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Fri 11th The Luminaire presents KIMMIE RHODES + Emil Friis
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. Supporting is Emil Friis, a western soul, more cowboy than neo-country. His true nature reveals itself in his ability to find emotions in simplicity. A basic rhythm section and some elegantly simple arrangements create space for a persistent voice, unafraid to sing songs of lost love and better days to come. While reminded of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Will Oldham one quickly avoids foolish comparisons. This album delivers authentic music with a darker, pirate edge, miles from the joyous naivety of much neo-folk today. Friis’ new album ‘Mutineer', recorded and engineered by Lionel Darenne (former assistant to Steve Albini at his famous EAR studio in Chicago) is out in France on Darenne/PIAS and available in Denmark on Southern Imperial Recordings. |
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