Photo by Parker Stewart.
ARTISTS
Black Water Choir
Corey Hines
Genre: Folk / Alt Country / Americana
Home: Asheville, North Carolina / Savannah, Georgia, USA
Associated Acts: Breakers, Justin Dead Thomas (live)
For Fans Of: Justin Townes Earl
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Biography
Black Water Choir is the collective mind of Corey Hines, blending folk and alt-country styles with a dark-pop influence echoing throughout; often experimenting with raw, lo-fidelity recordings and noises to create an ambient room-scape within a song. Spending the majority of his life in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee where the influence of mountains, weather and light have found their way into the core of the writing process, including sounds, rhythms, lyrics and overall texture, The name Black Water Choir came about while Hines was based out of Savannah, GA and is an homage to the black water rivers that meander through the low-country of the southern United States.
About his debut full-length Hines says, "‘Stray Dogs’ is a collection of songs that I've recorded over the years living in Georgia and North Carolina. They are an extension of my experiences and commentary on places, drunken nights, my friends and the people I've let in to my personal life. I hope you can find some similarities in your own life and that these songs provide some form of solace." ‘Stray Dogs’ was originally self-released in 2013, but was later re-released March 24th 2015 via Furious Hooves digitally worldwide, as well as on limited edition cassette with a bonus song.
“The bedroom-style recording feel gives ‘Stray Dogs’ an unparalleled kind of accessibility, like we’ve stayed up all night talking on the porch with Hines and he’s picking up his guitar just as the sun comes up. Vocals crackle and peak at times, breaking through that digital wall. There’s a sultry-cool swing about songs like ‘Some Nights (Let’s Take it Home)’ that captures that height of Savannah summer, of a lagging, distinctly Southern kind of peaceable doubt. You know the time: the sweat has just become a part of you, you wander the streets with friends, drink cheap beer, and talk about goals and dreams beyond the immediate, poignant moment.
– Anna Chandler for Connect Savannah, premiere of Stray Dogs.
In late 2014 Black Water Choir started performing live again, both solo and as a duo with Alexis Ambrose. They played in and around Savannah including the Savannah Stopover festival. The duo also performed a live session with ArtLab Sessions. Hines also self-released an EP in 2014 entitled ‘The Black River Recordings.’
Furhoof Discography
FH-043 Various Artists
Stay Rad Vol.03: Furhoof Yr 5 – Compilation (2016)
Furhoof’s Stay Rad series – Vol.03
17. Black Water Choir - Fog Cast
FH-032 Black Water Choir
Stray Dogs – LP (2015)
1. Ghost of Summer
2. Where I'm Going
3. There is No Place You Can Rest
4. North on Twenty-Six
5. Some Nights (Let's Take It Home)
6. Death No. 1
7. There's a Flood Outside and I'm Stuck Inside
8. Ice Homes
9. Where You Are
10. Morning Light
11. In The Hills
12. Late Night and Late Forever
13. Whiskey-Water *Bonus Song
Audio/Video
Live version of unreleased “Morning Song.” Video produced by ArtLab Sessions. Videography by Kelly Roetto & Jon Waits. Video Editing by Jay Rudd. Sound Engineering by Matt Eckstine.
