Win FREE TIX to Amy LaVere @ Valentine’s on Thursday

“Enticingly sultry” – The Washington Post

“Part winsome alt-country gal and part avenging angel, Amy LaVere has made the break-up album of the year.” – Spin Magazine (8 out of 10 stars)

“LaVere could rest on her lyrics alone, which are witty and feisty enough to stand on their own, but by giving her band boundless license to indulge any whim or eccentricity, she has crafted a well-rounded album that is already among the year’s best.” – Paste Magazine

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Artistically speaking, Louisiana-born songsmith, haunting vocalist and stand-up bass thumper Amy LaVere is swinging for the fences with her new album, “Stranger Me.” So she should be right at home when she returns to Nippertown to lead her band into Valentine’s Music Hall in Albany on Thursday night (December 1).

The album was produced by Craig Silvey (fresh from his engineering duties on the Arcade Fire’s Grammy Award-winning Album of the Year “The Suburbs”). It features a dizzying array of musicians who regularly ply their musical trade with such diverse folks as Leonard Cohen, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. And if that doesn’t sound adventurous enough for you, in addition to LaVere’s captivating original tunes, she also delves into the songbags of the great Bobby Charles and Captain Beefheart.

Music isn’t her only talent, either. As an actor, the charismatic LaVere has had key supporting roles in such major motion pictures as “Black Snake Moan” and “Walk the Line.”

The very seductive Amy LaVere and her band rumble into Valentine’s Music Hall in Albany on Thursday (December 1) in support of “Stranger Me.” Local duo Palatypus opens the show at 8:30pm. Tix are $8.

BUT WAIT… What’s this? FREE TICKETS? That’s right, we’re giving away a pair of FREE TIX to a lucky Nippertown reader! To enter the contest, just post a comment below. Please leave your email address, too. We won’t publish it, but we’ll use it to contact you if you win. The winners will be selected at random and notified on Thursday. Do it today! And good luck! Congratulations to Alan G, not only do you qualify, the random number generator picked you.