DevO Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 With enough sultry ambiance to be at home in either cocktail lounge or New Orleans street corner, Po' Girl features a simple, polished production of wistful, plaintively slurred vocals over a sparse yet warm jazz-folk accompaniment of guitar, stand-up bass, harmonica, banjo and clarinet. Americana can seem like a language from a forgotten era, but Po' Girl's sentiment never feels forced, the lyricism never cliche or false. They manage to maintain that traditional and nostalgic sound while the breathing fresh life into an old-fashioned genre. - CHRISTINA SARACENO (Rolling Stone Magazine) (September 16, 2003) "the album is a laid-back, mellow affair that, through every nook and cranny of its existence, exudes the steamy, sweltering summer heat of New Orleans. Its lazy melodies crawl with slow deliberation as acoustic arrangements cling to them like clothes to a sweat-soaked body. Indeed, with its mixture of country, jazz, and blues, Po' Girl winds up sounding an awful lot like Norah Jones after turning in her glass of Dom Perignon for a bottle of Kentucky bourbon. Each of the 13 songs on Po' Girl drifts like a haunted echo from the distant past brought back to life through some strangely surreal back-alley seance." - First Appeared at The Music Box, October 2003, Volume 10, #10 .Written by John Metzger "Think of Norah Jones, a mellow Ani DiFranco, Tracy Chapman and Gillian Welch sharing the stage with the Be Good Tanyas. Impossible? Just turn your ear to Po' Girl, a collaboration between Allison Russell, formally of the Vancouver Celtic folk band Fear of Drinking, and Trish Klein, one of three founding members of the hauntingly good Be Good Tanyas. This isn't to say Po' Girl is derivative of the aforementioned artists, including the Tanyas. However, the sweet, subtle and soulful vocals Klein and Russell have developed after singing together for only a short time bring these artists to mind." - By Robert Reid, Kitchener Waterloo Record tourdates: October 23 - Montreal, QC @ Cafe Campus October 24 - Kingston, ON @ Cocamo Nightclub October 25 - Toronto, ON @ The Rivoli October 26 - Ottawa, ON @ The Great Canadian Theatre Company October 28 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground October 29 - Guelph, ON @ Brass Taps at the University Of Guelph October 30 - Peterborough, ON @ The Trasheteria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey d Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 are you going to be at the show in peterborough kev? my ex girlfriend introduced me to po girl a little while go, and iw ouldnt mind seeing her live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I think I'm taking Harry Manx (at Market Hall, the same night) over Po' Girl this time around.. It wasn't an easy decision to make! I'm gonna try to catch the end of the Po' Girl show though. Might have to leave Harry Manx a bit early in order to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I'll go to the Hamilton show definitly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Is she headlining these shows? I think Luther Wright and the Wrongs are playing the Cocamo in Kingston on the 24th??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I'm not sure which shows THEY (Po' Girl is a trio) are headlining and which they aren't. I know they're headlining the Peterborough show. Call the venue I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 hey kevO - looks like harry manx is starting up at 8 - maybe the timing will work out to make both shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Hey...we're seeing her before that Chris and Kate show. coool digs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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