From: Allie Fox [afox_at_vixenrecords_dot_com]
Sent: 06 March 2009 16:07
Subject: Rachel Harrington - Maverick Tour 09
Hi - We have some available dates for Rachel’s second Maverick-sponsored marathon tour of the UK.  Please get in touch if you’d like to book her.  Available dates are listed below.  Also there’s a really good NetRhythms review at the end of this email.  
Cheers Allie
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“City of Refuge – an inspiringly original album!” Q Magazine

“Bootlegger’s Daughter - the best debut since Gillian Welch’s 96 Revival.” CTR.ALT COUNTRY
"This self-assured debut is a primer in Americana." MOJO: FOUR STARS!
“A brilliant debut ... already a leading contender for Album of the Year in my opinion!” BOB HARRIS, BBC RADIO
 
“Like tuning into some obscure backwoods American radio station from sepia-tinted days of yore. There is an innocence, a willingness, an awkwardness and an honesty that shines through …
her music inhabits that fertile space between folk, bluegrass and country. Four stars!” Irish Times


AVAILABLE DATES FOR RACHEL HARRINGTON UK TOUR April/May/June 2009
Sponsored by Maverick Magazine

Tue 7 April – recording Bob Harris Show, London
Weds 8 April – Sussex Ox, Alfriston
Thurs 9 April - available
Fri 10 April -  Caistor Sports Club, Lincs
Sat 11 April – House Party, Wath, Barnsley, Yorks
Sun 12 April – available
Mon 13 April - available
Tues 14 April – Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
Weds 15 April - available
Thurs 16 April – Abbot House, Dunfermline
Fri 17 April - available
Sat 18 April – Fraser Centre, Milngavie, Glasgow
Sun 19 April - available
Mon 20 April – Redrooms, Perth Theatre, Scotland
Tue 21 April – Leith Folk Club, Edinburgh
Weds 22 April - available
Thu 23 April – Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy, Fife
Fri 24 April – available
Sat 25 April – Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory
Sun 26 – Wed 29 April inc – available
Thurs 30 April – Chapel Arts Centre, Bath
Fri 1 May – Guitar Bar, Hotel Deux, Nottingham
Sat 2 May – Wath Festival, Yorkshire
Sun 3 May – Weds 6 May inc – available
Thur 7 May – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Fri 8 May - available
Sat 9 May – Stables Theatre, Milton Keynes
Sun 10 May – Come On Down & Meet The Folks, London
Mon 11 – Wed 13 May - available
Thu 14 May – Ironworks, Oswestry
Fri 15 May - available
Sat 16 May – Glasgow Americana Festival, CCA, Glasgow
Sun 17 May – Gala Theatre, Durham
Mon 18 & Tues 19 May – available
Weds 20 May – Adelphi, Hull
Thu 21 May – Boardwalk, Sheffield
Fri 22 May – Old Courthouse, Thirsk
Sat 23 May – Wombwell Festival, S Yorks
Sun 24 & Mon 25 May - available
Tue 26 May – Kalamazoo Klub, London
Wed 27 May – Wed 3 June NETHERLANDS
Thu 4 June – Nightjar Folk Club, Hereford
Fri 5 June – Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham  Hants
Sat 6 June – Blue Walnut Cafι, Torquay
Sun 7 June – Wildwood Flower Mountain Music Club, Devon
Mon 8 – Wed 10 June inc - available
Thu 11 June – Blues at Browsers, Lingfield, Surrey
Fri 12 June - available
Sat 13 June – Farncombe Music Festival, Surrey
Sun 14 June & Mon 15 June – available
Tues 16 June, The Musician, Leicester
Weds 17 June - available
Thu 18 June – House Party, Cumbria
Fri 19 June – Second Time Around FC, Beeston, Nottingham
Sat 20 June – Acoustic Routes, Cambridge
Sun 21 June – Middlewich Festival
Mon 22 June – available
Tues 23 June – Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare
Weds 24 June & Thurs 25 June – available
Fri 26 June – Southport Arts Centre, Lancs
Sat 27 June – American Museum, Bath
Sun 28 June – Leigh Folk Festival




“Seattle-based, Oregon-born  Rachel released her strongly self-assured debut full-length CD only last  year. The Bootlegger's Daughter was one of those truly timeless-sounding  Americana records, very much steeped in the Gillian Welch/Emmylou  country/folk/gospel/oldtime roots groove but with more than enough  individuality to escape from charges of plagiarism. And as we heard on that  debut, Rachel's blessed with a really attractive (and suitably ballsy) voice  and a brilliantly idiomatic delivery, a total integrity of purpose and  pretty good songwriting chops too! And she has the knack of surrounding  herself with top-notch musicians.

So for the second time, in a set  consisting almost entirely of her own compositions, Rachel totally convinces  with the sheer directness and clarity of her lyrical expression and the  simplicity of her melodies, not to mention the pure unadorned beauty and  gritty confidence of her vocal tone. City Of Refuge seems at once like a  natural continuation of Bootlegger's Daughter and a counterpart that  successfully replicates the winning formula without treading over the same  old ground - this structural gambit even extends to the insertion of a tiny,  perfectly formed (if cryptic!) acappella song right at the heart of the  disc.

Rachel's own songs once again inhabit that time-honoured  region that's home to her personal and mythical stories from the American  West, but there's more to it than that, as just one listen will reveal. This  time round, the standouts for me are the tender high-wire reflection Under  The Big Top, the forlorn waltz of A Housewife's Lament and the sparse  valedictory Angel Boy, all three of which stand favourable comparison with  the aching Walk To You on Bootlegger; but in all honesty I couldn't find a  weak track here. The disc's three non-originals include a funky  mandolin-flecked take on Ode To Billy (sic) Joe, and a jolly  clarinet-infused conflagration of Old Time Religion and Working On A  Building that ups the gospel contingent.

Rachel's support team on  City Of Refuge is if anything even finer than that on Bootlegger: it  features her current touring partner Zak Borden (a really accomplished  player of mandolin, guitar and "guitjo" - a heavy six-string banjo!), as  well as Tim O'Brien (fiddle) and Mike Grigoni (dobro, pedal steel), with  backing vocals from Holly O'Reilly and Pieta Brown. All told, City Of Refuge  proves an abundantly fine new set from this enchanting  chanteuse.”
Dave Kidman/NetRhythms