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Tamar Zak-Collins

Highways and Barlights

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"Great Tracey Thorn-goes-country vocals..."
-Venue Magazine


San Francisco native Tamar Zak-Collins is a London based singer-songwriter showcasing influences from Beth Orton and Gillian Welch to Josh Rouse and Ryan Adams. Her haunting, trademark vocal style stretches out across delicate finger picking and infectious alt-pop melodies to create a sound which combines the resonances of indie folk-rock and Americana into something both excitingly distinctive and comfortingly familiar - coming home after a long time gone.
She is currently recording her debut solo album with studio mastermind Tony Hobden, formerly of Channel House Studios, who has engineered bands like Coldplay and Roxy Music. 'Highways and Barlights' is set to be an accomplished collection of songs featuring some of the most talented musicians in the UK, including former ELO cellist Hugh McDowell and UK Songwriting Contest winner Steven Reid Williams. Set to incorporate coolest jazz drum stylings, moodily delicious bass lines, emotive cello and rootsy pedal steel, 'Highways' will take influences from jazz to country and mix them into what is sure to be both a warm and memorable collection. Look out for the album's release coming soon!


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Member Since: 10/09/2007
Band Website: tamarzakcollins.com
Band Members: Tamar Zak-Collins: Vocals, Guitar, Arrangement & Production

Additional Instrumentation and Stylings By:

Richie Blake - Bass Guitar
Danny Cox - Drums
Bob Dixon - Pedal Steel
Hugh McDowell - Cello
Steve Williams - Piano

Influences: Tracey Thorn/ R.E.M./ Josh Rouse/ Ryan Adams/ Gillian Welch/ Wilco/ Beth Orton/ Cat Power/ Stereophonics/ Romantica/ Beautiful South/ Turin Brakes/ Catherine Feeny/ Caitlin Carey/ Whiskeytown/ Johnny Cash/ Hank Dogs/ HEM/ KT Tunstall/ Aimee Mann/ Lucinda Williams/ Tift Merritt/ Indigo Girls/ The Thrills/ Minibar/ Jesse Malin/ Wheat/ Pete Yorn/ Katherine Williams/ Nathan Wiley/ The Bandits/ The Be Good Tanyas/ Neko Case/ Mary Lou Lord/ David Baerwald/ Brother Henry/ Tom Petty/ Emmylou Harris/ James Iha/ Will Kimborough/ Alison Krauss/ Dixie Chicks/ Norah Jones/ Ida/ Iron and Wine/ Elliot Smith/ Lambchop/ Neil Young/ The Rosaline
Sounds Like: Mary Lou-Lord, Tracey Thorn, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Beth Orton, Ani Di Franco, Caitlin Carey, Aimee Mann, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Tracy Chapman
Type of Label: Unsigned

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