Musicians in a band, but on different continents? It sounds like a solution dictated by the pandemic but in fact it came together in 2018.
To put it another way, the Proclaimers had a minor hit with their anthem “(I Would Walk) 500 Miles,” but The Burnt Pines’ challenge is crafting a theme song based on the 3,187 miles separating their principal members, who are about equally divided between Boston and Lisbon, Portugal.
Guitarist Aaron Flanders is an Illinois native who came to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he met Miguel Sa’ Pessoa, a classically trained pianist who was expanding into jazz. After graduation, Flanders stayed in the Boston area while Sa’ Pessoa went back to his hometown of Lisbon.