hi.

lots of news.

the new video is up for 'watusii" (first single from 'boys') you can watch it here on my myspace in the videos section. also on you tube and at my new website feverqueen.com im very proud of it.

i am in berlin tonight playing with '.. the trail of dead and then to london tomorrow where we open for au revoir simone at bush hall IM GIVING AWAY TWO FREE TICKETS TO THE SHOW WITH ANDREW BIRD AT SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE. first to email me will get the tix.

im also doing a live performance on xfm in london with john kennedy right after the show round about midnight.

all you facebookers out there- there is now an official cortney tidwell facebook page. add if you wish !!

im posting the tourdates at the bottom here and i will be putting up new pics from the tour periodically.

thanks for all the love youve been sending -
wish wish and kisses

love
cortney

Tues 5 May GERMANY Berlin Kulturbrauerei (w/ …Trail of Dead)
Wed 6 May UK London Bush Hall (w/ Au Revoir Simone)
Sun 10 May UK Bristol Thekla (w/ Andrew Bird)
Mon 11 May UK London Shepherds Bush Empire (w/ Andrew Bird)
Wed 13 May UK Manchester Academy 3 (w/ Andrew Bird)
Thu 14 May UK Glasgow Oran Mor (w/ Andrew Bird)
Fri 16 May GER Leipzig Moritzbastei
Mon 19 May GER Nuremberg MUZ Club
Wed 21 May GER Mannheim Alte Feuerwache (w/ The Gossip)
Thu 22 May GER Berlin Astra (w/ The Gossip)

tennessee trees and a foggy blog-

im a bloggin'
the trees are blooming kids. tennessee trees are the most beautiful in spring.

record is done. can you believe it? what a crazy path ive been on. as some of you know, ive been picked up by cityslang records.. im very excited about working with this label. i know its been awhile, and i cannot thank you enough for hanging in there with me thru the fog. it was quite thick for awhile, all the music business mumbo jumbo can start to become tedious,,but, its tough times kids. and i wrote a "tough" song for the record. called 17 horses.. im curious to see how you guys will respond to it. truth is - i cannot stick with one genre. you will see that this record is all over the place stylistically because as usual, if i had to stick with one "thing" i would go out of my mind. anyway. record is done. boys. boy oh boy.

so..ive got some show dates in europe-some with the lovely mr andrew bird who i ADORE. what a gentleman. a gifted, talented gentleman and his fellow bandmates are golden. we open for him in london .. see below for full list of tour dates and/or also the show section of the site. im also opening for beth orton. ive always loved her music. (my husband todd has a crush on her) good thing im solo for this one ;)

how bout the website?! thanx to my dear friend paul for putting this together for me. the intro is my basement, the green chord organ what i used while first learning to drum and play keys at same time. feverqueen because i can tell you the exact degree of your fever. always. since ive had children ive always been able to sense fevers. or when they're coming. i know you think bogus. but true it is! (and i once wrote a song called feverqueen with my friend wyatt) THANK YOU WYNDHAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!

happy spring younglings! everything is new. lets celebrate. count the clover, smell the buttercups, cry in the thunderstorm.

official press release here with dates below

southern love ya'll,

ct
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CITY SLANG RECORDS SIGN CORTNEY TIDWELL

OPENING SLOTS FOR BETH ORTON & ANDREW BIRD + HEADLINE SHOW CONFIRMED

“I love Cortney’s sound and style; magical sparkles come out of her voicebox”
Jim James, My Morning Jacket
CITY SLANG RECORDS are proud to announce they have signed Nashville based Cortney Tidwell, whose debut album Don’t Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up was released to universal critical acclaim in 2006 and cited as one of the best ten albums of the year by the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper. Details of its long-awaited follow-up will be revealed in the very near future.

To celebrate her imminent return Cortney will perform two of her legendary stripped back shows in London at which she will unveil new material. The first will be an entirely solo performance opening for Beth Orton, while at the second show she will be joined by Ryan Norris, a member of both Cortney’s band (and also Lambchop) as well as one of the co-producers of her album.

