be good tanyas

Vancouver alt-folk trio The Be Good Tanyas have announced spring/summer tour dates, including an appearance at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco in August.  See below for full list of dates. 

The Be Good Tanyas—Frazey Ford, Samantha Parton and Trish Klein—have achieved cult status since their inception in the late ‘90s. With classic albums like Blue Horse (2000), Chinatown (2003) and Hello Love (2006), the three young women were met with ever growing critical and fan acclaim, garnering 4 star reviews in Rolling Stone and MOJO, and selling out concert halls across North America and Europe. Combining original material with traditional standards, the Tanyas’ stunning vocals and seamless harmonies, combined with gorgeous acoustic instrumentation, resulted in music that was warm, honest and captivating. 

Frazey Ford will join the Carolina Chocolate Drops on a handful of US tour dates in December.  She'll be performing songs from her critically-acclaimed solo album Obadiah, and will be joined by her fellow Be Good Tanyas bandmate Trish Klein.

Tour dates:
Sat, Dec 3     Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theater
Sun, Dec 4    Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Wed, Dec 7    Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Thu, Dec 8     Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29
Fri, Dec 9      Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theater
Sat, Dec 10,   Nashville, TN @  Mercy Lounge

Listen to Frazey Ford's "Blue Streak Mama" from Obadiah above. 

Former Be Good Tanyas frontwoman Frazey Ford has announced a handful of North American tour dates in September. She’ll co-headline these dates with Whitehorse, a duo made up of fellow Canadians Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland.

Frazey released her debut solo album Obadiah in 2010 to critical acclaim. Most recently, she reunited with her former bandmates for a Be Good Tanyas reunion tour in celebration of the release of their debut album, Blue Horse, on vinyl for the first time.

Be Good Tanyas Tour Dates:
Wed, Aug 17 Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre**

Fri, Aug 19 Portland, OR @ Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre**

Sat, Aug 20 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Sun, Aug 21 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
(**As special guests of the Carolina Chocolate Drops)

Frazey Ford Tour Dates (co-bill with Whitehorse)
Sat, Sept 17 New York, NY @ The Living Room
Sun, Sept 18 Philadelphia, PA @ Tin Angel
Mon, Sept 19 Boston, MA @ Club Passim
Tues, Sept 20 Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
Wed, Sept 21 Toronto, ON @ Glenn Gould Studio

“The combination of delicacy and fire in the act’s three-part vocal harmonies – added to the conviction of its performances – means that it only takes a few seconds of listening to [Blue Horse] to understand why Nettwerk signed the trio.” - Billboard

“On its debut, this all-female British Columbia trio, much like kindred new traditionalist spirits like Gillian Welch, explores a carefully chosen selection of deep country, early American folk, lonesome blues and soul.” – Rolling Stone

It’s been 10 years since Vancouver-based, alt-folk trio The Be Good Tanyas released their critically-lauded debut album Blue Horse on Nettwerk Records. To celebrate, the band has announced that they will released a special, limited edition 180-gram vinyl on July 5, 2011, with a deluxe 2-LP gatefold, 28-page songbook and digital download card. The vinyl will include the 12 original tracks from Blue Horse, as well as three previously unreleased bonus tracks.

The Be Good Tanyas—Frazey Ford, Samantha Parton and Trish Klein—have achieved cult status since their inception in the late ‘90s. With classic albums like Blue Horse (2000), Chinatown (2003) and Hello Love (2006), the three young women were met with ever growing critical and fan acclaim, garnering 4 star reviews in Rolling Stone and MOJO, and selling out concert halls across North America and Europe. Combining original material with traditional standards, the Tanyas’ stunning vocals and seamless harmonies, combined with gorgeous acoustic instrumentation, resulted in music that was warm, honest and captivating.

Keep reading for more information on the Blue Horse vinyl and tour dates...

NBC's Cat Greenleaf caught up with Frazey Ford while she was in New York for a 'Talk Stoop' interview and performance. Frazey talks with Cat about her solo debut, Obadiah,  and shares some secrets, like her dad being on the run from the FBI!  Check it out above or click HERE. 

The Weepies can add Ryan Reynolds to their long list of celeb fans.  Writer Chris Heath gets in-depth with GQ's October cover boy, and steals a glance at his "most played list" on his iPod. Who had the #1 spot with over 450 plays? None other than The Weepies and their track "World Spins Madly On." Fellow Nettwerk label artist The Be Good Tanyas and their track "Ootischenia" also appeared in Reynolds' top 10 most played list

The Weepies will hit the road for the first time in over four years on October 10 in Los Angeles at the El Rey, and continue on to over 30 cities through November behind their latest album Be My Thrill, which debut on the Billboard Top 200 at #34.  (Full list of tour dates below)

Former lead-vocalist of the beloved Vancouver-based folk trio Be Good Tanyas, Frazey Ford has release her solo debut Obadiah today to critical acclaim.  The New York Times says of Ford and Obadiah, "She deals out soul and mountain-music style and Scots-Irish lilts in bold ways. It’s hard to think of another singer who suggests Dolly Parton, Ann Peebles and Feist. She phrases intuitively, waiting on a word and then drawing it out, and turns good lyrics to oatmeal, adding strange new colors to vowels, making whole syllables vanish. There’s an eerily calm conscience at the center of the record — stoic or forgiving or just blank — and you find yourself listening hard for the wisdom in her mumbles. She’s good at this." The Globe And Mail calls Obadiah "consistently rewarding," saying it's "an album of approachable country soul, presented by an artist who recalls the pop charm of Melanie, the gentler side of Otis Redding, the striking colours of Joni Mitchell, the confidence of Buffy Sainte-Marie and the odd, breathy lilts of Cat Power or Feist."

Check out what other critics have said about Obadiah:
"Think of a Gillian Welch disc that’s more infatuated with Memphis than mountain music. Ford’s distinctive quavering smoky vocals remain the centerpiece, although here she favors a candlelit saloon croon instead of the Be Good’s campfire folkiness." 
-- American Songwriter

Former Be Good Tanyas lead vocalist Frazey Ford, who releases her debut solo album Obadiah on July 20, was featured today in NPR's coveted All Songs Considered Summer Music Preview. Listen to host Bob Boilen rave about Frazey's unmistakable voice and lead track "Firecracker" HERE.