In the course of a 27-year musical career, many words have been used to describe BRAVE COMBO, but actually, their name still says it all: a band that is not afraid to take musical chances. “If BRAVE COMBO can do one thing,” says founder CARL FINCH, “we’d like to break down people’s perceptions about what’s cool to like in music.” Since they first surfaced in Denton, Texas (the home of the University of North Texas jazz program and still the band’s home base) in 1979, BRAVE COMBO has shattered stylistic barriers and scrambled musical genres like no other band performing today.

The BRAVE COMBO that makes this joyful noise is a five-piece miniature orchestra. FINCH, who sings and plays guitar, accordion and keyboards, and his long-time musical partner JEFFREY BARNES on reeds, winds, harmonica and practically any other instrument you’d care to name, are joined by trumpeter and vocalist, DANNY O’BRIEN, drummer, ALAN EMERT, and ANN MARIE HARROP on bass and vocals.

BRAVE COMBO has released over twenty critically-acclaimed recordings in the U.S. and Japan, including their two Grammy Award winning releases, Let’s Kiss (2004) and Polkasonic (1999) along with four other Grammy-nominated albums. BRAVE COMBO’s most recent release is Holidays!(Dentone/Rounder Records) which features the band putting their own twist…and salsa…and tango to a year’s worth of special days of celebration, including New Year’s Eve, Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day and Halloween. Even Groundhog Day gets a nod!