The dates are as follows:
Sun 29 March London Slaughtered Lamb (opening for Beth Orton)
Mon 6 April London Slaughtered Lamb

Cortney Tidwell has also been confirmed as the support for Andrew Bird on his May UK tour. She will perform the following shows:
Sun 10 May Bristol Thekla (Full band show)
Mon 11 May London Shepherds Bush Empire (Full band show)
Wed 13 May Manchester Academy 3 (Trio show)
Thu 14 May Glasgow Oran Mor (Trio show)

A new website has just been launched at www.feverqueen.com .. . It contains exclusive video footage and will be previewing new material in the coming weeks.

cant sleep why cant i follow me down the dark eye close to common field close to calling fine but why cant i why cant i a little less focus the dim lit noise cause too much commotion the deep shift void left a nuisance caused from bruises from the inside from the dark night there;s too many hardly any or just two hundred twenty why cant why why cant i dissolve the uncertainty dissolve the unknowing
thoughts that tie up the sunshine in my heart why o why cant i start to

sleep

Well, I said I'd do it ... so here it is ... the new song ... the first one from the next record ...

Palace, it's called ... it's up there now for a couple of weeks ... and i'm playing in Nashville this week ... June 11 with lone official, altered statesmen and special guest the lovely mr kurt wagner ... then next wednesday june 18 with my dear friends the privates and stone jack jones ... both shows at the basement ... both of them $5 ... bring your friends ... i'm bringing mine ... so stay out of the sun and come inside ... there will be loads of new songs both nights ... so we sing...

summer is just around the corner. ..schoolz out for summer and baseball season is in full explosion.... the basil is thriving.... the bees are stinging....
lets see what else.

oh yeah. im MIXING THE RECORD !!!!!!!! ONLY DAYS AWAY FROM COMPLETION! i say this loudly because its only taken me nearly two years or something absurd.
the new record is called
SON AND MOON
i still dont have a release date (u know how record labels are)
BUT
i will be posting a new song in a few days. this scares me to death actually
also
to celebrate the occasion..we're doing some celebratory shows at the basement in nashville-

june 11th and 18th

- come to the show. we're playing new never heard songs,
then we dive into the booze and glitter.

xo
cortney t

here is the "official" announcement:

THE "SON AND MOON" RISES:
CORTNEY TIDWELL CONFIRMS HOMETOWN RESIDENCY FOR JUNE 2008

CORTNEY TIDWELL has confirmed a two date residency in her hometown of Nashville to take place at The Basement on Wednesday June 11th and Wednesday June 18th. The shows will offer fans their first opportunity to see and hear a wide selection of tracks taken from her second full length album SON AND MOON, work on which is currently nearing completion.

The shows will also allow Cortney an opportunity to celebrate the currently thriving Nashville musical scene. A number of both established and up-and-coming local acts will appear during the course of the two shows, including Kurt Wagner (Lambchop), The Lone Official, The Privates and Altered Statesmen, with more to be added.


CORTNEY TIDWELL's debut album, Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up, was released to universal critical acclaim in 2006 (2007 in the US). Cited as one of the best ten albums of the year by the UK's Sunday Times newspaper, it was an astonishingly eclectic and genre-defying mix of the many musical forms that had inspired it, from indie rock to country to electronica to folk and way beyond, all held together by her extraordinary voice. A remix of the title track by the esteemed producer, DJ and musician Ewan Pearson – a massive fan of Cortney's – brought her to the attention of a wider audience, the track ending up in Pitchfork's roundup of 2007's Tracks Of The Year.

