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Full band, album release show!Side Pony (Alice Wallace and Caitlin Cannon)
Alice Wallace
It was after Alice Wallace’s return to her birth state of California 12 years ago that she fully embraced her calling as a singer-songwriter. Her musical family had relocated to rural St. Cloud, Florida, when she was a child. She grew up around the sounds of her parents playing guitars and singing, with “Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, their favorite,” she recalls. She also absorbed the country rock of ‘70s-era Linda Ronstadt on the turntable. “I really taught myself to sing by mimicking their styles,” she says. “The powerful belt that Linda has. The emotive lilt to Emmylou’s voice. Trying to navigate those different elements helped me find my own voice nestled in between all that.” She first picked up guitar at age 10, with her dad teaching her to finger-pick at 15, and by senior year in high school, Wallace was performing original compositions at the local Borders bookstore. It was in college that she discovered yet another calling: yodeling, that haunting vocal style that blends blues, country, and western. Wallace’s own “A Little Yodel” added her to the ranks of legends Patsy Montana and Carolina Cotton.
In 2008, when the Wallace family relocated back to Southern California, she joined them. There, she began focusing on writing, performing, and touring, both solo and with a band. December 2019 saw another big change for Wallace when she decided to leave her beloved California after almost 12 years and move to Nashville to continue honing her craft.
"Alice Wallace, whose steady tenor is shot through with Crystal Gayle’s ache, Linda Ronstadt’s country essence" -- Holly Gleason, Pollstar
"Wallace, who sang a dead-on lovely version of Palomino mainstay Linda Ronstadt’s “Long Long Time,” was clearly tickled to be a part of the revived history." -- Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
"She's stunning, and McQueen 'The Cincinnati Kid' cool" - Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Caitlin Cannon
After beginning her songwriting career in Brooklyn, Caitlin Cannon has since toured nationally with projects "Caitlin Cannon and the Artillery" and "The Cannondolls" warming festival stages for the likes of David Olney, Eilen Jewel, Whitey Morgan, The Revered Horton Heat, and more. To sharpen her chops, she writes a variety tunes, some of which have been featured on The Hills, Selling Sunset, Siesta Key and Democracy Now. Her first solo release, The 'countrypolitan' romp “The TrashCannon Album” (produced by Megan Burtt) was given the highest rating of any album so far in 2020- 9.5/10 and "Two Guns Up" by Saving Country Music.
“…Generally writing most current artists under the table.” -SAVING COUNTRY MUSIC
“If you can balance serious subject matter with just the right amount of self-deprecation, you get something both revealing and eminently listenable. Caitlin Cannon’s latest release, The TrashCannon Album, is a big ol’ bucket of country wordplay with a lethally sharp edge.” -LOST HIGHWAY
"Cannon’s songs approach the tough side of life candidly and with humor; the tales she tells are full of authentic detail. Also, she’s a top-class performer." -AMERICANA UK
“Dolly Would Be Proud!” -SOUNDS LIKE NASHVILLE
“Forthright as they are, Cannon says that digging [is] easier than skirting the issues, or making up fictional stories… Indeed talking about some gritty issues.” -BILLBOARD
"Caitlin has a beautiful voice and a heart of gold! Her songs have a rootsy, pop-country-noir sensibility that pull us in and hold our attention." -KATHRYN’S HOUSE CONCERTS, NYC
“Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman, and Caitlin Cannon has stories of social injustice, family screw-ups, sexism, alcoholism and more on [The] TrashCannon Album. Sounds like a barrel of laughs, right? Well, actually, it’s hard not to enjoy, especially as she wraps it all up in strong melodies and a white trash attitude frequently under-pinned by 60s-feeling pop grooves”. -COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE
“…Ethereal, vintage-inspired sound.” -THE BOOT
“Cannon’s voice is by turns sweet, sassy, and big enough to fill an arena. She shows that not only is she a good singer and songwriter, but also a good storyteller.” -GLIDE MAGAZINE
“Such a spicy and diverse effort with such great instrumentation and varying tempers, The TrashCannon Album is like a romp through a country roots history book, and touches all the erogenous zones of the musical palette… By the end, you’re wondering if you haven’t just listened to one of the best and most cohesive works forwarded for public consumption all year.” -SAVING COUNTRY MUSIC
"All I really want to do is tell you great stories in song form" -CAITLIN CANNON
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The Two Tracks
Cutting undeniable grooves in the road of Americana music with their new release Cheers to Solitude, Sheridan WY quartet The Two Tracks bend genres into a sound both unique and immediately familiar, laced with a hint of that “high lonesome” tradition. David Huebner and Julie Szewc trade duties as both vocalists and writers, with songs that traverse the male and female perspective. Many of their arrangements are built around the uniqueness of Huebner’s “standup” cello, which can take the role of a fiddle, or shift to a sultry orchestral solo, while sneaking in as an addition to the potent rhythm section formed by Fernando Serna on drums and Taylor Phillips on bass. Cheers to Solitude, produced by Will Kimbrough, spent several weeks on the Top 40 Americana Radio Chart as well as the Top 10 Alt-Country Specialty Chart with rave reviews from Relix, Glide, AmericanaUK, and American Songwriter: "The Two Tracks avoid many of the cliches and gimmicks that have grown common in the Americana world while still championing a natural, Earth-grown sound. To hear an acoustic quartet reach a level of dynamic and thematic intensity like The Two Tracks do is an immeasurably rewarding experience. It’s pure musicianship, it’s pure excellence, it’s pure Americana."
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Evening Muse, 3227 N Davidson St, Charlotte, United States
Tickets
USD 12 to USD 15