Ten Out of Tenn Christmas Show! in Nashville, TN on 12/14/2009

Ten Out of Tenn Christmas Show!

Sunday December 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM

- 18+ Show -

Erin McCarley, Trent Dabbs, k.s. Rhoads, Butterfly Boucher, Matthew Perryman Jones, Katie Herzig, Jeremy Lister, Tyler James, Andrew Belle and Andy Davis all return to celebrate the season. Merry Christmas Nashville!

Schedule
Matthew Perryman Jones	8:00PM
Katie Herzig	8:00PM
Tyler James	8:00PM
Andrew Belle	8:00PM
Erin McCarley	8:00PM
k.s. Rhoades	8:00PM
Andy Davis	8:00PM
Jeremy Lister	8:00PM
Trent Dabbs	8:00PM
Butterfly Boucher	8:00PM

Ticket Prices

Matthew Perryman Jones | 8:00 PM

He has been compared to everyone from Leonard Cohen to Counting Crows, from Jeff Buckley to John Lennon. But Matthew Perryman Jones’s spirit-carressing, tender tenor is instantly likeable on its own terms. Furthermore, his poetic musings on his Throwing Punches in the Dark collection are interwoven with a production of dazzling layers and textures. That makes this debut CD a totally breathtaking listening experience. As many times as I’ve heard Stephen Collins Foster’s 150-year-old “Hard Times” reinterpreted, this guy made me listen to it like a brand-new song.

-Robert K. Oermann (Music Row Magazine)

"We like most everything about Daniel Lanois' solo work-the ambient layers of space, silence and sonic swells perfectly complementing his ruminations on the spirit and the flesh-but his voice can be an acquired taste. On his debut, Throwing Punches in the Dark, local songsmith Matthew Perryman Jones comes off like Lanois in most every positive aspect, but Jones' tender tenor takes no getting used to. Jones delivers some tunes with the kind of crossover pop appeal that will finally give all those unsatisfied, Shrek soundrack-hating Counting Crows fans something to be happy about".

-Jason Moon Wilkins (Nashville Rage)

"One of the best new albums we've heard this year...if you love great singer/songwriters, this record will quickly become a favorite"

-Eb+Flo Music

"One second I feel like Im listening to Robbie Robertson or PeterGabriel, the next, Bono and Jeff Buckley are flowing from my speakers. I am totally addicted to 'Throwing Punches In The Dark' and its emotionally charged songs...This record is brilliant!"

-Scott Register (WRAX 100.5 Birmingham)

Katie Herzig | 8:00 PM

From even the first note of a Katie Herzig tune, you know you've stumbled into something special. She just has a way with a song. Maybe it's the way she juxtaposes lyrical playfulness and whimsy with incredibly thoughtful depth and emotion. Maybe it's her stunning, delicately powerful voice. Maybe it's the sonic landscape that pulls from every direction. Doesn't really matter. The captivating effect is in full force.

Katie began her career while in college as the lead singer for Boulder-based Newcomers Home. That experience lasted for eight years and took her all across the US. The band released four solid CDs that sold some 15,000 copies and built them a loyal fan base. Not bad for a bunch of Colorado upstarts.

From that foundation, Katie set fully out on her own blazing the path with her 2005 solo debut Watch Them Fall. Produced with Chris Coleman, it's chock full of tender acoustic renderings that reveal the emotional inner-workings of a seeker of truth and love.

Not wasting any momentum or time, Katie moved to Nashville in 2006 and offered up Weightless which was self-recorded/produced and mixed by Gary Paczosa (Grammy-winning engineer/producer for Alison Krauss, Mindy Smith, and Nickel Creek). From the delightful romps that kick it off to the mesmerizing heart aches that slip in toward the end, it's a powerful journey that must be taken. If 'Diamond Ring' doesn't haunt you for days, you better check your pulse. You might actually be dead.

In support of Weightless, Katie has opened shows for The Fray and many others, while also making time for the PASTE Songwriters tour with Jeremy Lister, Sandra McCracken, and Matthew Perryman Jones. To take matters even further, Katie’s song “Heaven’s My Home” was nominated for a 2007 Grammy for Best Country Performance by the Duhks. She has also had TV placements on various shows including "Grey's Anatomy," "Smallville" and “ER.”

Wondering who her influences are? You just have to listen, for Katie's style begs a definition of its own.

