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RUSTY BELLE - TUESDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY

Tuesday 7/8- A NEW RESIDENCY FEATURING
RUSTY BELLE
with tonight's special guest DIETRICH STRAUSE
$5 advance / $8 at the door
8:30 doors / 9:00 show
www.rustybelle.com
www.dietrichstrause.com

Boston favorites via Western Mass - Rusty Belle - return to the familiar digs of the Lizard Lounge for a month of Tuesdays featuring the bands junkyard folk and a special guest each week.

Rusty Belle has a curious habit of coaxing very different, even huge sounds out of a relatively small stable of acoustic instruments. Some tunes offer harmonies reminiscent of '60s folk, others country blues, and still others a plaintive, swinging melancholy.

Matt Lorenz, Kate Lorenz and Zak Trojano harmonize with intuitive strength while laying down a percussive layer of junk drums, classical and electric guitars and an odd array of melodic instruments. Expect to hear anything from a whiskey lullaby or a tiny tango to a rock anthem or a smoky blues.

Poignant, honest lyrics with a rustic, dusty feel. Rusty Belle is unpredictable, original and raw. It is a convergence of styles. Not a knew genre, but a fresh approach.

"This band can give you attitude, or be a ray of sunshine to your ears needs...songs include a magnificent fusion of genres from country to rock and blues, to 80's pop, creating a smoothie of liquid gold." (Culture Fly UK)

"I can't stop listening to it. Each time through I say, okay, that's my favorite song ... and then next time I say it for a completely different-sounding song ... and the next time for yet another. Etc. This is a very strong recording." (VinScelsa, WFUV and Sirius FM)

DIETRICH STRAUSE
Since moving to Boston in 2008, Dietrich has been touring the East Coast, the West, and Ireland, honing his craft as a songwriter and performer. He has also been fortunate to share the stage and the road with Aoife O'Donovan, The David Wax Museum, and Ben Sollee, among many others.

He writes poignantly about romance, innocence and the opposite poles of country vs. city life. a first-rate lyricist"
Steve Morse, former music critic at the Boston Globe

"The songs are beautiful and moving. His subjects and sincere, stripped-down delivery call up all of the modern legends of song craftJeff Tweedy, Ryan Adams, and Jim Jamesand the sentiments linger for days, the ashtray always nearby."
Jeff Wallace, My Secret Boston