Gillian Welch and David Rawlings put out Soul Journey, their last record under Welch's name, in 2003, and since then have toured under the moniker Dave Rawlings Machine. For most listeners, Welch may be the name in lights, but the best trick she and Rawlings play is to keep the focus shifting between their marvelously paired voices. Rawlings has a way with an acoustic guitar— his emphatic, unconventional playing has led to collaborations with Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst, The Decemberists and Robyn Hitchcock. The Dave Rawlings Machine album A Friend of a Friend will be released Nov 17, 2009. Live, Dave Rawlings Machine plays an assortment of Welch and Rawlings' own tunes, as well as covers ranging from Bill Monroe to Bob Dylan's Queen Jane Approximately to Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. (NPR)
Opening tonight will be Brianna Lane. Brianna Lane is a gifted singer/songwriter in true Americana form. She writes and performs on an acoustic guitar as well as a banjo, crafting songs that are clear-eyed and pure—with an integrity derived from her gritty, unflinching emotional honesty. Long time music-writer/author/rock-journalist Jim Walsh recently wrote that Brianna Lane is “…a star in the making. She’s poised, ambitious, a great writer, a soul singer of the first order, and a lithe, accomplished guitarist.” (Star Tribune) Lane grew up in Minnesota and still calls Minneapolis home. In her eight years of touring Lane has shared the stage with Billy Bragg, Dar Williams, Patty Larkin, Catie Curtis, The Weepies, Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland), and numerous other well seasoned musicians. She has also shared powerhouse, leg-powered bicycle tours with Signature Sounds’ artist Peter Mulvey. Lane has released three full length solo records and one duo EP with Cahalen Morrison as “Harbor Collective”. Her latest full-length CD is entitled Let You In.
Tickets are SOLD OUT $20 advance, $22 day of show
Special note: There will be a Dave Rawlings Machine in-store performance at Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, beginning at 6pm Wed Dec 9. Passes will be given out to the first 200 people to buy the new CD, A Friend of a Friend, in the Electric Fetus Minneapolis store. You MUST buy the new CD to receive a pass to the performance. The store will close shortly before this event, and reopen for general business afterwards, time permitting.
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings put out Soul Journey, their last record under Welch's name, in 2003, and since then have toured under the moniker Dave Rawlings Machine. For most listeners, Welch may be the name in lights, but the best trick she and Rawlings play is to keep the focus shifting between their marvelously paired voices. Rawlings has a way with an acoustic guitar— his emphatic, unconventional playing has led to collaborations with Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst, The Decemberists and Robyn Hitchcock. The Dave Rawlings Machine album A Friend of a Friend will be released Nov 17, 2009. Live, Dave Rawlings Machine plays an assortment of Welch and Rawlings' own tunes, as well as covers ranging from Bill Monroe to Bob Dylan's Queen Jane Approximately to Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. (NPR)
Opening tonight will be Brianna Lane. Brianna Lane is a gifted singer/songwriter in true Americana form. She writes and performs on an acoustic guitar as well as a banjo, crafting songs that are clear-eyed and pure—with an integrity derived from her gritty, unflinching emotional honesty. Long time music-writer/author/rock-journalist Jim Walsh recently wrote that Brianna Lane is “…a star in the making. She’s poised, ambitious, a great writer, a soul singer of the first order, and a lithe, accomplished guitarist.” (Star Tribune) Lane grew up in Minnesota and still calls Minneapolis home. In her eight years of touring Lane has shared the stage with Billy Bragg, Dar Williams, Patty Larkin, Catie Curtis, The Weepies, Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland), and numerous other well seasoned musicians. She has also shared powerhouse, leg-powered bicycle tours with Signature Sounds’ artist Peter Mulvey. Lane has released three full length solo records and one duo EP with Cahalen Morrison as “Harbor Collective”. Her latest full-length CD is entitled Let You In. 
