The Nebels, who currently live in Tacoma, WA are known for their “occupationally correct” songs dealing with life in Alaska and northwestern Canada. In the winter of 1985 they left all of their worldly possessions in their rented house in Seattle (they hired a friend to pack the house and put their stuff in storage) for a job in Nome, Alaska, where they spent five months. Leaving Nome they eventually played from Nome to Ketchikan, Dawson City to Prince George between 1985 and 1991, building a repertoire of songs about the people they met, Denise Sofranko of "Dirty Linen" says "the Nebels know how to take an interesting subject, draw you into the tale, and make you care about the people and places they chronicle".
Since then they’ve done nine tours of the UK wherein they played numerous festivals and folk clubs from one end of the country to the other. They continue to keep a busy schedule playing local private as well as public events and concerts, such as the Applesqueeze Festival in Steilacoom for the past seven years. Among their 2023 touring schedule of performances, they were featured at Northwest Folklife Festival, and Spokane’s Sutton Park Concert Series.
Contact Kristi Nebel at (253)573-1504, or kristi.steve.nebel@gmail.com. You can write to them at: P.O. Box 5764, Tacoma, WA 98415-0764.
Tuesday, June 11th, 5-7pm – Carnation Farmer’s Market, Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground, Carnation, WA 98014
Saturday, July 27th with Cosmo’s Dream – Cowlitz County Fair, Longview, WA
Thursday, August 8th, 7pm with Ken Waldman, Alaska’s Fiddling Poet – Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, Tacoma, WA – Steve’s birthday celebration.