Dead Men's Hollow "Two-Timin'" garners high praise from fans, radio hosts, and show promoters alike
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 12, 2006 –Dead Men's Hollow, winner of three Washington Area Music Association "Wammie" Awards, has released its second CD, Two-Timin'. Fans flocked to the group's CD release weekend shows, and Washington area radio stations have already begun playing tracks from the new CD.
Dead Men's Hollow is fronted by three-part female harmonies and backed by fiddle, upright bass, and guitar. The group weaves together its signature sound from traditional American old-time, bluegrass, southern gospel and country blues.
Critics are quick to praise Dead Men's Hollow:
• "Fans of traditional music will wonder where this band has been all their lives," says Village Records in Shawnee, Kansas
• "Magical harmonies that command full attention. Dead Men's Hollow is a tremendous force of acoustic nature!" says Linda Lookadoo, bluegrass promoter in Frederick, Maryland
• "If you've heard them before, you know how great they are," says Wayne Kahn of Right on Rhythm in Washington, D.C.
With its second CD, the harmony-rich sextet has expanded its repertoire beyond old-time, bluegrass, southern gospel and country blues. Listeners of Two-Timin' will hear western swing, a capella, honky tonk and even a baroque lullaby.
Tracks from Two-Timin' have already been played on numerous radio stations, including both Washington-area NPR affiliates WAMU-FM and WETA-FM.
Hailing from greater metropolitan Washington, D.C., Dead Men's Hollow is Mike Clayberg (guitar, vocals), Marcy Cochran (fiddle, vocals), Caryn Fox (vocals), Belinda Hardesty (vocals), Amy Nazarov (vocals), and Bob Peirce (upright bass, vocals). Their musical backgrounds range from punk rock to off-Broadway to choral singing to contra dance accompaniment.
Two-Timin' was engineered and produced by Chris Murphy of RHL Audio. Murphy has nearly 30 years of recording experience, having worked with a wide variety of artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to 2-Live Crew. Two-Timin' was mastered by GRAMMY® winner Charlie Pilzer of Airshow. Pilzer won his award re-mastering "The Anthology of American Folk Music" for Smithsonian Folkways in 1997.
Two-Timin' is available now, under the Acoustic Americana label. For more information on Dead Men's Hollow, including full-length MP3s, performance schedule, band bios, photos, and more, please visit www.deadmenshollow.com.
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