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Balto Is An American Band. Following An Ill-Fated Six-Month Stint As A Copy Editor And Telemarketer In Moscow Russia Guitarist And Songwriter Dan Sheron Lost His Marbles And Went To Siberia Where He Wrote A Cycle Of Songs Describing The Life He’d Decided To Leave Behind. That Winter 2010 Balto Laid Those Songs On Its First Record October’s Road In A Single Blustery Day In A Brooklyn Basement And Went On To Tour The United States & Canada For The First Time. Critics From Outlets Such As - AP Magazine Folk Radio UK And Slowcoustic - Praised The Debut As An Undiscovered Songwriting Gem Of 2011 With Features On Several Best-Of-The-Year Lists. Beats Per Minute Wrote "October's Road May Just Be The Best Album I've Heard By An Unsigned New Artist.” Following A Move To Portland Oregon The Band Released 2012’s Follow-Up Monuments And Hit The Road Again Touring Up And Down The East And West Coasts Joining National Acts Roadkill Ghost Choir A Hawk And A Hacksaw Etc In Portland's Premier Live Rooms And Giving One-Off Performances In Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan And Russia. Balto Emerged Again In 2014 As A Five-Piece Rock’n’roll Band – Electric Guitars And Hammond Organs Chiming Acoustic Guitars And The Occasional Bonzo Flourish All Held Down On Bass By A Retired Fighter With A Deep Admiration For James Jamerson. This Is Mercurial Psychedelic Country-Rock – Song-Driven Rock’n’roll – A Hair-Raising Live Performance Burning Its Way Across The Pacific Northwest And Beyond. read less