Dark Water Rising
January 23, 2012
Ready to ROCK???
Helllo family and friends!!! Even if it's on the soft side- it still rocks!!! Dark Water Rising is pumped and ready to see what the year of 2012 holds for our music! We hope to spend many of our days with YOU!!! The stage is set for the first couple of months of the new year, with our first show less than two weeks away. We hope that you will join us at the Local 506 on Friday, February 3rd as we help to celebrate the release of "Bones for Tinder", an excellent piece of work from "Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes". We'll be joined by The Tender Fruit, an Americana/Folk/Indie band from Carrboro, NC. Tickets are $8 in Advance and may be purchased HERE through ETix. $10 @ the door. The show begins at 8:30 pm. This will be an interesting night of music!!!
We've been under wraps for about a month and 1/2 now, preparing for our first show and incorporating new songs, instruments, and a rockin' new band mate!!! We hope that you will make plans to attend on Feb. 3rd for the public induction of our newest member to the DWR family!!! It's going to be great.
Novemer 27, 2011
Spread the HOLIDAY Cheer!!!
Hello friends!!! Hello family!!!! How do you plan to spread the holiday cheer this season? Please don't tell us that you intend on being an Ebenezer Scrooge this time around!?! Halloween is over- it's time to spread peace, joy, love & good cheer! Dark Water Rising plans to do just that with a few holiday season shows...be sure to catch one or two of them.
We trust that each of you have been doing well since our last update. We plan to make a few changes within the upcoming months, but we ask for your continued love and support along the way! Let's see...what to tell you...oh! Tennessee is an awesome state- Knoxville rocked! We had the opportunity to visit downtown Knoxville about 2 weekends ago and the people were just awesome. Our first performance of 5 (over the course of a weekend) was for the Blue Plate Special- a live radio show with a live audience to perform in front of; talk about being a ball of nerves!!! We had the opportunity to perform a couple of our tunes (Tried and True, Hometown Hero, & Hooked were in the mix) for the show which airs each day at noon. If you ever have the opportunity to stop in Knoxville, make it a point to sit in for the Blue Plate Special. What an honor it was to play on that stage!
The month of November also brought Dark Water Rising our first "Fan of the Year"!!! Congratulations to Mr. Duane Owen Brayboy-Williams, our first-ever Fan of the Year. Duane beat several other contenders for the title of DWR Fan of the Year by attending numerous shows, capturing awesome band photos, visiting, liking, and commenting on our Facebook page and by being a genuine friend to the members of Dark Water Rising. Duane's name was entered into and pulled from a drawing during a performance at Mighty J's, located in Pembroke, NC. As the DWR Fan of the Year, Duane will receive a prize pack and free DWR concert with all the fixin's!!! Congratulations again Duane!!!
Friends, Duane embodies the kind of persona needed to get DWR to the top! Please keep in touch- your words of encouragement, criticism, and presence in general are what keeps us going. Our greatest hope is that you will be moved by our music in a positive way and in return pass that energy along to someone else. We'll be seeing you soon!!! Remember, let's spread the holiday cheer!!! It's really real.
September 30, 2011
Dark Water Rising featured in The Independent Weekly
Hello friends! We wanted to share an article with you from this week's issue of the Independent Weekly, which circulates throughout the Triangle region of NC. Special thanks to Sylvia Pfeiffenberger for writing such an accurate article and for portraying our culture in such a beautiful light- thank you Sylvia! Special thanks also to everyone that contributed quotes and information for Dark Water Rising. Enjoy!
Don't forget to scoot on over a few pages to join the DWR listserv. Our newsletter in now being circulated!!!
September 19, 2011
BATTLE OF THE BANDS CHAMPION, Pow Wow Kickoff, The Dirtleg Gazette & More!!!
Dark Water Rising has been making some moves in September folks! Who wants to go to the County Fair??? Dark Water Rising participated in the first-ever "Battle of the Bands" Competition at the Lee County Fairgrounds, sponsored by Moore Music of Southern Pines, NC. We won!!! Along with a trophy for first place, DWR received a complete recording package from Eastwood Studios of Southern Pines!!! We're excited about the possibilities of working with these guys! Thanks to the people of Lee County and surrounding areas for supporting Dark Water Rising. You really made us feel at home! Join us at the Cumberland County Fair tomorrow night (9/20) at 7 pm!! We'll give you a taste of our new set.....
DWR has some pretty exciting shows coming up within the next couple of weeks. It would be great to see you in the audience. We understand that some of you are miles away, but rest assured that you are with us in spirit and heart!!! It's pow wow season and we'll join our people on Friday, September 24th for the Metrolina Native American Association Kickoff Concert in Indian Trail, NC!!! We're honored to be chosen as the entertainment for this spectacular event; round dances, good friends, the cool, brisk air!!!! Haa-Chaaa!!!
The following week we'll travel to the Triangle and the Port City of our great state. Thursday, September 29th Dark Water Rising will perform with Delta Rae; we'll be the first to tell you that Delta Rae is our cup of tea! We complement each other well, like collards and cornbread!! Cake and Ice Cream- but not all four mixed together!!! You get the point! Come out for a great show at MotorCo in Durham, NC. To kick off the weekend DWR will perform at The Whiskey in Wilmington, NC on Friday, September 30th. Our last show there proved to be an ultimate success. The people of Wilmington have a strong appreciation for live, original music. We can't wait to get back there to share our new set with YOU!!!!
Until we see each of you in the audience, be blessed. We'll continue to work hard with passion and fervor!!! DWR all the WAY!!!
P.S. Don't forget to sign up for our DWR Email Listserv!!! The first issue of The Dirtleg Gazette is on its way!!! The OFFICIAL journal of Dark Water Rising!!!
September 11, 2011
IN HONOR OF 9/11
Dark Water Rising has been blessed with a run of shows, productive practices, and new material within the past couple of weeks. Traveling to Virginia, Georgia, West Virginia, New York, Tennessee, South Carolina.....has done some good for our souls! Meeting friendly people along the way is what you hope for, and we've met our share of friendly and hospitable people along the way. Thank you for being open to the music of Dark Water Rising!
We'd like to take a moment to remember the victims, families and friends that were affected by the tragedies of September 11, 2001
We pray for understanding, compassion, and forgiveness- that the fuel to commit atrocities such as 9/11 evaporates.
DWR ARCHIVES
Available now: DWR's self-titled debut album "Dark Water Rising"
*** UPDATE ***
DWR on AMAZON.COM!!!
>>Friday, February 3, 2012: Local 506
Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes Album Release Party!!!
Chapel Hill, NC 9 pm
>>Saturday, February 4, 2012: CANCELLED
>>Wednesday, February 8, 2012: The Pour House Music Hall
Raleigh, NC 9 pm
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