Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart - Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart (2013)

Tracklist

01. Direction
02. Black Dog
03. Books
04. Collide With Me
05. Am I the Last One
06. Whiskey Drenched
07. It's Not Wrong
08. If You
09. How Can I
10. I Got It Bad
11. Money
12. Vultures

Rebecca Haviland is a petite, polite, pixie-haired 20-something singer who, when she opens her mouth, channels a furious, beat-up, fed-up blues diva standing in a snowstorm at a bus station at 4 in the morning two dollars short of a ticket to nowhere. Her songwriting partner/producer/singer/songwriter, Chris Anderson, only stops playing 4-stringed electric and acoustic instruments long enough to eat and listen to Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson, Randy Newman and David Gray.

Together, Haviland and Anderson comprise the hotter-than-hell alt-country act Whiskey Heart, who’ve been performing around Manhattan and elsewhere long enough to hone a tight, crisp live show, headlining at Rockwood Music Hall and dozens of other venues where people dig their down-home, all-natural act exploding with heart, soul and guts. The two met at NYC’s Red Lion in 2003 shortly after graduating from Purchase University, where they'd never crossed paths while students. Their common interests and musical tastes quickly formed the nucleus of an eyeball-to-eyeball song and performance collaboration, though, and Whiskey Heart was born. The band began gigging and Haviland and Anderson soon found themselves headlining wherever they appeared – with fans clamoring ever-more-loudly for a recording.

Their debut album, “Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart,” self-produced and co-written by Haviland and Anderson, was recorded live in the studio with full band, featuring Todd Caldwell on Hammond B3 (Crosby Stills & Nash), Rich Hinman on pedal steel and electric guitar (Rosanne Cash, Ben Kweller), and Kenny Shaw on drums (Abby Payne, Hurrah! A Bolt Of Light). It includes the singles “Collide With Me” and “It’s Not Wrong.”

Discovered by Sloan Wainwright and compared to artists like Brandi Carlile, Bonnie Raitt and Ryan Adams, this powerhouse of a band features the tumbling distinct vocals of Rebecca Haviland backed up by the steady smooth voice of Chris Anderson and blues soaked instrumentals - a show you will feel deep in your bones. - Harmony Presents

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