"Katie Herzig possesses gravity-defying powers on her latest release, balancing heavy and mournful lyrics with light pop melodies that bounce and float into the stratosphere." -- Performing Songwriter, January/February 2008

Tyler James | 8:00 PM

24 year-old Tyler James doesn't look half as old as his record collection. Listening to the likes of Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan, his songs draw a weary ear in. Born near Seattle and raised in conservative midwest, Tyler moved to Nashville in 2000 to study and to get out of the small towns he grew up in. He puts out lo-fi recordings full of sunny melodies over mellow indie-folk and brit-pop and his first proper EP with producer Jason Lehning (Guster, David Mead) was met with critical acclaim. After spending much of the last few years on the road in support of the ep, recording is underway for his first full-length record, set for release in late 2007. more >>>

Andrew Belle | 8:00 PM

Since I was a child, I've always been around music; taught to appreciate the art form but only at a reasonable distance. My parents never let me listen to the radio or any kind of secular music until I was well into High-school. Before that, in Junior high, I recall making mix tapes from local radio stations during the day, and then lying in bed at night listening to all the pop hits of that time through a small, plastic walkman that I had received a few Christmases earlier. Third Eye Blind, the Counting Crows, the Verve Pipe...these were the artists that first welcomed me into the world of meaningful pop-music. The first album that I ever bought for myself was the Counting Crow's 'August and Everything After' when I was a Sophomore in High-school. It had already been out for several years at that point, but I can still remember sneaking it up to my room and listening to it very softly out of the dusty sony boombox in my bedroom; pouring over every melody and marveling over the lyrical genious in Adam Duritz; thinking, 'maybe I can do this someday?'. Not that I think of myself now as important to music as Adam Duritz or the Counting Crows have been, nor do I even dare to compare myself to such talent, but thinking back on my earliest experiences with music, there is no doubt that those quiet moments spent alone in my bedroom shaped my desires and passions and gave me the hope to make my small mark on this world, one song at a time. more >>>

Erin McCarley | 8:00 PM

Erin McCarley calls the music on her debut album, Love, Save the Empty, a document of her search for authenticity in herself and in others. If that sounds heavy, there’s a reason why: According to McCarley, “Loving You” is about “being honest at the beginning of a new relationship and saying, ‘I have nothing left to give,’ to this amazing person standing right in front of me.” “Sleepwalking” profiles a cynic that can’t hear it come back his own way. For the title track, McCarley was inspired to write a song about the effects stemming from a lack of role models in a parentless world. And yet the 11 songs collected here (songs that ignited an industry-wide frenzy when McCarley performed them at SXSW earlier this year) pull off the trick that all great pop performs: They do heavy philosophical lifting with a lightness that boosts the spirit. This is elegantly crafted, deeply melodic music that resounds with echoes of the Beatles and Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette and Amy Winehouse. McCarley grew up in the Dallas suburb of Garland, where she says her parents couldn’t have done a better job raising her and her older sister. “It was a very happy home with very little pain to deal with,” she explains, describing days filled with dance class and choir rehearsal. In a way, though, her ideal childhood led to an unexpected wake-up call later in life. “It kind of gave me an unrealistic view of everything,” McCarley notes with a laugh. “That’s not how the world is, you know?” In McCarley’s music you can hear her charting the distance between fantasy and reality, as well as the heartbreak that inevitably accompanies its discovery. McCarley’s brand of honesty doesn’t come without the occasional flash of regret. “I’ve looked back at some of these songs recently and thought to myself, ‘Are you serious? I can’t believe I put that out there!’” Near the top of the list of McCarley’s favorite artists are names like Fiona Apple, Patty Griffin and Greg Laswell (the latter of whom co-wrote “Bobblehead”). “I just love how true and raw their lyrics are,” she explains. Listening to records by these musicians is more than enjoyable for McCarley—it’s inspiring. “I get one line into one of their songs and I have to stop and write my own,” she says. McCarley singles out her favorites’ unique phrasing, the way they’ve taught her to concentrate not only on her words but on her delivery. “Their lyrics are that much more powerful because of the way they sing them.” McCarley currently calls Nashville home, but she cut her musical teeth in San Diego, where she’d moved after college to pursue a life that didn’t feature music at its center. During her undergraduate days she’d spend weekends singing with a country cover band for extra cash, yet in San Diego, selling clothes in a boutique and hanging out on the beach, she began thinking not just like a singer, but as a songwriter, which satisfied a different artistic jones. “Once I discovered songwriting it became an addiction,” she says now, remembering countless days she spent holed up in her house from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., doing writing exercises (and staring at the wall) while wearing the same pair of linen pants. “Most nights I’d end up with an unfinished song. But when the day would come when all the pieces would align, and I’d know this is a song for people to hear, there is no better release in the world. Those are some of the only times that I can go out at night or sit on the couch next to my loved ones and feel at peace—like, ‘Job well done.’ I can rest, at least for a second.” It was during this bout of creativity that McCarley met producer/writer/keyboardist Jamie Kenney (the rare partner she felt 100 percent comfortable with), and the two began honing the songs that would make up Love, Save the Empty. “It’s hard for me to write about being happy,” McCarley admits. “I don’t prefer being sad, but it’s a real spot for me. If you met me, I’m not this dark, sulking person, though I’m not bubbly by any means, either. I guess it comes down to the fact that I’m not afraid of being sad. Love, Save the Empty arrives this fall on Universal Republic Records. McCarley will spend the summer laying the groundwork for the album’s release with a pair of tours. Her goal an artist is as simple—and as profound—as they come. “When I’m onstage,” she says, “I’m trying to communicate with every single person out there.” more >>>

