Hello everyone!
Thanks so much to everyone who has backed our project! We are gearing up to start recording our next album in Michigan and Nashville and we are excited to share new music with you. There are still three days left to pick up Limited Design T-Shirts, Whiskey Glasses, Theme Songs, CDs, Private Shows and more over at our campaign. You can find it at the link below.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thewhiskeycharmers/the-whiskey-charmers-new-studio-album
Love,
TWC
June 8, 2024
The new album from Michigan rockers The Whiskey Charmers, “Streetlights,” elevates their sound to new heights, thanks to some of their most compelling songs, filled with yearning, melancholy, and tentative optimism. The band, led by vocalist/lyricist Carrie Shepard and mercurial guitarist Lawrence Daversa, delivers a confident and evocative set of songs that offers an unflinchingly honest look at love’s disappointments and people who live in the shadows just off the outskirts of town. Many of the songs have a Car Wheels on a Gravel Road feel and, at times, evoke No Depression era rock, but they have a unique sound that splits the difference between Americana and rural rock.
While the finest tracks on the band’s fifth album (“Don’t Mean Nothin,’” “There’s Black”) tilt toward poignant existential doubt or regret, this isn’t a sturm and twang affair. The album’s finest track, “Black Ridge Cave” is a revenge tale with the narrative economy of latter-day Springsteen and echoes of a John Ford western. It closes with an explosive, melodic solo from Daversa, who tears a hole in the horizon for the narrator to walk through. Much of the album sounds like a conversation between Shepard’s lovely, aching vocals and Daversa’s guitar work, which comments on or accents the songs’ sentiments. As good as Shepard is as a vocalist and lyricist–and she’s superb– it’s Daversa’s bravura playing here that lingers long after listening.
It would be nice to hear the Charmers kick up some dust and let ‘er rip beyond a mid-tempo pace now and then, but that’s a minor quibble for such an accomplished record. The Whiskey Charmers deserve a wide audience, but musicians can only control so much while making the best music they can. The Charmers can sleep well knowing they have done just that.
—Ken Capobianco, music correspondent for The Boston Globe and staff writer for Smooth Jazz News
We are looking forward to sharing the stage tomorrow night with Cole Hansen and the Heartbeats!
Come out to Founders Brewing for some live music, brews and awesome food. Music starts at 8pm. Full band show!
Hey folks! If you happen to see some of our fliers in weird spots in Ann Arbor, it’s because we put them in weird spots in Ann Arbor. Just trying to get the word out about our show Monday November 20th at The Ark! Hope you can make it. Tickets are $20 and you can snag them at https://theark.org/event/the-whiskey-charmers-231120/. Come see us perform with the full band at this legendary venue!
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(Translated from Dutch)
Singer/guitarist Carrie Shepard and guitarist Lawrence Daversa hail from Detroit and together form The Whiskey Charmers, a duo that draws inspiration from the alternative country variant. Music that leans heavily on indie pop, but which still has an unmistakable country feeling. Carrie and Lawrence have already released three albums, but On The Run is my first introduction to the music of these passionate musicians. They write beautiful songs with a melancholic undertone and witty lyrics.
Carrie seems to have a penchant for wide-brimmed stetsons and fancy cowboy boots, but she’s anything but a classic country singer. All the talents of this remarkable duo seem to come together in The Devil’s Rodeo: a touching love song, almost a country martyr, in which Daversa split the stars from heaven with his guitar. As far as I’m concerned, the great strength of The Whiskey Charmers lies in these kinds of simple songs. And with that, the two do add something to the alternative country genre
-Harry De Jong – Lust for Life Magazine 12/17/22
“On the Run is a sharply executed and evocative set of Americana rock filled with superbly arranged songs about the struggle to find connections, a sense of home, and a center in a ghost town of a world. Carrie Shepard is a smart songwriter with a keen eye for emotional details and hints of melancholy and yearning in her voice. Fine guitarist Lawrence Daversa punctuates and powers the songs with taut, lucid leads that serve the songs instead of overwhelming them. With a solid rhythm section anchoring things, The Whiskey Charmers have delivered a confident, cohesive record that should place them on the map of Americana rock and bring new listeners to the fold.” – Ken Capobianco, Boston Globe freelancer and veteran music critic.
Hey everyone!
Thanks for getting us to the halfway point on our Indiegogo! If you haven’t pledged yet, we have lots of fun rewards including hoodies, whiskey glasses, private concerts and more at the link below!
-TWC 🙂
Indiegogo link https://igg.me/at/whiskey4
We will be doing a limited new album T-shirt run for our Indiegogo backers and thought we would see if anyone else would like to order one. They are $20 plus shipping. The T-shirt comes in Red or Black with a white graphic. We are placing our order tomorrow, so we would need have your order by tonight. If you are interested, please email us at thewhiskeycharmers@gmail.com
Good morning. Hope you are all safe and well. Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share today to support artists. Thanks Bandcamp! You can find all three of our releases there including our new album “Lost on the Range”. You can download the music in a variety of formats and/or listen with the Bandcamp app on your phone. Just click on the link below.
https://thewhiskeycharmers.bandcamp.com/
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