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Nicole Atkins & the Sea will turn on the singer/songwriter might with tunes which are easily followed and then lost within. Atkins uses her sturdy, formidable vocal chords to transmit a more traditional vocal style amid songs that sound classic but not out-dated. Her music has been described as “pop-noir,” and certain songs sound very much like one of the opening tunes from a 007 film, classy and full of a foreboding thunder. Nicole Atkins & the Sea will sway and swoon along with some clashing and grandiose instrumentation, and then they’ll bring forth soaring numbers led by Atkins and her powerful throat box.
Straight from New York City by way of Nashville is singer/songwriter Gillian Welch, along with her band which play some traditional country-sounding, bluegrassy Americana. Welch has the market cornered on soothing, twanging, organic, folked-up country. Fiddle, organ and an electric 6-string are sometimes added to Welch’s acoustic tendencies to give them an extra kick, although it’s really not needed. She’s sometimes known for her contribution to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack as well as her collaborations with Ryan Adams. She was nominated for a Grammy for her very first solo disc, Revival.
Not much of a far cry from Gillian Welch, lay the songs and sounds of Neko Case. Music fans might recognize this fiery-headed chanteuse as a major player in The New Pornographers. And, chances are you’ve heard of her solo work or the recordings with Neko Case & Her Boyfriends. She’s known for her powerful and distinctive vocals which are hearty and hard to forget on songs like “Deep Red Bells” and “I Wish I Was the Moon.” Her alt-country sound is fattened up a bit with influences within from musicians whom she covers like Loretta Lynn and Tom Waits as well as from her days drumming in punk bands.
Breaking onto the scene in 2006 with their debut, Broken Boy Soldiers, it didn’t take long at all for music fans to warm up to The Raconteurs. After all, the members – Jack White (The White Stripes), Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence (The Greenhornes) and Patrick Keeler (The Greenhornes) – have some extensive experience in the game between them. They’re an American rock band with stout and distorted guitar riffs that call to mind White’s work with his other outfit. They’ll no doubt be playing plenty of tunes off their latest album, Consolers of the Lonely, and filling guts with heaping portions of hooks along jangled and fuzzy guitar-led rock-outs that include keys and maybe the occasional horn section and violin.
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