*Acclaimed husband-and-wife duo set to perform at Under the Bridge on 11th July*
Following the release of their first full-length album Healing Tide, described by Rolling Stone Magazine as “…joyfully relentless…reminiscent of classic Ike and Tina Turner rock-infused soul”, The War And Treaty have announced their debut London date, which will take place at Under The Bridge on Thursday 11th July.
Comprised of Michael, a soldier who was pulled from the frontlines to write songs for the fallen, and Tanya, a vocalist drawn to singing’s power to diminish pain, the couple are a fast-rising act in the Americana field, offering hard-charging, vulnerable vocals with a Southern sound which has seen them come to mainstream prominence, with amazing performances at Americana Music Festival, Newport Jazz, and Byron Bay Bluesfest.
Tickets start at £16 and are available at www.underthebridge.co.uk.
UNDER THE BRIDGE
STAMFORD BRIDGE
FULHAM ROAD
LONDON
SW6 1HS
The War And Treaty Bio
As The War and Treaty, Michael and Tanya Trotter serve up healing and pain robbing with freewheeling joy on their new full-length album, Healing Tide. Funky bass lines, keys, lap steel, acoustic strings, and stripped-down percussion create a swampy Southern soul bed for the couple’s transcendent vocals. A tour-de-force produced by Buddy Miller, the collection swaggers with confidence only gained by artists who are wholly, proudly, themselves.
Michael is a wounded warrior who found his voice while serving in Iraq, when he was pulled from the frontlines to write songs for the fallen. Tanya is a lifelong artist, drawn to singing’s power to take another’s pain away. “You have to have a deep place of love within yourself to be vulnerable,” Tanya says. “With The War and Treaty, we allow people to see two people that are not perfect. We get on stage. We sweat. We’re overweight. We yell. We get ugly, we scream! My hair comes loose. We’re vulnerable––naked––in front of people, and it’s a chain reaction. It allows them to be vulnerable, too.”
The War and Treaty’s music and stories bring tears and goosebumps, but ultimately, more is at work. “I want people to feel like we care,” Michael says. “When you think about artists, you don’t think about that.” He pauses and grins broadly. “But that’s the way I want the world to feel about The War and Treaty.”
“The music dances on the intersection of soul, gospel, country, and roots music, and when you hit play, you can almost smell the sweat rising from a riled-up crowd” – The Boston Globe
