Moraine is an omnivorous Seattle-based instrumental quintet led by guitarist Dennis Rea and featuring violinist Alicia DeJoie, woodwind player James DeJoie, bassist Kevin Millard, and drummer Tom Zgonc. With its several writers and full complement of ace instrumentalists arrayed in striking combination, Moraine has built a reputation as one of the most electrifying and original instrumental rock bands anywhere, winning over listeners around the globe with its unique amalgam of art rock, forward-thinking jazz, world music, and more. Moraine has been enthusiastically received by audiences ranging from jazz aficionados to metalheads to partisans of progressive rock and has appeared alongside such renowned artists as Three Friends (Gentle Giant), Steve Hackett, Eddie Jobson, and Richard Pinhas. The band’s 2009 release on NYC-based MoonJune Records, manifest deNsity, garnered more than 100 enthusiastic reviews worldwide, and its set at NEARfest 2010, the world’s preeminent showcase for progressive rock, was considered by many to be a highlight of the festival. Moraine created a buzz on its spring 2011 tour of major East Coast cities and in late 2011 released its second CD, Metamorphic Rock: Live at NEARfest, co-produced and mixed by legendary Pacific Northwest producer Steve Fisk.
Personnel:
- Dennis Rea — guitar
- Alicia DeJoie — violin
- Kevin Millard — bass (2013 — 2019)
- Phil Cali — bass (2020 — )
- James DeJoie — woodwinds (2009 — )
- Ruth Davidson — cello (2006 — 2009, 2020 — )
- Jay Jaskot (2006 — 2009)
- Stephen Cavit — drums (2009 — 2011)
- Tom Zgonc — drums (2013)
- Brian Oppel — drums (2018 — )
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Performances:
- Seaprog 2013 — Day Two
- Seaprog 2018 — Day One
- Seaprog Presents — 11 Apr 2019
- Seaprog Presents — 27 May 2023
- Seaprog Presents — 13 Mar 2026