k.s. Rhoades | 8:00 PM

Andy Davis | 8:00 PM

Born in Baton Rouge to a musical family, his father played the guitar and his mother played the piano. His car rides as a child were to the soundtrack of oldies and gospel radio, his dad drumming on the steering wheel and harmonizing. While Andy naturally sang and enjoyed music—even writing songs in high school for a band his friends started—he never had thoughts of being a career musician.

His love for music was, however, strong enough to draw him to Nashville, where he enrolled at Belmont University as a student in the fall of 1999. Fascinated by the industry of writers in the Nashville scene, Andy began to study the anatomy of song more closely, and found an immediate affinity with the process. After a few songs written for fun, he began to take the process more seriously, writing songs about his life and experiences. His first performances were living room jam sessions with friends who encouraged him to play around town. He did a few impromptu club gigs and finally his friend Dave Barnes asked him to open for him on his tour.

Just prior to the tour with Barnes, Andy decided to put together a rough mix of his songs, captured on home recording gear and in donated studios around Nashville. Burning cds individually on his computer and hand-making each cd case, he released his raw efforts onto the tables at concerts. Overwhelmed by the response, Andy chased to keep up with the demands for these hand-made gems, sometimes enlisting his friends to start an assembly line in his living room to put them together.

After 3 months of hand cramps and 800 cds later, Andy caught the attention of the Runway Network, a boutique A&R team from Nashville, founded by producer/writer Charlie Peacock (Switchfoot, Sixpence None the Richer, etc). Davis’ handcrafted album, “Thinks Of Her,” was remixed, a few songs were added, and it was properly packaged. To date, Andy has sold around 4000 copies of “Thinks of Her” and has become one of the Runway Network’s hottest developing artists.

“Thinks Of Her” reflects Andy’s “young Billy Joel meets a southern Damien Rice” vibe, even through its raw production. The songs on the album range from the tender ballad, “Bigger Than Us,” to the poignant tension of “Black Keys,” to the bouncy, fan-favorite, “Brown Eyes.”

The nuances of his emotional tenor voice, like a refined Jeff Buckley, set him apart from today’s crowded scene of blue-eyed soulsters and guitar-riffers. His cultured songwriting calls to mind the classic styles of Randy Newman, Paul Simon, and Paul McCartney. Upon first listen, it is evident that Andy’s music is not concerned with being the flavor of the month, only to disappear during the next. It is fresh and current, yet rings true like songs that will be sung and re-sung for decades to come.

For the past year and a half, Andy has been on the road opening for other established indie artists such as Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz, Mat Kearney, and more. Focusing primarily on the Southeast and the Midwest, his concerts have berthed scattered pockets of devoted fans in almost every state of the US. In March, Andy appeared at Austin’s South By Southwest music festival, playing the American Songwriter Magazine Showcase and the ASCAP Boat Tour Concert. His songs have recently appeared in episodes of ABC Family’s hit drama, Beautiful People.

This summer, he begins work on a new EP due for release in early fall, as well as his first full-length studio album, due out in Spring ‘07. Get ready. more >>>

Jeremy Lister | 8:00 PM

Nashville-based Jeremy Lister started connecting with music from early childhood while growing up in the middle of Mississippi. A son of a preacher, he began singing and learning harmonies in church at the age of two. When his father would leave, he would sneak into his guitar case and start picking out chords. His older brother, Richie, was showing signs of becoming a virtuoso on the piano, and the two began collaborating and writing songs.

At ages twelve and thirteen, he traveled through Europe with his parents. The trip changed his perspective on life and music, and opened his ears to bands from across the Atlantic. Upon returning to the States, he began exploring different musical outlets, ranging from an A cappella quartet to a progressive rock band.

Setting out on his own in 2003, Jeremy moved to Nashville bringing his first EP "Shooting Star" with him. Here he began playing writer's nights and passing his CD along to anyone who would listen. In 2005, he released his second EP, "So Far," and quickly gained the attention of Warner Bros. Records. The label put him in the studio, where he wrote and recorded songs during '06.

