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New CD, to be released in January!

 

 

The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra have recorded their first LP, after two eps, to be released this January! The CD, tittled and dedicated to sweet Blanche, the short bus that started with nothing but a stand up piano in it, and took TMO accross the country this summer, is cheekily named The Blanche Album, and consists of 7 all new TMO original songs.

 

 

Keep checking the site, and myspace, as we will be releasing songs on the myspace for you listening pleasure, as well as more information about cd release parties!

 

 

If you are interested in being contacted directly about upcoming shows, and updates on the band, join the mailing list by emailing info@ttmo.ca!

 

 

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With an insatiable and expanding following in both North America, and Europe, The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, from Victoria BC, are once again breaking genre boundaries in one fail swoop of absolutely filthy, but impeccably dressed gypsy-ska-folk-grass mayhem, with their newly recorded LP, “The Blanche Album“!

Recorded on Vancouver Island, by Zak Cohen, and to be released this January, “The Blanche Album” continues in TMO's unique way to be driven from a voracious desire to pull and bind their influences from the roots of a variety of musical cultures, from Eastern Europe, to Deep South, to African rythms. The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra have been quoted as "taking your favourite tradition, and then, playing it with precision and intensity, use it as a rythm stick to alternately taunt, tremmor, and keep the beat with an unrelenting pulse." (Ben Halts, New World Theatre)

The summer of 08 marked a huge change for TMO. After the release of their first, self titled EP, the band's underground, local, and extremely enthusiastic following grew as their previously unheard of style of gypsy-ska graced the stages of Ska Fest in Victoria, Sugar, and many other reputable venues around the West Coast of Canada.

As TMO's following grew, it was decidedly time to head to the land where their musical influences were derived from, and an extensive 4 month tour in Europe began, as did the beginning of their international recognition.

Upon returning home, TMO had an extremely successful, self promoted tour through North America, including shows in Portland, Seattle; selling out venues across Canada, including the Sala Rossa in Montreal; gracing the stages of Victoria’s Jazz Fest, Victoria's Ska Fest; and headlining at Artswells Festival, and Toronto's busking Festival (where they sold over 800 CDS in three days)!

With an ever developing, and maturing sound, you can expect to hear more about this this band from the west coast of Canada, who look and play like they are from deep Europe but sound like they were raised by Bill Monroe.

www.thetequilamockingbirdorchestra.com
for video find us on myspace:
www.myspace.com/tequilamock

booking:
Chandler McMurray-Ives
e:info@thetequilamockingbirdorchestra.com
p:(00)1-250 588 1346