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TALKING ABOUT SINGING ABOUT DANCING WITH DEMONS with TACKY ANNIE: 7/26 BTTC BENEFIT SHOW INTERVIEW

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Engaged couple Rachelle LaNae and Andrew Frederick are the song-writing nucleus of high-energy indie pop group Tacky Annie, who will be perform alongside 26 BATS!, Gabriel Rodreick’s Undoers, DJ Rowsheen, host Mark Mallman, and 10 regulars from J.T. Viele’s acclaimed OpenMic MPLS at Mortimer’s Benefit for Lauren Smythe on Thursday July 27th. In this video interview with Back to the City host and curator Simon Calder, Frederick and LaNae discuss how they first began performing LaNae’s singer-songwriter material in contexts like Viele’s OpenMic MPLS, where they first met fellow songwriter Lauren Smythe, for whom they are playing this benefit show. After the couple collaboratively composed “Renegade Energy,” a dance-inducing song about dancing, for a ballet company, Tacky Annie was born. To the soundtrack of their debut record, “The Little Album,” LaNae and Frederick recount the Tacky Annie story so far.

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Listen – Reina del Cid – Soul Mines

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The smooth, soulful vibe of Reina del Cid is like a warm musical bath. It’s comfortable; it holds your hand as you skip through the park. Her voice floats through the music and wraps around the verses and choruses as it should.

“Rerun City” was released on CD and digitally last December, but now the Vinyl will be available as well.

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