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| The Official Shenandoah Album Tour 2012. THE Widowbirds announce their debut album tour for February 2012. After a soaring 18 months, an arms length of festival appearances and international supports, the release of their debut album is another feather to stick in their already bushy cap. 'You boys make a real good noise, and I mean Real Good…' Tony Joe White (USA) Their strong passion for the deep yearning in 1960′s and 1970′s based soul rock music, with an undeniably passionate live performance and the handmade boutique approach to their first recording, has crafted them a genre of their own - Hard Soul. SHENANDOAH is a beautifully sewn first offering touching on the true stories of lives lived, loved and dreamt with the layering of great textures, lying amongst conga junk kit rhythms. Hemmed with an orchestra of strings, Lachlan Doley on Hammond Organ (Powderfinger / Jimmy Barnes) and the amazing soulful raw (roar) of vocalist Simon Meli, completes a great soul album. The album was recorded and produced by the band on the side of a mountain where singer Simon Meli had been living in Blue Mountains, with the final moments having being captured in a roaming flight out to the inner west where the band have finally nested. Friend and fellow falcon Steve Balbi was responsible for the final mixes, offering his own sleeves to rub up a good shine on the bird's first lamp. 'A FEW weeks ago at the Sydney Blues and Roots Festival, Widowbirds built to a standing ovation and compere Glenn A. Baker stormed the stage to predict similar impacts throughout the 2012 season of summer festivals'… Anthony O'Grady – The Australian Album Review: 4 out of 5 Stars. Shenandoah puts The Widowbirds squarely on the Australian – and hopefully, the world – map. As a debut, it is scarily solid and fully-formed. None other than swamp king Tony Joe White, who the Widowbirds supported on a recent tour, said "You boys make a real good noise… I mean real good!" As a creator of real good noises himself, Tony Joe should know – in The Widowbirds' case he is right on the money. John H – The Orange Press.net Proudly releasing their record through Laughing Outlaw Records, under the watchful eye of none other than Stuart Coupe - Shenandoah albums have been growing wings and moving units steadily in the last 2 weeks after it was only officially released as physical copies on the 4th November and 18th November through iTunes and Inertia Distribution. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |