Cincinnati, OH (Allison Tartalia Official Website) – When two indie singer-songwriters from the Big Apple and the
Queen City join artistic and navigational forces for a 14-city tour, you can bet you're in store for a wild ride! Appropriately titled East Meets Midwest, the tour will take
Allison Tartalia of New York City and Rhonda Everitt of the Cincinnati band pale beneath the blue across 9 states in three weeks. Their trek kicks off April 7-8 at the 6th annual
Chicks Rock Fest, at Southgate House, in Newport, KY and concludes in Washington, DC on April 29. They will play NY on April 24 at the Bitter End, along with the band Fluttr, from Boston, MA.
The two quirky, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters first met at last year's Chicks Rock Fest and had an immediate affinity for one another's music. Meeting again at the 2005 Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, they began cooking up a plan to go on the road together. Everitt and Tartalia will spend most of April touring, with dates in KY, OH, IN, IL, WI, PA, NY MA and DC. (Full tour schedule below).
The two share common creative roots in the works of songwriters like Laura Nyro, Tori Amos, and Kate Bush, but that's where the similarities end. Tartalia performs soulful, jazz-influenced songs with complex piano arrangements, while Everitt's more light-hearted tunes tend to find the humor in even the darkest of situations.
The East Meets Midwest tour will see both artists previewing material from their upcoming releases. Pale beneath the blue's new full-length release, She Dangled it in Front of Him Just Like a Cat Toy, is a 12-track disc that takes a more organic approach than the electronic-infused Hologram (2004). A limited edition EP showcasing some acoustic tracks as well as some tracks off She Dangled It...will be available at shows. Tartalia is currently working on a follow up to her widely acclaimed debut CD, Ready. She'll be performing songs from her sophomore release, tentatively titled Rage/Rapture, and will have a live EP of new material exclusively for the tour in addition to her full-length disc, Ready.
For more information on Rhonda Everitt or Allison Tartalia, please visit their respective websites, www.palebeneaththeblue.com and www.allisontartalia.com. To request a media kit or to arrange an interview with call Make Haste! Records at (212) 769-6812 or email [email protected].
High Res Photo Allison: https://allisontartalia.com/photos2/AllisonTartaliaPhotoCreditChristineGoulden.jpg
High Res Photo Rhonda: https://allisontartalia.com/photos2/RhondaEveritt.jpg
EAST MEETS MIDWEST TOUR ITINERARY
APRIL 7 – 8, 2006 - FRIDAY
Chicks Rock Festival
Southgate House
24 W 3rd Street
Newport, KY 41071
$8 for one night or $15 for both nights
APRIL 11, 2006 - TUESDAY
MoTini's (above the MT Cup)
1606 W University Ave
Muncie, IN 47303
(765) 287-1995
9:00pm / no cover
APRIL 12, 2006 - WENESDAY
Jazz It Cafe
4202 W Irving Park RD
Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 777-7002
5:00pm / no cover
APRIL 13, 2006 - THURSDAY
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Kenosha, WI - 11am
APRIL 13, 2006 – THURSDAY
A Room of One's Own
307 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 257-7888
6pm / no cover
APRIL 14, 2006 - FRIDAY
Red Line Tap
7006 N.Glenwood
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 274-5463
8:30pm / $5
APRIL 15, 2006 - SATURDAY
Sycamore Marketplace
15 Sycamore Street
Kokomo, IN 46901
7:00pm / no cover
with the Joe Cameron Band
APRIL 17, 2006 - MONDAY
The Trolley Stop
530 E. 5th Street
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 461-1101
9:00pm / TBA
APRIL 18, 2006 - TUESDAY
Carnegie Mellon University
Skibo Coffeehouse
Pittsburgh, PA
8pm
APRIL 19, 2006 - WEDNESDAY
Cafe Arabica University Circle
11300 Juniper Road
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216) 791-0300
8:30pm / no cover
APRIL 20, 2006 - THURSDAY
Coffee & Tea Room
217 West Fourth Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 326-1760
7:30pm / no cover
APRIL 21, 2006 - FRIDAY
Moon & River Cafe
115 S. Ferry St
Schenectady, NY 12305
(518) 382-1938
7:00pm / no cover
with the The Bookdrop Bees!
APRIL 22, 2006 - SATURDAY
T.T. the Bear's Place
10 Brookline Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
9:15pm / $10
with Fluttr Effect, the Ghettobillies and Count Zero
APRIL 24, 2006 - SATURDAY
The Bitter End
147 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 673-7030
9:30pm / $5
with the Fluttr Effect Trio
APRIL 29, 2006 - SATURDAY
Staccato Music Hall & Lounge
2006 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 232-2228
10:30pm / $
