Rachel Harrington + Ellie Martin, Live at The Greystones Friday 8th April

[Dornock]

CELILO FALLS RELEASE TOUR – COUNTRY MUSIC THE WAY GOD INTENDED

Rachel Harrington Trio with Evan Brubaker & Colby Sander

 

What is Americana? Rachel Harrington will be visiting The Greystones on Friday 8th April with her own compelling answer, a mixture of country and soul.

 

On her new LP, Celilo Falls, Rachel Harrington stakes out the territory where love and heartbreak duke it out, where the sacred and profane share a drunken lullaby and where life's most important moments are described with the unflinching, simple honesty afforded by a voice and a guitar. For Harrington, the songs on her third album are instinctive and easily described: "The record is about things that are real – your place in the world and the people there with you."

 

At once reverently traditional and boldly distinctive, Celilo Falls [suh-LIE-low] takes its name from a stretch of waterfalls along the Columbia River that divides the states of Oregon and Washington. Since the building of the giant Dalles Dam in the early 1950s, the once-raging falls have been completely buried, submerged under the backwater of progress: “A lot of this record is, for me, about what lies beneath...” says Rachel.

 

Compared to Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch, Rachel is a roots musician from the crossroads of country, folk and bluegrass. Her debut album, The Bootlegger’s Daughter (4 stars, Mojo) was chosen as record of the year by Radio 2's Bob Harris: “I am absolutely enchanted with this record! A brilliant debut ... already a leading contender for Album of the Year in my opinion!”

 

Drawing from a rich array of influences including an upbringing in the Pentecostal pines of Oregon and a dad with a secret stash of Motown and Stax albums, glimpses of Otis Redding, Loretta Lynn, Sam Cooke, Hank Williams, Ray Charles and Emmylou Harris can all be spotted prowling the edges of Harrington’s work. With timeless production by Evan Brubaker, who joins her at The Greystones, Celilo Falls brings together an inspired cast of supporting musicians including Ronnie McCoury (Del McCoury Band) and Rod Clements (Lindisfarne, Bert Jansch). Celilo Falls was named one of the Top 10 Releases of 2010 by The Irish Times and received 4-star reviews in the Feb 2011 issues of Mojo, Q and R2.

 

Tickets are available now (£10.00) from The Greystones or online at http://www.wegottickets.co.uk/event/107935 or http://www.seetickets.com.

 

Info: http://www.boohoomusic.co.uk