Trixie Whitley - Fourth Corner

Decay · Jun 20, 2013

So, I just found out about this Belgian artist, Trixie Whitley (daughter of Chris Whitley). If you like The Black Keys and similar artists, you'll surely like this music! The music is a mix of blues, soul and alternative rock, her voice is amazing, so I had to share it:

https://soundcloud.com/undayrecords/sets/trixie-whitley-fourth-corner

Wikipedia said:

Born in Ghent, Belgium on June 24, 1987, Trixie Whitley moved to New York when she was just a year old, with her father, musician Chris Whitley. Even as a toddler, she was immersed in music, spending time with her father as he recorded at some of the world’s most renowned studios, including Electric Lady Studios. Her early years were split between Ghent and New York City, when she wasn’t touring the world with her parents. Trixie began playing the drums when she was 10. At 11, she was touring Europe with several theater companies, and, at the age of 14, with the dance company, “Les Ballets C de la B,” as an actor, singer, dancer, and musician. During this same period, Trixie also became known as the youngest resident DJ in Europe, embraced by Belgium’s Museum of Modern Art and spinning at raves, festivals, and parties in Brussels, Paris, New York City, and Amsterdam.[3]

After her time with Les Ballets C de la B, she quit school to move to New York City at age 17. Working as a waitress in Brooklyn and Queens, she began working odd jobs while starting to perform her own music in clubs throughout the city.[4]

After returning to Belgium in 2005, following the passing of her father, she continued to write and record her own material. She recorded her first EP, Strong Blood, in the spring of 2008, produced with Meshell Ndegeocello and Dougie Bowne. That summer, she was invited to present two shows at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. She has continued to be embraced by and to collaborate with some of the world’s finest musicians and producers, working with Marc Ribot, Robert Plant, Stephen Barber, Marianne Faithfull, Joe Henry, Craig Street, and Malcolm Burn, among many others.[5]

In late 2008, legendary producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young) contacted Trixie and invited her to the Berklee School of Music, where he was in residence. Their stunning collaboration of Trixie’s song “I’d Rather Go Blind” – with drummer Brian Blade (Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman) – was filmed and started to create an immediate buzz in music circles. Soon, with the addition of bassist Daryl Johnson (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Neville Brothers), a super group – Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub – was born.[6]

In 2010 and 2011 as she toured the world performing with Black Dub. During the Black Dub recording sessions, she also recorded her second EP, The Engine, featuring her own music, and began preparing to record her debut as a leader. In late 2011, she released Live at the Rockwood Music Hall, a 5-song EP of her solo performance recorded at Rockwood in New York City.

In early 2012, she returned to the studio to finish her debut album, Fourth Corner, with producer Thomas Bartlett, engineer Pat Dillett, and string arrangements by Rob Moose.[7] In anticipation of Fourth Corner, summer of 2012 found Trixie taking the stage at festivals like Bonnaroo,[8] SXSW,[9] and Celebrate Brooklyn.[10]

In November and December 2012, she embarked on her first solo tour of the U.S, and 2013 is filled with European and US tour dates, as well as the release of Fourth Corner in the US on January 29, 2013, in Europe on February 11, 2013, and in the UK on March 5, 2013.[11]
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