Girls Night Out

Misti Rae Warren, Rebecca Almond, Michaela Caitlin, Blair Combest hosts.

Girls Night Out is always fun. Four female songwriters perform. Blair Combest hosts the show and sings duets with all the ladies. The line up for this show is Misti Rae Warren, Rebecca Almond, and Michaela Caitlin.

MISTI RAE WARREN. Misti Rae is a fixture on the Memphis coffee house and songwriter circuit. Formerly of local eclectic band Rae-Ray and a go go dancer for local saloon favorite The Stop Stops. She's performing as a trio for this show. Accompanying Misti on stage for this show will be Davy Ray Bennett.

Her musical influences include Bjork, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Rufus Wainwright, Modest Mouse, cocteau Twins, They Might Be Giants, Gillian Welch, Fiona Apple, Asylum Street Spankers, Ani di Franco, and "other artists with a strong sense of metaphor and melody."

REBECCA ALMOND is no longer a well kept secret. She is one of the best new singer songwriters in a prolifically talented Memphis crop. She lists among her influences Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Will Oldham, Joni Mitchell, Lucinda Williams, and Beth Gibbons.

Rebecca made her mark as part of the weekly songwriter circle Monday Night Sirens with Susan Marshall, Holly Cole and Jo Jo Jeffries. She has toured as a support act for Memphis troubadour Todd Snider, and she is currently working on her first full band with Dave Cousar and Brandon McGovern.

http://www.myspace.com/rebeccalalmond

MICHAELA CAITLIN returns to Otherlands for her first solo set. Her debut in a songwriter circle last month was just splendid. Michaela has been making a stir in Memphis, both a solo act and as part of eclectic, electric folk band Sultana. Check her out here...

http://www.myspace.com/michaelacaitlin
http://www.myspace.com/sultana

BLAIR COMBEST. Blair's been writing songs ever since laying his ten-year-old hands on a Gibson Epiphone. His influences, however, don't end with his musical heroes. A Dickensian spate of childhood illnesses led Blair to a passion for prose, and the presence of literary heroes like Poe and Nabokov is felt throughout his work. The maturity and intelligence of his music put Blair in circles beyond his years, and at the ripe old age of 15, he was playing songwriter showcases and opening for local bands. After spending a few post-high-school years gathering inspiration in the kitchens of Memphis, Blair united with indie-pop outfit Snowglobe and producer Kevin Cubbins to create his debut album.

Released in 2003, Prettier Than Ugly combined Blair's own inherent sensibilities of country, rock and folk with Snowglobe's precise pop musicianship. The album was met with tremendous enthusiasm.

http://www.myspace.com/blaircombest

$5 Cover. Doors at 7 pm. Show at 8 pm. All ages. Smoke free. Beer Coffee and Food. Large patio and deck. 641 S Cooper. 901-278-4994. www.myspace.com/otherlands