Three Chords and the Truth UK

Many thanks to Three Chords and the Truth UK for the wonderful review of our album! Read the full article here

“The duo of Carrie Shepard and Lawrence Daversa guide the band’s direction which leaves a trail of impurity free groove in its wake. Catch yourself in the headlights of their enticing tunes and total absorption is impossible to avoid. Whether it’s the glorious sultry vocals of Carrie snaking around the hazy songs that ache with magnetic appeal, or Lawrence’s driving lead guitar decorating each track, this album runs on a full tank throughout its 38 minute journey”.- Three Chords and The Truth UK 5/6/15

Spring/Early Summer Dates!

Hello everyone,
Wanted to keep you posted on our dates for spring and early summer! With shows in New York, St Louis, Colorado and Wyoming, as well as Michigan and Ohio, it’s going to be a busy few months. We hope to see you somewhere along the way!
Solid Gold,
TWC

APRIL
4/27 Charlevoix Public Library Music Series – Charlevoix, MI
4/30 Metro Times Blowout – Small’s Bar – Hamtramck, MI

MAY
5/1 Skyline Event Center – Comins, MI
5/2 Red Mesa Grill – Boyne, MI
5/9 Stormcloud Brewing – Frankfort, MI
5/14 The Rockery – Wyandotte, MI
5/15 The Ottawa Tavern – Toledo, OH
5/22 Abilene Bar and Lounge – Rochester, NY
5/23 Hot Mama’s Canteen – Buffalo, NY
5/24 189 Public House – East Aurora, NY
5/25 Barking Spider Tavern – Cleveland, OH
5/30- Inside Out Gallery – Traverse City, MI
5/31 Shagway Arts Barn Ludington, MI

JUNE
6/12 Cadieux Cafe – Detroit, MI
6/13 Ore Dock Brewing Company – Marquette, MI
6/14 Section House Inn Bed and Breakfast – Marquette, MI
6/19 Northville Arts and Acts – Northville, MI
6/24 Evangilenes – St Louis, MO
6/25 Lions Lair – Denver, CO
6/26 Donkey Creek Festival – Gillette, WY
6/27 503W – Colorado Springs, CO
6/28 Little Bear Saloon – Evergreen, CO

Americana Roots UK

Many thanks to Americana Roots UK for the kind words about our album!

The Whiskey Charmers
This is a tremendous debut album by a Detroit, Michigan based trio who bring a new slant to the normal clichéd view of the music that comes from that area, with nine tremendous songs of what is becoming known as ‘country gothic.’ The drumming is far more than just a foundation on this sparse haunting album of great beauty with the gorgeous guitar sounds of Lawrence Daversa and the stunning beauty of Carrie Shepard’s vocals on these mainly Shepard penned songs of loss, despair and tragedy. To use an oversimplification, if you like the Cowboy Junkies and Rachel Brooke, there is every likelihood you will love this gorgeous album.
Full Review Here

 

 

Pure M Magazine Review: All the Fun, No Hangover: The Whiskey Charmers

Many thanks to Jonathan Monahan from Pure M Magazine, Ireland’s Music, Art and Culture Magazine for the great review of our album! You can read the full article on their website here!

I’ve heard all sorts of what could be called ‘weirdness of influence’ on this album. There are glimpses of Fleetwood Mac, Jefferson Airplane, and even a bit of Nancy Sinatra in Sidewinder, as well as the easier to link country influences few of our readers will ever have heard – and that’s just the vocal. Carrie Shepard has a voice you’d leave your wife and eleven children for in a heartbeat. The tone of it is like a short of Jack Daniels drunk slowly and neat: warm the whole way down, before it shoots back up your spine to the pleasure centre of your brain, followed by a dark, liquid caramel chaser. She had me from the first note of Elevator to the last bar of Waltz. I’d drop everything and book a flight to Michigan just to become a full-time stalker if I knew it included a dental plan.

The guitar is at its haunting best in Vampire, an account of a sordid night with a deathly white stranger and the creeping hypnosis that gets you caught up in that sort of thing. Lawrence Daversa plays the blues along every nerve of your body, plucking, sliding, and vibrato-ing to a tingling climax – before you ask, yes, it feels odd to say that about another man, but the music is just inescapably sexy when combined with Carrie’s sultry voice. It takes two to tango, and this proves that, just maybe, that platitude can stretch across more than just dance and euphemism. – Jonathan Monahan, Puremzine – March 8th, 2015

Country Music People Review

Many thanks to Duncan Warwick from Country Music People in the UK for the great review of our new album in their March 2015 issue!

“The Whiskey Charmers are from Detroit but you’d think it would be more likely be Arizona.Formed in 2013, they say their music is hard to classify and they’re not kidding. Not what you’d traditionally call country, and certainly not traditional country, rather it is a blend of Chris Isaak and early Calexico that is strong on laid-back South-western rhythms, with an eerie and sexy quality that quickly got under my skin.” – Duncan Warwick, Country Music People

Read the full article here

The Whiskey Charmers on Tin Can Review – London’s 104.4 @resonancefm

Many thanks to James Hodder, the host of Tin Can Review in London for playing our music. One of our tracks from the new album will be spinning this Saturday night on his show, which starts at 8pm. If you are in London, listen in at London’s 104.4 @resonancefm. If not, listen again at http://www.tincanreview.com!

The Whiskey Charmers Album Release!

Very excited to announce our album release on March 7th at The Loving Touch in Ferndale. We will be joined on the bill by our friends The Blueflowers and Nina and the Buffalo Riders. Music starts at 9pm! Stay tuned for more details.

cd release

Donkey Creek Festival – Gillette, Wyoming

We are excited to announce that we will be returning to Gillette, Wyoming to play at The Donkey Creek Festival on June 26th and will be scheduling other stops out West along the way. We thoroughly enjoyed playing in Gillette for the Gillette Brewfest last fall and can’t wait to go back! Stay tuned for more details!

Kentucky Weekend Schedule

Here is our Kentucky Weekend Schedule. Stop by if you can!

Friday May 30
The Paddywagon
Richmond, Kentucky
9:00pm to 12:30am

Saturday May 31st
The Southgate House Revival
Newport, Kentucky
9:30pm to 1:30am