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"These two fiercely talented women have a way of combining folk, bluegrass
and pop with a sophisticated, artful ear. Love me like the roses
leaves you speechless entirely."
Time Out NY "With a musical vocabulary that runs the gamut from Cole Porter to post-punk modernism and a look that manages to simultaneously evoke second-hand store Americana and the glamorous vamps of the silent screen, this duo can safely be called unique." The Beat (read full article) |
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Reviews of love me like the
roses: Time Out New York by David Hurst "leaves you speechless entirely" Curve Magazine by Margaret Coble "divineMAGgees deliver one of the best albums I've heard all year" Northeast In-Tune by Kate Flavin "like the Indigo Girls thrown into Ani DiFranco's blender, transformed into a margarita that'd please Joni Mitchell" AfterEllen.com by Karman Kregloe "a complex, melancholy, and dreamy CD" Enigma by Thomas Martin "Not since the Jayhawks have I heard two vocal tones work together so well." Indie-Music.com by Genevieve Will "an unshakable album" The Beat by Amber Shannon "haunting melodies and a romantic grace... a must have in your cd collection" SavannahNOW by Gretchen Frazier"'Roses' really smell like ...alternative rock" grade A! Encore by Katherine Epstein & Kelly Weisman "it sends chills down my arms" Mountain Xpress by Hunter Pope "takes the Indigo Girls' sound and gives it a swift kick in the ass" Love Street LampPost by Ed Legum "an organic feast for head and heart" Quotes & more press: "Cregan and Danielle make sweet, dreamy alt-folk rock that draws on everything from bluegrass to punk to jazz, intertwining acoustic and electric guitars and fiddles with their perfectly matched, harmonious vocals." Margaret Coble, Curve Magazine "These ladies put aside all little white gloves to roll up their sleeves and produce an unshakable album." Genevieve Will, Indie-Music.com "What we have here is what I like to call 'what Sheryl Crow wants to sound like.' I just hear the real versions of the stories through divineMAGgees, not the borrowed accounts." Thomas Martin, Enigma "Montague's haunting fiddle work and Tibedo's moody guitar licks convey a depth and urgency that put a new spin on classic heartaches. Each track of 'love me like the roses' evokes a distinctive mood, and all eleven songs are masterfully woven together to create a complex, melancholy, and dreamy CD." Karman Kregloe, AfterEllen.com "With haunting melodies and a romantic grace that spills truth through the words that remain long after the cd ends, Love Me Like the Roses is a must have in your cd collection." Amber Shannon, The Beat "You'll like it if you enjoy music that takes the Indigo Girls' sound and gives it a swift kick in the ass. Punk leanings meld perfectly into flourishing harmonies, giving the duo a confident air missing in most bands that flirt with various styles." Hunter Pope, Mountain Xpress "Danielle Tibedo's voice at times whispers in your ear and at times sends chills down your spine. Cregan Montague's voice is the perfect complement: Simon's Garfunkel. The interplay of their harmonies, Danielle's guitar and Cregan's haunting violin, offer an organic feast for head and heart." Ed Legum, LoveStreet Lampost "The duo's ability to move gracefully between the ethereal and the emotional, complete with arresting harmonies and artful arrangements, has designated them as a new music outfit not to be missed." Laura Blackley, Asheville Citizen-Times "As a reviewer, it's electrifying to find music I can't compare to any other artist. Divine Maggees are absolutely hypnotic. I could die happy listening to them sing." Jennifer Layton, Indie-Music.com read full review of "In the meantime..." (2003) "The duo exudes sexiness on stage, no matter what the setting, giving their dreamy ballads and punkish pop tunes a lasting and sweet aftertaste." John Stoehr, Savannah Morning News "Divine Maggees compose deeply emotional songs and deliver them with startling passion. Cregan and Danielle have created their own unique vocal style and arrangements that lift your heart up with each note played and sung. They are 'super' Divine." Mark Mazzetti, Mark Mazzetti Entertainment "Their sweeping harmonies and lush textures echo traditional folk, seamlessly mixed with the urgency and raw power of punk. A potent mix, indeed." Lee Smith, Creative Loafing, Atlanta "The multi-talented duo of Danielle Tibedo and Cregan Montague call themselves Divine Maggees for good reason. There's sweet divinity in the way they mix the harmonic charm of Halcyon with the haunting iconoclasm of the late Asa Nisi Masa, and overlay it with a delicately Celtic flavor." Greg Nicoll, Creative Loafing Atlanta "With eerie 'shadow harmonies' and a strange pulse which drives their elancholy songs of longing and enlightenment, one is immediately drawn to them. Perhaps that's because they leave so much open space in their songs that the listener can mentally fill in the blanks with their own instrumentation, which emotionally invests them in the material." Jim Reed, Connect Savannah "Cregan's fiddle, with its tantalizing and ethereal sound, balanced with the rousing chords of Danielle's guitar: edgy and forthright. Such panache and harmony, so organically blended, are what make Divine Maggees such an engaging and provocative act." Allister Timms, Face Magazine "Your music, your whole way of presenting it, is extraordinary. I love the combination of guitar and violin and the original lyrics. The flow between you onstage is a big part of it all. Very magical. Divine really. What a gift to hear all that beauty and love and great music - Ts electrifying to find music that I canYour concert reminded me that there's a lot of hope for this world! Thanks." Belfast poet, Barbara Maria Brief list of feature performances: The Hotel Cafe Hollywood, CA Genghis Cohen Hollywood, CA Lestats San Diego, CA The Living Room New York, NY The Bitter End New York, NY 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN Bluebird Cafe Nashville, TN The Grey Eagle Asheville, NC Eddie's Attic Atlanta, GA The Evening Muse Charlotte, NC Down Home Johnson City, TN WETS (Women on Air, Studio One) Johnson City, TN WNCW w/ Kim Clark Spindale, NC Kendall Cafe Boston, MA WCLZ "Area Code 207" Portland, ME Jammin' Java Vienna, VA (DC area) SXSW '04 Austin, TX NXNE '03 Toronto, ON |
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