http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21800213&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rssJesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison first met as high-schoolers in the suburbs of south Seattle, sharing a deep fascination for weird DIY music. Fast-forward a decade during which Lortz became a garage-rock bold-face-name (leading the Flying Dutchmen and Fe Fi Fo Fums, among others), and Morrison a multi-instrumentalist gun for soul-stomp/surf-twang hire. Yet the only thing left over from Kimberly and Jesse's shared history on their folk-rock turn as the Dutchess & the Duke is a deep sense of mutual understanding, more akin to cool siblings than to a couple (which they are not). Their lo-fi '08 debut revels in a post-Dylan, mid-'60s darkness, where smart words, acoustic guitars and harmony vocals invoke the sounds of the Stones, Leonard Cohen and <i>Velvet Underground & Nico</i>, and negative experiences are transformative, leading to catchy songs that peep the light at the end of the tunnel. In this, the D & the D are less traditionalists recreating an old vibe than revivalists informing that vibe with an ultra-modern pathos (especially in the lyrics and two-part harmonies) and an enormous amount of heart, whose beat is marked only by a tambourine. - Piotr OrlovFolk Revivalen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:08:05 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21800213&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison first met as high-schoolers in the suburbs of south Seattle, sharing a deep fascination for weird DIY music. Fast-forward a decade during which Lortz became a garage-rock bold-face-name (leading the Flying Dutchmen and Fe Fi Fo Fums, among others), and Morrison a multi-instrumentalist gun for soul-stomp/surf-twang hire. Yet the only thing left over from Kimberly and Jesse's shared history on their folk-rock turn as the Dutchess & the Duke is a deep sense of mutual understanding, more akin to cool siblings than to a couple (which they are not). Their lo-fi '08 debut revels in a post-Dylan, mid-'60s darkness, where smart words, acoustic guitars and harmony vocals invoke the sounds of the Stones, Leonard Cohen and <i>Velvet Underground & Nico</i>, and negative experiences are transformative, leading to catchy songs that peep the light at the end of the tunnel. In this, the D & the D are less traditionalists recreating an old vibe than revivalists informing that vibe with an ultra-modern pathos (especially in the lyrics and two-part harmonies) and an enormous amount of heart, whose beat is marked only by a tambourine. - Piotr Orlov http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663600&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:51:10 -0800 Music Videos by The Dutchess And The Duke on Rhapsody Online mvid.25663600 mvid.25663600 The Dutchess And The Duke art.21800213 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663600&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663589&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:50:17 -0800 Music Videos by The Dutchess And The Duke on Rhapsody Online mvid.25663589 mvid.25663589 The Dutchess And The Duke art.21800213 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663589&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663584&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:48:29 -0800 Music Videos by The Dutchess And The Duke on Rhapsody Online mvid.25663584 mvid.25663584 The Dutchess And The Duke art.21800213 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663584&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663571&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:46:15 -0800 Music Videos by The Dutchess And The Duke on Rhapsody Online mvid.25663571 mvid.25663571 The Dutchess And The Duke art.21800213 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663571&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663556&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:45:17 -0800 Music Videos by The Dutchess And The Duke on Rhapsody Online mvid.25663556 mvid.25663556 The Dutchess And The Duke art.21800213 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.25663556&rws=%2Fthe-dutchess-and-the-duke%2Fmusic-videos.rss