TIDWELL also toured the US with Andrew Bird, the UK with Ed Harcourt, and her new record features a duet with Jim James of My Morning Jacket,

hi.

happy spring.

springtime in tennessee is my favorite time of year really. the trees in tennessee are beautiful and when they bloom- oh they are so amazing. im glad winter is over i was depressed most of the winter.. as most people are i suppose. ive been painting, sketching a lot of trees-- i feel like a tree sometimes.. if you could be a tree, youd be a ..?

id be a magnolia ;)--ha

new record.

im posting this blog to give you an update actually, ive had so many emails (thank you) asking when the new record will be finished. well. i wish i could give you a release date but i cannot. i CAN however tell you that, i am nearing the end. all the songs are tracked and i have just a few more things to do but for the most part- we are closing in on this thing. you see, for me- recording is always a long , drawn out process. no matter how much i dream of going into a studio and churning it out in a month, it just cant happen. im too picky, im too controlling and i write as i go along, usually borrowing from bad memories or good/bad nasty experiences... to be honest, these last two years have been overwhelmingly dramatic in the land of cortney tidwell (which makes a good record- er- well i hope) you see, i cannot make good records when im happy. it just cant happen.. so in the wake of touring and the groovy times ive been having- i guess it took some time to come down , it took some time to cultivate memories .. and it took some time for the bad shit to happen ( and whoa boy it happened)
it will all come out in the songs my pretties.

much love to you all
i really feel like this is gonna be a great year.
i really feel like this is a special record. im ready to let go of it very soon....

i must let go i must let go i must let go i must let go

i am not good at letting go of anything

thank you for caring ...



love
cortney

when i first heard there was going to be joni mitchell tribute record, i was excited, elated and bummed because i could not be a part of it... so much of my musical existence stems from her music, her ideas, her courage and strength. she is the biggest inspiration to me still.... for the last twenty years of my life she was there, when no one else could be found. and she seemed to understand my feelings, she had the answers to my questions..

and i wonder if these people who contribute in her honor, love her like i do.. ?? i wonder..

she deserves our respect.. she deserves yours , she deserves mine, she is a wizard of poetry... her lyrics are, in my opinion, some of if not the most important of our time.. her creativity with rhythm and words combined, is special.. she has a special gift and she deserves to be honored and adored..

she is a queen.. she is a dream... with all these men (dylan, young, ) around stealing all her glory all these years.
( i love dylan mind you, but she was never recognized like he was and still is) when they get around to it,, they will realise how important.. how superior she is.. she is in another time, and place.. she has insight like no other woman.. she interprets our feelings, our vulnerabilty and transforms it into something beautiful.. ... her perception of the female mind is amazing.. she is amazing..

so let it be known that i worship at the altar of joni.
forever and always

xo

'songs to aging children come'


through the windless wells of wonder

By the throbbing light machine

In a tea leaf trance or under

Orders from the king and queen



Songs to aging children come

Aging children, I am one



People hurry by so quickly

Dont they hear the melodies

In the chiming and the clicking

And the laughing harmonies



Songs to aging children come

Aging children, I am one



Some come dark and strange like dying

Crows and ravens whistling

Lines of weeping, strings of crying

So much said in listening



Songs to aging children come

Aging children, I am one



Does the moon play only silver

When it strums the galaxy

Dying roses will they will their

Perfumed rhapsodies to me



Songs to aging children came

This is one

-joni mitchell

comfort me
in truth

by heart and soul youll never know where beauty lies..
youll never know when fair love dies only when it stabs you far too soon
looking up
to
falling stars for answers..
i dont get them
passing back and forth beyond our memory
traipsing up and down beyond the cemetary gate
i know here lies
my fate
i know she lies
while here
i wait

to be rescued ..

by who .? by you?
im no fool

only fond of futures i be and more and more im able to see light thru the darkness dark i am and i will cling to seasons of my youth seasons gone no truth

just illusion

and need for something more.

. more wishes i cannot hide..

and dreams sometimes

just

die

woke today to cloudy skies
deny the truth
cling to my youth
far beyond the meadow lane
i thought i heard you call my name
deny the truth
cling to my youth-
tho troubled and abused
confirmation
im still alive
and i believe
in dreams
out of blackness
comes solace
solitude
i'll
compromise.
a thousand times
x

so.. i met this amazing person in berlin.. his name is ewan.. he is incredibly talented.. he is a producer and dj -- he has also done brilliant remixes.. he is also a very very very sweet man and i adore him.
.. ewan remixed dont let stars.. . you can dance.. lets have a dance off..

here is the link to download

xx

http://ecards.k7-de.com/Christmas_2006/

merry christmas!