Music News - Tattletale Saints and 10 String Symphony Tour NZ and USA
26 November 2013 - 0 Comments
2014 sees the coming together of two exciting acoustic acts: Auckland 2 piece, Tattletale Saints and Nashville duo 10 String Symphony are embarking on a tour that will take them all around New Zealand and the USA.
Finalists in the 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Tattletale Saints are guitarist/vocalist Cy Winstanley and double bassist/vocalist Vanessa McGowan. Described as a “masterful blend of Americana fused with jazz, soul and pop” and armed with Winstanley's acclaimed original songs, Tattletale Saints’ musical connection evokes the work of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, with a full sound belying the duo’s size.
Fiddler/vocalists Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmeyer are 10 String Symphony and are described as “an arena for mesmerizing acoustic innovation”. Hailing from Nashville’s thriving acoustic music scene, 10 String Symphony bring virtuosic improvisation, mesmerizing acoustic innovation and a love of great songs.
January 2013 saw Tattletale Saints travel to Nashville to record their debut album How Red Is the Blood with Grammy award winning producer Tim O’Brien. While there, the duo cemented their friendship with 10 String Symphony through many a late night pickin’ party, and a plan to tour together was born.
The tour begins in New Zealand with an Auckland Folk Festival performance by 10 String Symphony on Anniversary weekend. The 21-date expedition will include all the main centres alongside the more remote towns of Whangateau, Te Pahu, Blenheim, Okarito and Wairoa.
Audiences will enjoy sets from each duo as well as the uniting of all four world-class musicians in a full band line up.
Following the New Zealand tour the duos will travel to the USA, embarking on an extended national tour while also releasing the Tattletale Saints’ album How Red Is the Blood to the US market.
Tattletale Saints/10 String Symphony Tour Dates:
January
Thursday 30th - Whangarei - Onerahi Hall
Friday 31st - Whangateau - Whangateau Hall
February
Saturday 1st - Auckland - The Paddington
Sunday 2nd - Whitianga - Eggscentric Cafe
Monday 3rd - Te Pahu - House Concert
Wednesday 5th - Napier - The Cabana
Thursday 6th - Wanganui - Repertory Theatre
Friday 7th - Tokomaru - Bent Horseshoe Cafe
Saturday 8th - Wellington - Bluegrass Society
Sunday 9th - Nelson - Fairfield House
Tuesday 11th - Blenheim - Dharma Bums Club
Wednesday 12th - Lyttleton - Wunderbar
Thursday 13th - Oamaru - Penguin Club
Friday 14th - Port Chalmers - Chicks Hotel
Saturday 15th - Wanaka - Gin & Raspberry
Sunday 16th - Okarito - Donovans Store
Wednesday 19th - Wairoa - Eastend Cafe
Thursday 20th - Gisborne - Dome Cinema
Friday 21st - Tauranga - Baycourt X Space
Saturday 22nd - Waiheke - Artworks Theatre (Gunslingers Ball)
Sunday 23rd - Auckland - Music in Parks (Gunslingers Ball)
Press for Tattletale Saints - How Red Is the Blood
"Cy is a beautiful singer, melodic yet conversational, … in the unadorned setting of the duo it becomes clear how complete that talent is" Nick Bollinger, The Listener April 2013
"sensitively understated folk and subtle simplicity…memorable, lyrically considered and melodically engaging … a very emotionally engaging album" Graham Reid, http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/
Cy Winstanley has the rich voice and lyric instincts of a Paul Simon and his foil, the equally talented Vanessa McGowan adds lovely punctuation harmonies and the sort of swinging bass lines that you'd expect from a jazz musician." 4.5/5 Mike Alexander, Sunday Star Times 17/04/13
Praise for 10 String Symphony
“Their self titled recording aptly demonstrates the power of a spare, tightly-connected acoustic performance that is given room to evolve – for bluegrass fans, the lightning-fast harmonic runs on dueling fiddle is worth the price of admission alone. But it’s the off the road experiments, especially from Christian’s biting bow-strokes that will make future audiences take note.” Z. N. Lupetin, The Bluegrass Situation
“The fiddle playing from both Sedelmyer and Baiman is beautiful, articulate, expressive, and their synchronicity is compelling. Their vocals are equally impressive, capturing that far away feeling so loved in folk music, and when set against the texture of the two fiddles (or fiddle and banjo), it is easy to get lost in this record.” The AcoustiCana Journal
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