Thunder & Rain (Colorado, USA)

0	PORTSMOUTH: The Wave Maiden
P	Thursday 21st May, 2020
N	7:15pm

PORTSMOUTH: The Wave Maiden

Thursday 21st May, 2020

7:15pm

Event information

We're delighted to welcome the amazing bluegrass-based Thunder & Rain from Colorado for our first ever show at our new small and intimate venue, The Wave Maiden!

As usual this will be a seated show.

Erinn Peet Lukes has an angelic voice that soars over a blanket of acoustic sound. Thunder and Rain's music lives somewhere in between folk, country, bluegrass, and pop, made cohesive by Peet-Lukes' "nimble, yet devastating" vocals, heartfelt lyricism and a high level of musicianship from mandolinist Dylan McCarthy, bassist Ian Haegele and Allen Cooke on Dobro.

Fans love Peet Lukes strong, yet vulnerable way of conveying her songs. She's been compared to Natalie Maines, Linda Ronstadt, and Alison Krauss. Haegele graduated with a masters in Bass Performance from UNC Greeley, and McCarthy and Cooke have risen to the top of their fields on their respective instruments. Cooke won the Rockygrass Dobro Championship in 2014 and McCarthy won the Rockygrass Mandolin Championship in 2019.

Thunder and Rain released their third album, Passing in the Night, January 2020. The album was written after Peet-Lukes went through a break up within the band. If the band's third album was a movie, it would be a series of vingnettes, detailing the different ways two people can meet, connect, and then disappear from each others lives.

This music is inspired by a whole host of genres, from classic country to old time, bluegrass, pop, and folk. The strings add dynamic shifts for the confessional songwriting that comes directly from her life.

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More Information At: www.squarerootspromotions.co.uk