New York treasure, Amy Allison will be opening for the sweetheart of the alt.country rodeo, Laura Cantrell in TriBeCa on Saturday night at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca, (200 Hudson Street & 212.601-1000).
As someone who has seen both women perform a slew of times, all I can say is, Go! Allez! ¡Vete!
Amy's album The Maudlin Years, was named by Elvis Costello as one of the top 500 albums of all time. Her latest album, "Sheffield Streets" has her duetting with Mr. Costello, as well as with Dave Alvin.
Best Voice – Best of Manhattan 2005
“If Sonny Boy Williamson played English horn, it would sound like Amy Allison's voice. Some have compared the urban country-pop chantoozie's pipes to a dobro, a fiddle, a musical saw or a very well-made duck call. But that's what it's supposed to be. That's why God put her here: to be the nasal, mournful, short-breathed voice of feeling so lonesome you could cry."Maverick UK
“Pop that bubbles like a lemonade fountain. Amy Allison writes songs of the highest calibre. In another world one can imagine Elvis covering “Don’t String Me Along” or Sinatra crooning his way through “Moonlight on the Mountains.”
Laura Cantrell, has released several albums to great acclaim. The famous British DJ John Peel, said of Not the Tremblin' Kind, "My favorite record from the last ten years, and possibly my life."
She first gained fame as the "proprietress" of the Radio Thrift Shop, and is known for her phenomenal musical taste. She's recorded Amy's "The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter", and I would be very surprised if they don't sing together at the show. Both are phenomenal talents; I'm not being hyperbolic, and are very funny to boot. I'd never heard the word 'mishigas' said with a Tennessee accent, until I heard Cantrell say it.
Here's a video of the title track to Sheffield Streets. Amy's love letter to the town she lived in for a while in the '80s.
And here's a video taken at the Loretta Lynn tribute at Banjo Jim's - Cantrell doing a beautiful rendition of "Van Lear Rose".
And last, a very funny song about Laura Cantrell.
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