12.09.2010 // News // ddukes
My wanderers of malls, my solstice missionaries,
Giving stuff this holiday season?
I’m offering my neato stuff at special prices: CDs, t-shirts, posters, and combinations of the above. One package includes a CD of lo-fi demo recordings of songs that will show up in more sparkly and polished forms on my new record, slated for release in 2011. (This includes all embarrassing vocal pitch irregularities, poorly worded early drafts of lyrics, and hand-drawn album “art.”) Whoa, a collector’s item to be sure! So head on over to my holiday merch page and get busy.
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11.03.2010 // News // ddukes
Dear Joy Bundlers,
Let’s keep this brief and to the point so that I can go back to hugging and feeding my new son. Yes, that’s right, my wife and I adopted a perfect little human being three weeks ago, and we’re extraordinarily happy and sleep deprived).
I’m playing two very exciting shows this weekend in Savannah: one loud, the other soft. So pick your decibel level and your bedtime and come on out for what will be my last show for many a month (while I learn how to raise a little boy and finish recording the new record).
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09.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Dear Revelators and Tolerators,
Happy day to all faithful and secular celebrants near, far, and in between. And may all book-burners, holy or otherwise, find themselves doused with cool and refreshing water. Here’s hoping we all find our particular gods in squirt guns, garden hoses, and Dixie Riddle Cups.
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08.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Dear Dog Dayers,
There are many, many reasons to venture below the Mason-Dixon line. Biscuits, hospitality, burning bushes, front porches, meandering and eccentric conversationalists, and haunted junkyards come to mind. August? August is not one of them. If you are north or west, we advise you to remain north or west until the heat and hurricanes move on.
Despite the meteorological challenges, Dare Dukes + the Blackstock Collection have a handful of items that are particularly worthy of report. We encourage you to read carefully all the way to the bottom and receive your End-of-Email Bonus Prize.
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07.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Thunderstormers,
It’s that time of year in Savannah when the weather is Biblical: humidity you can eat with a fork, afternoon thunderstorms that threaten to relocate your house. For reasons of survival, we do what the cicadas tell us to do—walk slowly, nap.
Savannanians, we’ve got a show this Friday, July 23, at the Sentient Bean. A couple of stellar acts from Atlanta will be joining, Dave Daniels and the band Lille. So come on out and hear what you’ve been missing. I’ll be continuing to polish the ultra-new material before we go into the studio in two weeks!
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06.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Catfish eaters and speakers-in-tongue,
As always, hang in there through the whole email and get an end-of-email prize.
Super Duper Point of This Email: I’m giddy. Why? This Saturday in Athens, Georgia, I’m sharing the stage with alt-country super nerd and spiritual fried-fish-eater Jim White. If you don’t know his music (shame on you), he falls somewhere between Studs Terkel, Tom Waits, and Kurt Weill. If you live within 400 miles of Athens, I suggest you make the drive. And while you’re there, pinch me. (more…)
06.05.2009 // News, Press // ddukes
Music blog Consequence of Sound included “Bakersfield” in their Friday Mixtape. Cool!
Evaluate the level of nifty here.
03.13.2009 // News, Press // ddukes
Interview with Orlando Montoya on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Georgia Gazette, broadcast on 18 NPR stations across Georgia during evening drive-time:
GPB’s Georgia Gazette
—March 13, 2009
