Samantha Crain
Samantha Crain is a Choctaw Indian
singer-songwriter from Shawnee, OK. She has self-produced recordings,
but today marks her debut on Ramseur Records. The Confiscation EP
is a remarkable 5-song "music novella" with each song telling a
different story; from the press release, Crain says, "Every second,
everybody is being fulfilled or robbed, and when that happens, there is
a story. Everybody has a story and they are stories of redemption or
they are stories of betrayal."
She and her band The Midnight Shivers are currently on tour promoting The Confiscation EP.
Tour Dates
07/26/08 DFEST--Dirty’s Tavern Stage Tulsa, Oklahoma
07/28/08 Jackpot Music Hall Lawrence, KS
07/29/08 Dulcineas Denver, CO
07/30/08 The Palladium Salt Lake City, UT
08/01/08 Pickathon Roots Music Festival Portland, OR
08/02/08 Pickathon Roots Music Festival Portland, OR
08/04/08 Triple Door Mayfield! Seattle, WA
08/06/08 Sam Bond’s Garage Eugene, OR
08/07/08 Axe and Fiddle Pub and Music Club Cottage Grove, OR
08/08/08 Sophia’s Davis, CA
08/12/08 Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, CA
08/14/08 Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, CA
09/06/08 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
09/07/08 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
09/27/08 International Festival Lawton, OK
10/09/08 Taste Orlando, FL
10/10/08 The Globe Saint Petersburg, FL
10/11/08 New World Brewery Tampa, FL
SAMANTHA CRAIN - "The Confiscation" (a musical novella) out TODAY, July 22, on Ramseur Records (link to mini-documentary!)
22 July 2008, 10:08AM CDT by vu (Vu Nguyen)
From Press Here
Samantha Crain, The
Confiscation, a 5-song “musical novella,” is out today on Ramseur
Records (Avett Bros, Everybodyfields). Crain is an amazing new talent, a
21-year-old Choctaw Indian songwriter from Oklahoma who writes eerily
beautiful, literary songs (she’s been compared to “Judy Garland singing Neutral
Milk Hotel songs” and “Cat Power meets Neil Young”). Currently signed to
booking agency Concerted Efforts, Samantha has completed a national tour this
summer and will continue touring into the fall, including a Hotel Café LA date
on TUE, August 12 and will be joining the Hotel Café tour in October for additional
dates. She is currently PASTE.com’s “Artist
of Week” and today’s KCRW’s “Today’s Top Tune.”
Award
winning filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Tulsa, Oklahoma) has just completed a
mini-documentary of Samantha shot in her hometown of Shawnee, OK. Harjo is a
member of the Seminole and Creek nations and his films have screened at
Sundance and other major film fests – view Samantha’s mini-doc here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckKq6tHJ2g
Says
Crain of the songs (or “chapters”) of The Confiscation:
“Every second, everybody is being fulfilled or robbed, and when that
happens, there is a story. Everybody has a story and they are stories of
redemption or they are stories of betrayal.” While each narrative in The
Confiscation is of a different voice, they all relate, as do the people
involved, through the atonement that is bestowed, or the Judas kiss that
plunders all.
Music
and tour dates at: www.myspace.com/samanthacrain
SAMANTHA
CRAIN & THE MIDNIGHT SHIVERS
SA Jul 19 - Oklahoma
City, OK @ Galileos 8:00P
SA Jul 26 - Tulsa, OK @
DFEST--Dirty’s Tavern Stage 9:00P
MO Jul 28- Lawrence, KA
@ Jackpot Music Hall w/ Bombadil, the Roseline, & the Fairer Sex
TU July 29- Denver, CO @
Dulcineas w/ Bombadil 8:00P
WE July 3o-Salt Lake
City, UT @ the Palladium 8:00P
FR Aug 1 - Portland, OR
@ Pickathon Roots Music Festival 8:00P
SA Aug 2- Portland, OR @
Pickathon Roots Music Festival 8:00P
WE Aug 6 – Eugene, OR @
Sam Bond’s w/ Bombadil and Paleface 9:00P
TH Aug 7 - Cottage
Grove, OR @ Axe and Fiddle Pub and Music Club w/ Paleface and Bombadil
FR Aug 8 – Davis, CA @
Sophia’s 8:00P
TU Aug 12 Los Angeles,
CA @ Hotel Cafe - w/ Bombadil 8:00P
TH Aug 14 Santa Monica,
CA - Santa Monica Pier - Twilight Series w/ Juana Molina 7:30P
FR Aug 15 - Springfield,
MO @ The Outland w/Cornbelt Chorus 8:00P
SU Sep 7 - Chicago, IL @
Old Town School of Folk Music w/ Sam Phillips 8:00P
FR Sep 27- Lawton, OK @
International Festival 8:00P
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