Twilight Hotel (Dave Quanbury & Brandy Zdan)
Weer zo,n verrassend mooie muziekavond in Theater De Wegwijzer.In het kader van ,,Americana Night,, stond het oorspronkelijk uit Canada afkomstige duo ,Twilight Hotel,,op het programma.Mij totaal niet bekend,maar aangezien het met de keuze van de artiesten in dit theater wel goed zit ik ging ik er met het volle vertrouwen naar toe.
En wederom niet teleurgesteld,prachtige samenzang van het duo,een geweldige instrumentbeheersing(gitaar,acordeon,lapsteel ,piano .trompet)mooie composities,kortom het was een prachtconcert.Natuurlijk de twee CDtje van het duo aangeschaft, en als die ook nog blijken prima het beluisteren waard te zijn mag er sprake zijn van een zeer geslaagde avond.
Shadow of a Man
Biografie
Twilight Hotel is the musical partnership of Brandy Zdan & Dave Quanbury. Together they possess an elusive chemistry and musical style that is dark, moody and rooted in some kind of nostalgic passion for scratchy records and vintage guitar tones. They combine a rock n roll sensibility, compelling songwriting, and haunting arrangements while standing comfortably outside your predictable genre box.
Dream of Letting Go
In late 2009 Zdan & Quanbury made the trek across the New Mexico/Arizona desert from their new home in Austin, TX to Los Angeles, CA to record their third album “When The Wolves Go Blind”. They holed up in Kingsize soundlabs for 3 days and laid down the album live off the floor.
Old Dime Box
“When it came time to making the record, we could only imagine this batch of songs with Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits, Mavis Staples) behind the kit and John Whynot (Lucinda Williams, Blue Rodeo) at the board. John brought in bassist Jeff Turmes to round out the rhythm section as well as lend his talents on Saxophone and Banjo. Jeff and Stephan have been playing together for 15 plus years, it was a perfect choice.” says Quanbury.
Viva La Vinyl
‘When the Wolves Go Blind’ further defines Twilight Hotel’s sound. From the hypnotic ride of the title track to the cinematic landscape of ‘The Darkness,’ the album is infused with a sense of travel and reflection.
What Do I Know About Love
“Most of the songs on the album were co-written between the two of us while we were touring Highway Prayer” says Zdan. “The experiences we had out there on the road and the feeling we’d have coming home to Winnipeg in the winter informed the lonely lap-steel lament ‘Frozen Town,’ and the odyssey ‘Mahogany Veneer.’ In the past we’d written third person narratives about seedy characters and Americana but this time around we realized that we were becoming the subjects of our writing.”
Mahony Verneer
Hailing from the fertile music scene of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Zdan & Quanbury have been combining their talents for 8 years and now make their home in Austin, Texas. In 2008, they released their sophomore album Highway Prayer, produced by Colin Linden. Highway Prayer has received critical praise both nationally & internationally including a debut at #2 on the Euro Americana Chart , a Western Canadian Music Award for Outstanding Roots Album Duo/Group, a 2009 JUNO nomination for “Roots & Traditional Album of the Year”.
Twilight Hotel WebSite
http://www.twilighthotel.ca/
THEATER DE WEGWIJZER
http://www.theaterdewegwijzer.nl/
