There’s a quiet, tenderness to songs like ‘Honest Work’ and ‘Here at Last”. Sonically, there’s not a hard edge to be found on the whole album. The overall feel of Dancing Under The Dogwoods is one of gentleness. A gentle, almost lullaby-esque song, it reflects the choice to reject the societal pressure to have children and lists all the things a couple can do without them, including (for some reason) going to Disneyland on a whim. ‘D.I.N.K’ (Double Income No Kiddies) is one of the latter. Equally as storied, is the tradition of songs that fly in the face of those values. It shows Winstanley’s ability to write a tune that couples in checked shirts could whirl each other around to in some smoke-filled bar.Ĭountry music and, by extension Americana, has a long history of songs about “traditional American values”, often extolling the virtues of the loving embrace of family. The title track sounds like a Cajun take on Steve Earle’s classic ‘Galway Girl’. From the opening notes, the Country influences are front and centre. Their third album Dancing Under the Dogwoods shows the effect that life in Tennessee has had on the pair. After releasing their debut album, the Tattletale Saints relocated to Nashville, where they’re both working musicians, playing with a variety of artists in the city’s vibrant Country scene. The relationship didn’t last, but they carried on making music together. See Tattletale Saints live at the Auckland Folk Festival, 24-27 January at the Kumeu Show GroundsĮventually reuniting back home in New Zealand, the pair became romantically and musically involved, then spent time in London where they started Tattletale Saints. Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan started out as high school bandmates in Auckland, then reconnected on Myspace while McGowan was studying Jazz bass in Las Vegas and Winstanley was in London. The Tattletale Saints’ story is somewhat complex. Dancing Under the Dogwoods is out Friday, January 24.ĭancing Under the Dogwoods by Tattletale Saints RNZ Music is excited to share this exclusive preview of the new album from NZ-born, Nashville-based Americana duo, the Tattletale Saints.
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