TucsonScene.Com SXSW 2007 showcase

Calexico protégés and quasi-folk prodigies from Tucson, Arizona
NAIM AMOR - MARIANNE DISSARD - SALVADOR DURAN - VICKI BROWN - ANDREW COLLBERG - WILL ELLIOTT
These Tucson, Arizona artists were selected by TucsonScene.Com for its first Austin showcase during SXSW 2007. An eclectic, international avant-pop and quasi-folk bunch, three of these acts have recorded and toured with Tucson's favorite sons, Calexico:
myspace.com/naimamor
French-born NAIM AMOR plays avant-pop songs in the vein of Serge Gainsbourg. His latest album, "Sanguine" (due out this spring in Europe on Universal/ Atmosphérique) was produced by Joey Burns of Calexico, for which he played guitar on "Garden Ruin", among other collaborations (album "ABBC": Calexico/Amor Belhom Duo). Naïm's previous album, "Mistake Love", was produced by John Parish.
myspace.com/mariannedissard
MARIANNE DISSARD performs similar songs, though one would more imagine a sultry Nico singing in a French cafe. She has also worked with Calexico, dueting on the single "Ballad of Cable Hogue", and her upcoming album is co-written and produced by Calexico's Joey Burns. She has written lyrics for Naïm Amor, Howe Gelb, Françoiz Breut and Amor Belhom Duo and directed the Giant Sand documentary "Drunken Bees".
www.myspace.com/salvadorduran2007
SALVADOR DURAN is a Mexican-born flamenco guitarist. He can be heard on the title track to the new Iron and Wine/Calexico CD"In the Reins" and has toured with both bands worldwide. A unique talent and a mesmerizing live performer, he comes equipped with his acoustic guitar, wooden stomping box, harmonica and gorgeously resonant voice. The sleeper hit of this past Lollapalooza fest with Calexico!
myspace.com/vickibrown
VICKI BROWN, an NPR Featured New Artist, plays the violin and uses loops to create beautiful sonic landscapes, not unlike Andrew Bird or Final Fantasy. She's performed with DeVotchKa and countless local bands and will already be playing at SXSW with Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter in the No Depression tent .
myspace.com/andrewcollberg
ANDREW COLLBERG was recently voted 'Best New Artist' by the Tucson Weekly. Often compared to Dylan or Lennon, he has the hooks to back it up. Described as a "pop-phenom," "prodigy" and "music genius", his music appeals to a broad audience—opening for the Violent Femmes, he got a huge response to his Beatlesque pop numbers. His debut release is frequently played on local radio station KXCI and, despite being recorded in his living room, is probably the most major-label-potential CD Tucson has ever seen.
myspace.com/willelliotttucson
WILL ELLIOTT scored the Weekly's Best Singer-Songwriter award last year after only being on the scene for a few months. His wry lyrics and vocals have brought comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Harry Nillson and is finishing up his second album, which is being produced by Collberg.