Upcoming Tour Dates
Friday, May 02 Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival, Sam's Town Stage
Saturday, May 03 Memphis, TN - Outdoor's Inc. Kayak Race, Tom Lee Park
Tuesday, May 06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl (w/ Langhorne Slim)
Wednesday, May 07 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge (w/ Langhorne Slim)
Friday, May 09 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's (w/ Langhorne Slim)
Saturday, May 10 Austin, TX - The Mohawk (w/ Langhorne Slim)
Sunday, May 11 Oklahoma City, OK - The Blue Door
Tuesday, May 13 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Thursday, May 15 Las Vegas, NV - Louis's Fish Camp Las Vegas
Saturday, May 17 Joshua Tree, CA - Joshua Tree Music Festival
Sunday, May 18 Los Angeles, CA - The Hotel Cafe
Tuesday, May 20 San Luis Obispo, CA - The Steynberg Gallery Tea and Coffee House
Wednesday, May 21 Monterey, CA - Monterey Live
Thursday, May 22 Felton, CA - Don Quixote's International Hall
Saturday, May 24 San Francisco, CA - The Great American Music Hall
Sunday, May 25 Camp Mather, CA - Strawberry Music Festival
Tuesday, May 27 Newport, KY - The Southgate House (w/ North Mississippi Allstars)
Wednesday, May 28 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle (w/ North Mississippi Allstars)
Thursday, May 29 Greenville, SC - The Handlebar (w/ North Mississippi Allstars)
Saturday, May 31 Jackson, MS - Hal and Mal's (w/ North Mississippi Allstars)
Thursday, June 05, 2008 TBA New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
Friday, June 06 Saratoga Springs, NY - The Parting Glass
Saturday, June 07 Albany, NY - Washington Park Festival
Saturday, June 14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Thursday, June 26 Knoxville, TN - Sundown In The City
Sunday, July 13
Fishstock, WI - Camp David Summer Concert Series
Tuesday, July 15 Fishstock, WI - Live Music at Outdoor Park
Saturday, August 30 Johnstown, PA - Johnstown Folk Festival, Ameriserve Stage
Thursday, September 04 Memphis, TN - Levitt Shell at Overton Park
Saturday, September 27 Memphis, TN - Peabody Venetian Ballroom
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Biography of Amy LaVere
“I want to pretend it’s kind of this Classic Country-Gypsy-Jazz thing,” says Amy LaVere of her new Archer Records album, Anchors & Anvils. “I like so many different kinds of music, and I want to be all of them at different moments of the day. But I’d love to think that it’s kind of a Big Pop record.” The disc, produced by the legendary Jim Dickinson, is bigger than even that: Anchors & Anvils delivers ten smart and sexy tales of spooky love, twangy ache, sultry torch and gutsy blues that is totally unpredictable and relentlessly daring, the sound of an uncommon artist unafraid to be exactly who she is. It may also be, quite simply, the sound of Amy LaVere’s Big Breakthrough.
For the singer/songwriter that The Chicago Tribune describes as “a Southern girl thumping a doghouse bass bigger than she is and singing in a woozy, whispery voice that casts an intoxicating spell,” Anchors & Anvils refuses to be weighed down by easy expectations. “I felt comfortable in doing whatever I wanted to do on this record,” Amy says. “I wasn’t scared of anything because I don’t really have anything to lose.” And though it may be Amy’s bass – which is indeed bigger than she is – that many will first notice, it is her voice – simultaneously coy and seductive, able to communicate hurt, strength or even menace in a single breathy bound – that remains unforgettable. “Truthfully, my voice isn’t very big,” she admits, “which is why I always looked up to singers like Billie Holiday. I figured out early on that if anybody was going to pay attention to what I was singing about, I was going to have to be pretty expressive about it.” Add to this a nascent acting career that began with her cameo as Rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson in WALK THE LINE and now includes a featured role in fan and fellow Memphian Craig Brewer’s BLACK SNAKE MOAN, and you find a woman who refutes any attempt at demure restraint. “I’ve always really tried,” Amy says ...
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Crystal UZI
I'm so in love with her album cover for "Anchors and Anvils". The crystal UZI just makes me thing of how different and up-and-coming her music is. I admire how she can play the bass and the guitar AND sing!! I love when musicians can play all the instuments in their band. She's just got such a classic beauty and her unique voice makes her live shows all the more incredible to experience.
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Amy LaVeres voice has such a beautiful, classic sound for such a young artist. Her music is very fun, yet mellow to listen to. Great any mood kind of music.
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