Watson Twins start tour
Monday, July 7, 2008 – Leigh and Chandra Watson, better known as The Watson Twins, will be touring through North America this summer with co headliner Tim Fite. The tour begins on July9 at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington DC, includes a stop in Milwaukee opening for M.Ward and wraps up in the Kentucky natives adopted home of Los Angeles on July29 at the Echo. The Watson Twins' new record F"ire Songs," came out on Vanguard Records June 24.
Tour dates are:
July9- DC- Rock and Roll Hotel
July10- Brooklyn- Brooklyn Music Hall
July11- NYC- Mercury Lounge
July12- Boston- TT The Bears
July14- Montreal Lambi Concert Hall
July15- Toronto- Lee's Palace
July16- Pontiac MI- Pike Room/At Crofoot
July17- Chicago- Lakeshore Theater
July18- St Paul MN- Turf Club
July19- Milwaukee WI Pabst Theater ( Watson Twins opening for M Ward)
July21- Denver, CO- Hi Dive
July22- Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge
July25- Seattle WA Tractor Tavern
July26- Portland OR- Doug Fir
July28- San Francisco- Bottom of the Hill
July29- Los Angeles- the Echo
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Smoke Fire
Nearly two years after the release of their acclaimed collaboration with Jenny Lewis ("Rabbit Fur Coat"), the Watson Twins step out of Lewis' considerable musical shadow with this solid solo release. Leigh and Chandra Watson deliver a set of harmony-rich coffeehouse tunes that is both soulful and sweet.
Fire Songs" alternates between mid-tempo strummers (Dig a Little Deeper and Bar Woman Blues) and torchy ballads (How Am I to Be and Fall). The standout track is Sky Open Up, a »»» |
Southern Manners
"I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation," Flannery O'Connor told students at Notre Dame in 1957. Probably true. But there certainly is something in the southern air that seems to push an inquisitive spirit toward haunted storytelling.
Fifty years after O'Connor's speech, the Watson Twins prove on this eight-song EP that they share the famous author's gothic sensibilities and interest in the shadowed corners of lineage. »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: For Brooks and fans, a most unusual change of pace –
To say that this was a change of pace for Garth Brooks - not to mention his fans - would be an understatement of the highest degree. Brooks all but begged during the show to be playing next door at Gillette Stadium where the New England Patriots play.
But, alas, Brooks exuded joy and excitement at the chance to play before about 500 people at a club,... »»»
Concert Review: LBT proves more than capable –
If you have seen Little Big Town in the last decade, it could have been anywhere from a B stage at a Rib Fest to a 20,000-seat amphitheater as the opener for some of country's top acts. Their current "Nightfall" tour rightfully proves they are more than capable and well deserved being billed as a top headlining act.... »»»
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