In the spring of '07, Lister signed a record deal with WBR. His debut release, the "Just One Day" EP, was released digitally on November 20, 2007. More recently, Jeremy has toured with Brett Dennen and Colbie Caillat as well as selling out his own headlining shows in and around the Nashville area. He is currently working on songs for his full-length album to be released later this year. more >>>

Trent Dabbs | 8:00 PM

Butterfly Boucher | 8:00 PM

“I found out I can only be who I am. I won’t try to describe the relief.”

It would be difficult to write a boring biography about Butterfly Boucher’s career to date. It would have to exclude her youth in Australia, growing up in a family that picked up roots every few months traveling the outback in a Toyota Corolla wagon and eventually up-grading to a small motor-home. You would look past the fact that she’s made records on three continents. And you would have to turn a blind eye to the scars that are just now healing after a three-year battle to release her new album, Scary Fragile.

Raised one of seven sisters, Butterfly grew up around a pile of instruments and music-loving parents, her father teaching her how to use a four-track recorder by the time she was ten. Not often finding any other eleven-year old musicians to hang out with, she learned how to play each instrument herself (a skill that she still puts to use at her home studio).

Her first crack at the big time arrived as the bass player of The Mercy Bell, her older sister’s band. Only 16 years old and too young to sign the deal herself, her parents inked an agreement with a major label and the band made an album, making noise in Australia and giving Butterfly a taste of success. The label wasn’t impressed enough to continue and the band moved to America, chasing new dreams.

An American demo deal came relatively fast. The band hopped between Los Angeles, Nashville and London, making as many Visa runs as they did songs. After three years of development and recording, the band was dropped and an album was never released.

Determined to keep going, Butterfly moved to England and bought a laptop with her life’s savings. She spent months crashing on couches and recording demos, eventually cobbling together enough songs to make a solo album. Her music made its way to industry veteran Mike Dixon, who helped introduce her to Brad Jones and Robin Eaton who would help produce her first album, Flutterby. Word began to spread about her new songs and before she knew it, Butterfly was being courted by labels. She even had a sit-down with Madonna (a meeting at which she chose not to wear her glasses and initially mistook Madge for a receptionist).

A buzzing and excited Boucher signed to A & M Records in 2003 and officially released Flutterby, an album chock full of big, tasty hooks. Songs from the album quickly made their way into television shows. Butterfly began touring in earnest and “Another White Dash” went off to radio stations.

Nobody was more disappointed than Butterfly when the label faltered in promoting the album, not sure how to market music that wasn’t of-the-second. “They’d say that I was too indie for pop and too pop for the indie scene”, she says. To give you an idea of just how flustered they became, they even sent her back into the studio to re-record a single word (“can’t”) which she was told needed to be re-sung in an American accent for American radio. It never occurred to them that the album was recorded in Nashville and was as American as any other.

A break came in the form of one big fan, Sarah McLachlan. Butterfly was chosen as the opener for Sarah’s Afterglow tour, an opportunity that she did not take lightly. She spent hours at the merchandise table after each show, selling and signing over 20,000 copies on these dates alone. While even other labels took notice and began calling Boucher’s management, A&M showed little interest in continuing to help the album along. Flutterby’s case was closed, in favor of making a new record.

Butterfly waited while her new producer, David Kahne finished other projects. She wrote and recorded at home for a year, eventually finding a hole in Kahne’s schedule and putting to bed the best songs that she had written to date. The album was delivered in January of 2006. “And then it just went quiet”, she says.

The next two years would involve tinkering and ‘suggestions’ from the label, a machine which simply had no idea who Butterfly was, let alone who they expected her to be. It was a terrible time for her, with most days spent digging in her heels and still others conceding to demands. There were points at which nobody thought the album would see the light of day.

Sadly, it was also not an unfamiliar situation for her. “That’s what was so frustrating. I had been there before and I managed to do it again.” After a sigh she adds, “I wasted those three years and lost my love of music in the process, trying to figure out what other people wanted.”

Despite the drama, she hoped that her label would perk up after one of the unreleased tracks, “Bitter Song”, was placed in a pivotal Grey’s Anatomy scene. The haunting song (now Scary Fragile’s album closer) rallied impatient fans that couldn’t figure out why an album didn’t follow. Message boards went wild as Butterfly kept her secret, knowing what was coming but unsure of just how to talk about it. And then it was there; she was dropped.

You’d expect to talk to a seriously bitter woman, one year after such a difficult extrication. You’ll get the opposite. Butterfly is radiating with positive energy, alive and happy. Scary Fragile will be released via her own imprint on June 2nd. She’s been touring in advance of the album and playing new songs, including the first single “Gun For A Tongue”. Talking to her feels like talking to a person who is just starting out. She’s completely reborn.

Already on a roll and writing new material, Butterfly has vowed that she’ll never let anyone stop her from holding back what is inside of her again. She’s come to an important realization. “It’s not going to be worth anything unless I’m enjoying it.” more >>>