SXSW 2009
Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir will be performing throughout the week and hope you can join us for some of the fun! Here is a list of the shows:
Monday, March 16th 4pm
ZonePerfect’s live.create.lounge
Tuesday, March 17th 8am
107.1 KGSR Live Broadcast
Four Season’s Hotel Lobby
Wednesday, March 18th 7:30pm
Hyatt Lost Pines
Bastrop, TX
Saturday, March 21st 4:30pm
Live Music Records Showcase @ Guero’s
Saturday, March 21st 9pm
Official SXSW Showcase @ Momo’s Club
Sunday, March 22nd 4:30pm
Service Industy Party @ Music Gym
Day Shows are Free. See you there!
Michael
Come Early and Stay Late!
www.Austin.com
It wasn’t easy. At one point it appeared you would be reading a top 25 list. But, determined and up to the task, austin.com is happy to present our list of the Top 10 CDs out of Austin in 2008. We figure not many cities can do their own best-of list and be blessed with such an emabarrasment of riches.
#1 DREW SMITH – DREW SMITH’S LONELY CHOIR
Viro / Fat Caddy Records – Released 9/5/08
From the opening notes of staccato piano, ears perk up to this record with an inquisitive canine-quality. But we’re not listening to determine squirrel, cat, or intruder. Our senses are wrapping around pop melodies emerging from thin air, wondering how the trumpets, trombone, and banjo got in the yard. You can’t escape this album without thinking of The Beatles, Van Morrison, and The Kinks (especially the horn charts of Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)). Though Smith would beg you to expand your musical mind to include Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman, who he immortalizes—along with the very act of geeking out to great records—in “Nilsson Sings the Songs of Newman.” While Smith wrote all the songs, and delivers with a commanding presence, a nod certainly needs to be steered toward Matt Russell, who arranged all the compositions masterfully along with playing all keys (piano, organ, Rhodes, Wurlitzer). If you ever get stuck on that proverbial island, any of the ten on this list would be good to have with you, but Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir will leave you felling good as much as you are satisfied. Read some more about Drew Smith here.
Drew Smith News
SXSW here we come! Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir was recently accepted to SXSW 09 and planning tour dates (Omaha, Chicago, NYC). See everyone next year! Enjoy the Holidays!
Next Austin Show: Lamberts 1.16.09
w/ Suzanna Choffel!
Thursday December 11 @ 10:00; 12:00. $7 - Delivering a flux of ballads and toe-tappers not easily found elsewhere in a music-soaked town, Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir draws the listener into the world of simple elegance and a beating heart for time-honored music. Welcome. It’s a nice place to be. Dallas blues/soul/roots rockerJonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights has been called “…an old soul with a healthy respect for the classics (Motown, not Mozart). It’s a mix worth checking out.” ~Jeff Prince. He’s got an awesome voice & a terrific band, making for a perfect double-bill with Drew Smith!
This Friday (11.28.08) @ Momo’s Club Austin, TX
$10 Cover/Doors 7p
Dustin Welch (Duo) feat. Drew Smith 8p
Dan Dyer 10p
Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir 12a
Midnight, the start of Drew’s Set will also kick off DREW SMITH DAY (11.29) in Austin, TX! A Proclamation from the Mayor’s Office will be presented and I encourage everyone to come and celebrate with us. Come Early and Stay Late!
Lamberts BBQ
Drew Smith10p
Suzanna Choffel 1130p
$7 Cover
Delicious Food n’ Drinks, Great Music, and Friends… We should do this more often! Get there early and have dinner, you will not regret it!
Jon Dee Graham 10p
Dustin Welch 12a
Continental Club Austin 11.19
Come Early and Stay Late!
Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir CD Release 9p Continental Club Houston, TX. http://www.continentalclub.com/Houston.html