The Hummingbirds
The Hummingbirds
© 2006 The Hummingbirds (783707287003)
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Real, raw, down home sound. A twangy mix of memorable melodies and sweet harmonies from this unique, Detroit Music Award winning, "electro-coustic" duo.
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…when the lyrics hit home, the two voices intertwine, and the guitar is crying away, The Hummingbirds have all it takes to become classics themselves.
-Alan Goldsmith, Ann Arbor Observer
Three time Detroit Music Award winners for 2007, The Hummingbirds are certainly creating a buzz of their own. You can expect a twangy mix of memorable melodies and sweet harmonies from this unique "electro-coustic" duo. Talented multi-instrumentalist Stephen Grant Wood adds his telecaster twang into the mix, while songwriter, Rachel Lynn lays down the rock steady rhythm with the acoustic guitar. The vocals are shared between the two performers and the harmonies are outstanding! The Hummingbirds bare a real down home raw country soul.
Their full length self-titled release was voted as "Best Country Album" in the 2006 Detroit Music Awards. The songs on the CD, co-written by the duo, tell tales of love, loss, happiness, and heartache. Their roots style Americana sound is unique and the songs quickly pull in audiences for a closer listen. Much inspiration for the group comes from the country classic sound of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s as well as from some of the best influences in American music today such as, Lucinda Williams, Wilco, Steve Earle, and many others.
The Hummingbirds are currently touring the midwest region, and are working on a second full length album, due out later in 2009.
“An earnest group with the spirit of today’s young alt-country…and the appreciation for older classic-country music."
-Melody Baetens, Detroit News
"The Hummingbirds shine in their live performance…I love to watch their beautiful chemistry on stage."
-Bill Keith, Trinity House Theatre
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The Hummingbirds
author: bill nedelaNew Country, the Old Way! In the best sense. Great CD! Every song holds its own. Well-written, well-played, well-sung, well-everything. Rachel's vocals are sweet and then cutting. With a "country-heart" that comes across throughout her songs. Steve is "the Man" on the guitar with all those great licks and fills that put the songs in another gear. His vocals are like going back to best years of country.. HEART!! Plus they are wonderful people. Good people make good music! Buy this CD you'll love it for years! willy
These Birds Can Hum!
author: Paul ErlandsonFrom the opening guitar licks of Gonna Be Alright (best truck-driving song in 30 years!), there is no doubt where the heart of this album lies. I'll just call it "Kick-ass Country". The pace quickens and slows, but all the songs (stories of love sought, lost, or deferred) form a well-integrated and coherent whole. Can't Get You Off My Mind is pure old-school Country. Tables and Chairs is a drinking song in the vein of recent rockabilly artists Hotrod Lincoln. Feels Like Forever continues the Rockabilly sound. (Every young woman has tried to have this conversation with her mom at some point!) Let's see, they've covered truck driving, drinking and romance ... what's left? Time for a jail song, which the bluesy Cell Five provides nicely. Heaven Help Us is a kind of low-key, quasi-gospel tune, with great Hawaiian-style steel guitar backing. Sometimes on this album I hear echoes of John Prine or Gram Parsons or other forerunners of progressive country music ... but always The Hummingbirds manages to cover familiar musical and emotional territory without falling into cliche or losing the energy and the passion which rolls out from the voices and instruments throughout.