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SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES + Two Fingers of Firewater + Sara Petite

Tue 20th Apr 2010

The Luminaire presents
SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES
+ Two Fingers of Firewater
+ Sara Petite

7.30 Doors
7.45 Sara Petite (30)
8.25 Two Fingers of Firewater (35)
9.20 Sarah Borges (75)

£12 door

We have been following the progress of Sarah Borges at SxSW since the release of Silver City in 2005. Her gigs are always exciting events with feisty rock, driving country and heartfelt ballads found during the course of a live show.

Now with a catalogue of three great releases Sarah and the boys are going to do a headline tour of the UK for the first time in 2010. Silver City was released in 2005, followed by Diamonds In The Dark in 2007 and this years release The Stars Are Out through Sugar Hill Records and distributed by Proper.

Since SxSW this year, Sarah has gone on to perform at the AMAs in Nashville and was nominated for newcomer of the year. Following shows at the Grand Ole Opry and the Mercy Lounge, a session was recorded with Bob Harris that was transmitted on Thursday 3 December 2009.

As the great thespian Patrick Swayze once said, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner." The same is true of Sarah Borges.

On the basis of her critically-lauded early work, particularly Diamonds in the Dark (2007), some pundits decided they know exactly where the Boston-area rocker and her cohorts, the Broken Singles, belong in the musical spectrum. They were mistaken. Her new record, The Stars Are Out, is about to stun them with a more vibrant, far-reaching display of what Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles are all about. And yes, there will be dancing. "We always want people to dance," enthuses Borges. "That's the best way to get a show going." After months of touring in support of Diamonds, she knew the character of her third album needed to be more upbeat than its contemplative predecessors. "I was trying to think of songs that would fit really well into our live show." The results include the slinky, '60s stroll of "Me and Your Ghost" ("That's about going out and dancing, all the things you used to do with your loved one"); the flirtatious, guitar-driven kickoff, "Do It For Free"; and "It Comes To Me Naturally," a hip-shaking tale of a girl-about-town, originally recorded by bar band supreme NRBQ.

Diamonds and Borges' 2005 debut, Silver City, often found her work filed under the Americana banner. But the time had come for Borges to explore different terrain, both as a writer and performer. The Stars Are Out is a soundtrack for Saturday nights, not Sunday mornings. "When I say I explored country music as much as possible, that doesn't mean I became perfect at it," she quickly qualifies. Borges just felt ready to take a break, until she had something new to say in that realm. And rock has always been her first love. "This is a style of music I've always listened to, and been really excited about."

Main support are Two Fingers of Firewater.

Two Fingers of Firewater have gigged extensively throughout the UK, adding wah-wah mandolin to 1930s folk songs, tearing up stages with Rolling Stones accomplice Al Perkins and proving that there is a place for trombone in rock'n'roll. Their catchy tunes range from last order laments to summer pop harmonies. The band's first album, recorded in a giant fridge on a strawberry farm, mined a classic alt.country sound - great melodies backed by pedal steel, Telecasters, accordion and synthesiser.

After spending winter recording in a new studio back on the farm, a new album is set for release later this year. Expect their trademark melodic excursions and a variety of influences from Big Star to Yo La Tengo. BBC legend Bob Harris calls Two Fingers of Firewater "chaotic - but wonderful" and musicOMH.com reckons they are "the kind of band you imagine Jack White would like to discover and keep in a cage".

Sara Petite is a budding San Diego singer/songwriter who has a knack for writing good, honest songs reminiscent of Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton. Her voice is simple and unassuming and her music is a mesh of bluegrass, folk and country. The lyrics are heartfelt and Sara's not afraid to give everyone a pass into her personal life. From the outset, listeners are transported to the front porch of the mountain shack on Tiger Mountain where she grew up.

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