American Roots UK Review

Many thanks to Mike Morrison for the great review of our new album “The Valley”! Check out an excerpt from the review below. You can read the full article here.

This is their second album and to my ears, whilst their debut was excellent, this recording leaves it a little in the shade, having pretty much defined their style on this album that has the subtlety of artists such as the Cowboy Junkies but with greater depth, textures and variety. The band consists of Carrie Shepard, who handles all lead vocals and acoustic guitar and Lawrence Daversa who plays electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitar and harmony vocals and shows incredible restraint in his inventive guitar playing, knowing that less notes often equate to more in creating an atmosphere of great depth and quality….Just two albums in to their recording career and I genuinely list the Whiskey Charmers as one of my favourite 21st century bands. – Mike Morrison, American Roots UK 8.15.17

TJ Music Magazine Review of The Valley

Many thanks to Brian Rock, from the Americana Music Magazine TJ Music, for the great review of our new album The Valley! You can read the full article here.

“The Whiskey Charmers serve up another round of their signature “Country Noir” on their second studio release, The Valley. Picking up where they left off, the Charmers create a moody, atmospheric soundscape that plays like the soundtrack to a film noir/spaghetti western mashup. Simultaneously foreboding and alluring, The Whiskey Charmers music is as tempting as forbidden fruit”. – Brian Rock, TJ Music – June 9th, 2017

Detroit Metro Times Interview

Many thanks to Daniel Siwka of the Detroit Metro Times for taking the time to sit down with us and talk to us about our new album “The Valley”! Click here for the full interview!

Detroit’s Whiskey Charmers kick ass on second LP
A visit to ‘The Valley’ below
By Daniel Siwka

“The Valley is thoughtful, energetic, and improves on their thoughtful and well-crafted genre exercises. (It’s better recorded too, as the band will tell you themselves). When Metro Times last spoke to the Charmers last year, it was to spread word about their crowdfunding efforts to fund the release of the album. That didn’t go quite as planned, so let’s pick up where we left off.”

– Daniel Siwka, Detroit Metro Times 4/12/17

Twangri-La Review

Many thanks to Twangri La for this great review of our new album!

“The Valley is a keeper for sure. I know, there have been a lot of keepers this year. Don’t blame me because this has been a banner year for Americana and roots music so far. We are the beneficiaries of all this talent. Put The Whiskey Charmers on the list.” – Twangri-La 4/14/17

Three Chords and The Truth UK Review

Many thanks to Three Chords and The Truth UK for the great review of our new album!

“For a touch of expansive escapism there is no finer place to transport your mind than in the world of The Whiskey Charmers. In a dreamy haze of romanticised roaming THE VALLEY leads you on a mystical journey that frees suburbanites from any remnants of mundane reality. This is the duo’s brand new album and is a highly anticipated follow up to their self-titled debut release in 2015. The Whiskey Charmers have a core line up of Carrie Shepard and Lawrence Daversa, hail from Detroit Michigan and are the key architects of a record successful in luring any mind wandering admirer of Americana music.”

– Three Chords and The Truth UK – April 12th, 2017

ALT ROOT TOP TEN SONGS OF THE WEEK!

Many thanks to Alternative Root Magazine for including “The Valley” in the ALT ROOT TOP TEN SONGS OF THE WEEK FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2017!

08 The Valley – The Whiskey Charmers (from the album The Valley)

“The Whiskey Charmers are sending shadows back into the murky swamp as they make a stand on the title track from the recent release, The Valley. The Detroit, Michgan-based band pound out a warning to the hidden menace creeping up “The Valley” on their second album release. – Alternate Root Magazine 4/15/17

Listen and buy “The Valley” by The Whiskey Charmers from AMAZON or iTunes

Album Release at Otus Supply!

Please join us on Friday April 14th at Otus Supply in Ferndale to celebrate the release of our second full-length album “The Valley”. We can’t wait to share our new music with you at this amazing new venue! We go on at 10pm and play til midnight. Free full band show! Hope to see you there.

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Devils Night Recording!

A few photos from our recording session at Rooftop Recording on Devils Night! Our second album should be out in early 2017. If you like, you can pre-order on Indiegogo igg.me/at/whiskey!

Arts Beats and Eats!

Many thanks to the Detroit Free Press for including us on the list of Top Ten Local Acts to see this year. You can check out the full article here. We play on Saturday at 2pm on the Bud Light Americana Stage.

Gothic Americana meets a murky, melodic roots vibe with the Whiskey Charmers. The Detroit trio’s songs sound as though they could soundtrack some  modern noir film. They’re stung by a bit of the supernatural with a sweetly haunting rattle of reverb and gritty lyrical imagery. If  David Lynch ran a juke joint out in the desert, or if Jim Jarmusch were throwing a hootenanny, or  if Quentin Tarantino managed a cocktail lounge, the Whiskey Charmers would fit right in. 2 p.m. Saturday, Bud Light Americana Stage

 

Detroit Music Awards Nomination!

We are happy to announce that our debut self-titled album has been nominated for a Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Americana Recording! Members of the Detroit Music community are eligible to register and vote at www.detroitmusicawards.com. If you haven’t heard our album yet, you can click our Bandcamp link here for an easy place to stream it. Thanks for all of your support!
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