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Wed 18th The Luminaire presents KIMMIE RHODES + Jessica Blake + Harmony & Pollution
Doors 7.30 Willie Nelson-endorsed Austin-based Kimmie Rhodes brings her rootsty songcraft and liberating country to town. Kimmie is a native Texan who grew up in Lubbock, Texas and began her singing career at the age of six with her family gospel trio. She moved to Austin in 1979, where she met DJ and producer Joe Gracey, an instrumental figure in the Austin progressive country scene who she eventually married. In 1981 she recorded her first album 'Kimmie Rhodes and the Jackalope Brothers' when Willie Nelson invited her to use his studio. In 1985 she recorded her second album, 'Man In the Moon'. Her third album 'Angels Get The Blues', recorded at the original Sun Studio in Memphis, was released in 1989. These records led to a series of British and European tours which received rave reviews. Since then she's recorded many albums, played with just about anyone you care to mention and had her songs recorded by just about anyone else you care to mention. You might want to get yourself along to hear why. Main support is Jessica Blake who, "having grown up on an American Indian Reservation, displays a love affair with the wide-open wilderness of the West." [Uncut] "The fact that Blake has spent most of her life in the US explains why she has that wonderful down & dirty sound which somehow escapes most UK female singers. Her album is certainly a cut above most recent UK releases". [British Country Music Association] "You can almost taste the clear air and feel the rugged beauty. The title track 'Three Good Reasons' had me punching the air in agreement and found me wondering...could this be the future of British country music?" [Country Music and More] And first on go by the name of Harmony & Pollution is a loosely based musical collective from Brooklyn, New York formed by California native Jason P. Grisell. A melange of personal songwriting and electronic experiments that follows mecurial shifts in moods while maintaining ties to the heart and soul of American acoustic forms. His voice has been described as heartbreaking and damaged, invoking the ghosts of Elliott Smith, Neil Young, and Carl Wilson. |
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