"She sings like an Angel and plays lap steel guitar like the Devil."
- Village Voice
"The
Last Town Chorus’ aching lap-steel sound moves men to tears"
- Chicago Tribune
"Strange, dark magic..." - Sunday Times (UK)
The
distorted cry of a lap steel guitar slices through the Brooklyn night. A voice
sings with aching sweetness and strength. Caressing melodies are barbed with
stinging solos. This is the sound of The Last Town Chorus - the revolving
ensemble led by singer/writer/lap-steel-guitarist Megan Hickey - whose singular
approach to music has beguiled writers from The New York Times, SPIN, The
Washington Post, ELLE, Uncut, Sunday Times (UK), among countless others. Her
live shows are nothing short of revelatory, bringing audience members to tears,
turning critics into fanatics and building a fiercely loyal fan base in every
city The Last Town Chorus visits. The new album, Wire Waltz, is even deeper,
more powerful and more personal than the last and includes the wistful reinvention
of David Bowie's 'Modern Love' that was recently featured in an episode of
Grey's Anatomy. Released in the US and Canada by Hacktone Records on March
6th, 2007, Wire Waltz is comfort food for wounded souls.
- Hacktone Records
Wire Waltz has also been released in the UK/Europe (Loose), France (PIAS), and Australia/NZ (Shock) in late 2006.
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{A Note In The Interest of Historical Accuracy: The Last Town Chorus ceased to be a duo in early 2004 with the parting of original guitarist Nat Guy, and Megan has performed and recorded with a revolving ensemble ever since!}
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More
about Megan
+ Read interviews with Megan: NY
Press (Feb 2007), Chart
(Canada - 2007), Chicago
Tribune (Jan 2007), Toronto
NOW (Jan 2007)
+ Listen to interviews with Megan: Acoustic
Cafe (U.S. nationally syndicated radio programme); various others on the
Music page
+ Megan's main instrument is a 1940s lap steel guitar made by the Oahu Publishing
Company of Cleveland, Ohio - paired with a delay module. Read more about Megan's
stable of musical instruments here.
+ Megan
talks about favorite albums to Dusted Magazine in 2004 here.