, followed by a bbq and concert. [more]

IAN MCFERON PLAYS BENEFIT AT MOORE THEATER 5/20/2004
To benefit Operation Smile, Ian McFeron opens for Jars of Clay at Seattle's landmark Moore Theater. See the pictures: [click here]

IAN MCFERON EARNS LOCAL RECOGNITION 4/1/2003
Ian McFeron is chosen as The Mountain's Local Access artist of the Month. [more]

FIRST TRACK OFF "DON'T LOOK BACK" IS AIRED 3/30/2003
"Love Me Twice" is played on 103.7 The Mountain as part of the Mountain's "New Music Throwdown" Competition. "Love Me Twice" goes on to win the competition, edging out a victory over Modest Mouse's new release "Float On". [more]

THE BAND RECEIVES MEDIA ATTENTION 2/12/2004
Q13 features the album "Don't Look Back", and plays the song "Tired of Falling Down" on the morning newscast.

DEBUT PERFORMANCE ELECTRIFIES CROWD 8/9/2003
August 9th 2003 marked the successful release of Ian's first album, "Don't Look Back." Ian, Alisa, Chris, Todd, and Tracy christened the record by performing the album live in front of a euphoric, sold out crowd at the University District's Ethnic Cultural Theatre (capacity 171).