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Mazarine Records
U.S. Publicity:
Jeffrey Smith
Crash Avenue
jeffrey [at] crash-avenue [dot com]
502.384.3107
European Publicity:
Peter Holmstedt
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peter.holmstedt [at] telia [dot com]
+46 (0)33.26.0210
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Dare likes to play any place where people want to hear him—living rooms, stadiums, art galleries, derelict strip malls, glitzy music venues filled with trend-setting starlets, fire-gutted churches with free enchiladas. Write STS Booking, and together we will find a way:
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bright.elephant.booking [at] gmail [dot com]
Dare Dukes
dd [at] daredukes [dot com]
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Blog Listen, Damnit Says Darn Nice Things (Review)
Smart music blog Listen, Damnit reviewed Thugs and China Dolls today and said some very, very nice things. Extra points for the use of “adenoidal”!
…”a baroque-folk album built around acoustic instruments: banjo, mandolin, strings, horns, accordion and rich, beautiful vocal harmonies. Dukes sings in a distinctive voice at once tuneful and adenoidal, and his lyrics are smart and vivid.
With twin horn lines, a stop-start rhythm and male-female vocal interplay on the chorus, free song “Meet You At the Bus” feels like a gentler answer to the Replacements “Kiss Me On the Bus,” but don’t mistake gentle for naive: Dukes is as savvy as he is empathic.”