I recently saw Katie Herzig at the Tractor Tavern, this was one of the best shows I’ve been to in a long time, and I see a lot of shows. Katie Herzig is one of my all time favorite artists. I did sound for Katie about 6 years ago in Colorado when I was really getting serious about audio engineering. This was when Katie was a solo artist again after her band Newcomers Home broke up. Back then she had a great drummer Brian McRae DrumOverdubs.com playing with her and a couple other musicians.
She moved to Nashville about the same time I moved to Seattle. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing her play a few times over the years when she was on tour in Seattle. First she was solo as an opener, then she had a band with cello and electric guitar, and it was always great to see her and hear her songs with that configuration. Now she has a 6 peace band touring with her and it is incredible. Its is very dynamic as it goes from sparse arrangements behind Katie’s acoustic guitar and vocals to epic choruses with 5 part harmonies, synth bass, keyboard drums, cello and electric guitar. There were even some marvelously crafted instrumental sections. And the sound quality was amazing, I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Tractor Tavern sound so good.
The new record that they put out is amazing as well. Katie’s records have always sounded great and from what I’ve hears she has done much of the production herself. It sounds like for this newest record, The Waking Sleep, she had a fair amount of time to write and record the songs in a studio with input and help from her band. The previous records sounded like she created the songs mostly herself then found a band to play them live. These new songs are unmistakably Katie Herzig yet they are sounding more developed then ever with an extra bit of sparkle on top.
You should all check her music out at http://www.katieherzig.com/index.html
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