Brightblack Morning Light

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Brightblack Morning Light
Hughes and Shineywater.
Background information
Origin	Northern California, USA
Genre(s)	Psychedelic music Folk rock Funk
Years active	2002 - current
Label(s)	Matador Records Drag City
Website	Brightblack Morning Light
Members
Rachael Hughes Nathan Shineywater

Brightblack Morning Light (formerly Brightblack) is a band based in New Mexico, specializing in permutations of folk rock and psychedelic music. The group is based around the core duo of Rachael Hughes and Nathan Shineywater.

1 Biography
2 Personnel
3 Discography
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Biography

As Brightblack, they toured with Will Oldham in 2002, which led to further collaboration in the form of Brightblack's full-length debut, Ala.Cali.Tucky in 2004, as well as a 2002 split 7" single with Oldham, with both bands covering Kate Wolf songs. Pebbles and Ripples, a split EP with Oldham, was released by Drag City Records in 2004. In 2006, Matador Records released the group's second full-length album, Brightblack Morning Light.

The band was the subject of some criticism regarding the tour rider for its March 7, 2007 concert at Club Congress, a venue in Tucson, Arizona. The tour rider included the following condition: "No U.S. Military entities in any form allowed within the event." The publication of the tour rider on a music blog provoked an "online uproar". Matador Records later apologized for the "miscommunication" and clarified that the band did not want military recruiters on site.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Personnel

Rachael Hughes: vocals, keyboards
Nathan Shineywater: vocals, guitar
Paz Lenchantin: bass (on self-titled album only)
Andy Macleod
Ann McCrary: vocals
Elias Reitz: percussion
Gail West: vocals

[edit] Discography

Collection EP (2001, self-released), under the name "Rainywood"
"Cornflower Blue"/ "Brother Warrior" (2002) (split single with Will Oldham) Palace Records, under the name "Rainywood"
Pebbles And Ripples EP (2004) (split with Will Oldham) Drag City, 2004.
Ala.Cali.Tucky (2004, Galaxia Records), under the name "Brightblack"
Brightblack Morning Light (2006, Matador Records)