Tall Heights
Tim Harrington (guitar) and Paul Wright (cello) are Tall Heights. Their music is evocative. It grabs ahold of you and gently wraps itself around your heart and mind and allows your imagination to soar along with it. Their sound is contemporary, yet ageless. Tall Heights have become fan favorites in Boston and are currently touring to support their new CD, Man of Stone. Here’s a video of Tall Heights singing “I Don’t Know, I Don’t Know.”
- How long have the two of you been singing and playing together?
- We’ve been performing as Tall Heights for three years, but we’ve known each other since childhood and did some singing together starting in high school, so it was a long time in the making.
- You spent a fair amount of time playing at the coveted spot near Fanueil Hall in Boston. How did you manage to nab that precious spot? It’s a tourist mecca!
- We signed up in 2010, and almost missed our audition slot. I guess they found our hectic performance charming, and we were lucky to come in at a time when they were looking to add some musical acts.
- How did the name Tall Heights come about?
- It just happened. We like that it means something different to everybody.
- Describe your songwriting process. Do you co-write all your songs or do you switch off?
- We find our respective muses in solitude, so each of us develops ideas on his own and then seeks help from the other in selecting the best ones, refining song structure, and building the harmonies and instrumentation.
- Who would you say are your biggest influences?
- We love Laura Marling, Anais Mitchell, Gregory Alan Isakov and Bon Iver.
- How would you compare Man of Stone to your previous two recordings?
- We’re really proud of this one. I think it carries and builds upon the haunting, shadowy vibe of Rafters and The Running of the Bulls EP, but it’s deeper, and at times, darker. We’re hoping that thematically there’s a lot for listeners to latch on to here. These songs deal with departure and return, living with uncertainty, and finding one’s place in society.
- What would you like to accomplish in the next year or two? Any musical aspirations that you’d like to share?
- We want to share this new record with a whole mess of people, continue to hone the songwriting craft, and keep playing with the artists we admire. And we’ll keep our fingers crossed for Newport Folk.
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