Tina & Her Pony with Sharkk Heartt and Stephy Leigh Griffin
Schedule
Sun Jun 18 2023 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Cafe | Tucson, AZ
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Monterey Court is pleased to host this trio of excellent Indie artists/bands. This will be a unique night of music you won't want to miss!! No cover!TINA & HER PONY
Indie Appalachian Folk Band Tina and Her Pony began in Asheville, North Carolina, USA in 2010. Shortly thereafter, the band spent two years holed up in the high desert mountain town of Taos, New Mexico becoming one of the iconic artist colony’s most beloved performing acts. Tina's fresh full length release Marigolds (2023), is an album about the cyclical nature of change, and of death and rebirth as initiation. It builds on a sturdy foundation, honed on their previous releases Champion (Echo Mountain Recording Studio 2017) and an eponymous debut (2012).
Tina & Her Pony's signature sound has been refined over time with extensive touring spanning the United States, Canada, Europe, the UK and even Central America. In addition to familiar sweet vocal harmonies and smooth, thoughtfully crafted instrumentation on cello, tenor banjo, acoustic guitar and pedal steel, Marigolds dabbles in new directions, exploring hints of pop and soul, with the sounds of electric bass, jazz organ and synth.
Though originally founded as a duo by Tina Collins and Quetzal Jordan, these days the band is centered solely around the songwriting of front woman Tina Collins, a classically trained musician who first toured with her band Over Under Yonder, a five piece that played songs from Collins’ debut album Journey Onward (2009). Collins composed the songs that appear on Journey Onward as she thru-hiked from Maine to Georgia on the Appalachian Trail. When Over Under Yonder finished touring in 2010, the band reformed as Tina and Her Pony. Collins’ songwriting incorporates complexities in harmony and arrangement that queer the American folk tradition. Their unique sound draws inspiration from artists such as Gillian Welch, Sarah Jarosz and Watchhouse.
SHARKK HEARTT
Wonderland Magazine - How to Love premiere: "Mixing elements of jazz with classic pop sensibilities, the rising artist lets her vocals shine through on the single, as she effortlessly navigates the complex and atmospheric soundscape."
Tucson Weekly - Sharkk Heartt blends electronics and activism on her new album : “The song sets the sound palette for the entire album with cool, echoing percussion and Ruggles building a slow chorus over quiet keyboards...While it is a somewhat delicate beginning, the majority of the tracks are outright anthemic, with layers of Ruggles’ voice building into rallying cries...”
Rawckus Magazine - Sharkk Heartt releases superlative "Wars Our Mothers Fought" : “Simultaneously tantalizing and imminent, on Wars Our Mothers Fought, Sharkk Heartt offers bewitching sonic ensorcellment – hypnotic, delicate, and muscular.”
Glide Magazine - Sharkk Heartt makes moving statement with minimalist Electro-Pop anthems : “Many songs feature little more than a drum track and synths, making for a moody style of down-tempo electro pop that contrasts nicely with a vocal cadence that feels rooted in R&B and spoken word.”
STEPHY LEIGH GRIFFIN
Moody unapologetic american music. Gillian Welch meets Loretta Lynn in a bar in the woods. Then they meet Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. What a night of music that would be..
“Stephy’s the whole package.” - Nick Canuel (KPPV JACK FM)
When a jazz and classically-trained trumpet player and music teacher from small-town Ohio becomes a singer-songwriter, you get the mind-boggling music of Stephy Leigh Griffin. “Humans don’t belong in boxes and neither does music. Music travels with me, changes with me. It tells my story. It sleeps in my bed.”
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Where is it happening?
Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Cafe, 505 W. Miracle Mile,Tucson,AZ,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
