virginia easthope

Virginia Easthope (18 yrs old - The University of Michigan, RC) and Evan Easthope (20 yrs old - The University of Washington Honors Program) are singer-songwriter siblings who have been playing music with each other since childhood. Together, Virginia and Evan blend their roots, blues and rock influences into an indie folk sound. Venues include the Youth Care Benefit at Cafe Vita, Fremont Abbey Arts Center, The Showbox, More Music at the Moore Theatre and The Seattle Theatre Group fundraiser at Paramount Theatre with Daniel Bernard Roumain. Both are loyal supporters of Seattle Theatre Group's educational programs and community outreach. Virginia sings, plays guitar, ukulele and keyboard. She has performed with the band, The Paint Company and The Dive, which debuted before The Seattle International Film Festival's movie "Girls Rock." She enjoys musical theatre and has performed in the Rock Opera, "El Cid" and as Marty Maraschino in the musical, "Grease." Virginia volunteered with Seattle Theatre Group working on projects such as Dance This and The Songwriters Workshop. Evan was front man and rhythm guitarist with the band Capitol Basement at many Seattle venues until their Folklife farewell performance at Experience Music Project in May, 2008. He was the co-founder/booker/MC for The All Ages Alternative Show at Folklife Festival and hosted a weekly radio show for University of Washington's station Rainy Dawg. Evan performed as the Reverend Billy Hightower in the musical "Bat Boy." Currently, he writes, sings plays guitar, bass and drums with the band, Land of Pines. (Both bands available on iTunes.) Land of Pines is working on their next album and have 11+ songs that should be available in the next six months. He can be heard at: http://www.myspace.com/landofpines.com or http://www.myspace.com/capitolbasement

Freemont Abbey, Round 52

Evan & Virginia Easthope, a brother/sister combo, laid out raw emotion through their acoustic contributions, with Virginia's vocals bouncing like cold bright sunlight throughout the room. Evan & Virginia Easthope are a force to be reckoned with.

- Victoria of Three Imaginary Girls, Seattle's Indie-Pop Press