Pineross is the musical embodiment of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Larkin. Kevin began playing flatpick style guitar when he moved from Michigan to Boulder, CO in 2000. Soon after discovering a local Irish session on Sunday nights, he bought a mandolin and started learning a stockpile of fiddle tunes, mastering the mandolin in the following years at the pub. Pineross' debut album was released in 2006, featuring many of Boulder's finest musicians. It is a meditation on the dying American West, a fusion of Spaghetti westerns, bluegrass, Irish melodies, and classic country. Larkin re-casts an American past; he does so fluently, with eyes as encompassing as Walt Whitman’s -Tim Avery, Independent Clauses

Always restless and in need of seeing his native United States, Kevin moved to Oxford, Mississippi in February of 2006 to join the Mayhem String Band on mandolin, accordion and harmonica. In the past 4 years this "outlaw" bluegrass band has toured constantly, released 2 albums, and shared the stage with acts like The Avett Brothers, Del McCoury Band and B.B. King. In early 2010, tracking began for the second Pineross album, Detached, with Kevin splitting time between Colorado and Mississippi. The album has a much more experimental feel, exploring and combining numerous different influences into the acoustic foundation; soul sampling, latin percussion, drum programming, vintage synths, and flowing lyrics. Along with playing most of the instruments on the record, Larkin recruited some of the best samba and string player in the country. The album was independently released in November of 2011 with 300 CDs made featuring Kevin's block print artwork.

Kevin recently re-located to Denver, Colorado to form Chimney Choir with David Rynhart (guitar, piano, flute, vocal) and Kris Drickey (vocal, banjo, guitar, percussion). The trio has released two EPs in 2011 with plans for another in early 2012.  Kevin also performs as a stripped down version of Pineross, a one-man band atop an old Samsonite suitcase strumming guitar, mandolin, harmonica and kazoo.

Current Lineup -
Kevin Larkin: Vocal, guitar, mandolin, accordion, harmonica, kazoo, percussion, samples

Mississippi crew
Tyler Rayburn - Drums, percussion
Jamison Hollister - Fiddle
Jeff Callaway - Trombone
Greg Johnson - Bass

Colorado crew
David Rynhart - vocal, guitar, flute, piano, vocal
Kris Drickey - vocal, percussione
Fransisco Marquez - panderio
Jon Sousa - tenor banjo
Macon Terry - bass
John Gray - trumpet, keys