Accomplishments

Lies, Lies, Lies


Reviews


Nashville Scene (Nashville, TN)
Urban Twang, a Chicago-based roots band, features the unusual vocal of Trish Clausen, who manages to come across as smart, sultry and introspective on the band’s self-produced album, “Go Call Delia”. Choosing a rough moodiness over the usual bar-chord hoedowns of most ’90s alternative country-rockers, the band stakes its own ground with a wise, textured and accessible sound.

New City (Chicago, IL)
The members put on a spellbinding show, drawing me into their bare-boned, non-insurgent country style. Lead singer Trish Clausen has a voice made for the country; soft but pronounced, from the heart and smooth but not nasal. Her live presence, her subtle enthusiasm and the way her voice carries straight from the open field to the cement gardens, all make Urban Twang among my favorite Chicago bands.


Music in Film


The Urban Twang song If Liquor Were a Woman can be heard in the movie “Almost Salinas“. This independent film stars John Mahoney (Frasier), Virginia Madsen (The Rainmaker and Dune), Ian Gomez (Felicity and EDtv), Lindsey Crouse (The Insider), Linda Emond (One Life to Live), and Ray Wise (RoboCop and Twin Peaks). Almost Salinas is written and directed by Terry Green.


Music in Commercials


Commercial Jingle
Chicago Park District (Client), BBDO (Agency)


Radio


Domestic Radio:

  • Interstate Radio Network (syndicated nationally)
  • WGN-AM (38 states, 3 Canadian provinces)
  • WXRT (Chicago-AAA)
  • US-99 (Chicago-Country) MOO-102 (Nashville-Rockin’ Country)
  • WCBR-FM (Chicago-Americana, AAA)
  • WBEZ-FM (Chicago-NPR)

International Radio:

  • BBC 1 - United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Germany
  • Yugoslavia


Television

  • 190 North (ABC 7)
  • The Morning Show and Lunchbreak (WGN TV)
  • Rob Linkhart Show (Cable Access Show, it was a cool time,)


    • Cool Gigs

    Opened for:
    The Dave Matthews Band, The Samples, Johnny Paycheck, The Marshall Tucker Band, David Allan Coe, Dave Alvin, Waco Brothers

    Selling Out:
    Our 1995 Gigs were sponsored by Taco Bell. If you would like a pick emblazoned with the Urban Twang and Taco Bell logos please send us an e-mail with your request.

    Internet:
    Podcast performance broadcast for Chicago Acoustic Underground on the Internet. To listen or download please click here (Podcast, I don’t even have an iPod).