OXFORD – 6 On The Square is pleased to welcome the return of The Twangtown Paramours on Sunday, July 1 at 2 pm for our Annual Free Concert in Lafayette Park - be sure to bring a chair! Nashville based, the duo will be at the start of a month-long tour through the Northeast.
Dubbed “Sophisticated Americana”, their music is a hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes. This husband and wife acoustic duo is known for their well-crafted and award-winning songs, top-notch lead singing, and fine harmonies. The Twangtown Paramours were chosen three times (2011, 2013, and 2016) to be finalists in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk contest and were winners of the Michael Terry People’s Choice Award in the Wildflower Music Festival Songwriter Contest. The Twangers were named Artists on the Verge for 2011 by the Bluegrass Special Magazine.
Before moving to Nashville, MaryBeth was a fixture of the local music scene in the Washington, D.C. area, where she fronted a popular bar band and sang background vocals for the band Method Actor, featuring Eva Cassidy. After relocating to Nashville, MaryBeth continued her career working as a demo singer and background vocalist for several new country artists
Mike T. Lewis has played guitar and bass, sometimes touring with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, playing upright bass. In 1997, Mike had a #1 pop hit in South Korea on Yangpa’s first album called “A Heartbeat Away”. In April, 2014, Mike signed an administrative publishing deal with Universal for all their Asian territories: more of his songs are presently being recorded by Korean artists. He has also had songs recorded by independent artists in the U.K., Japan, and the U.S. Since 2000, Mike has owned and operated a studio in Nashville, producing albums and demos for up and coming performers. And if you look very, very, very closely, sometimes you could see Mike playing a background acting role of songwriter, studio engineer, or roadie on ABC’s “Nashville”.
The Twangtown Paramours are currently working on their third album. Their last record was released to radio, reaching #2 on the Folk DJ Chart. John Platt of WFUV in New York City listed the album in his top 10 for the year; Lilli Kuzma of WDCB in Chicago listed the album in her top 5 for the year; and Deep Roots Magazine listed the album at #7 for the year.
