Tenille Townes at the Raccoon Motel -- May 18.
Saturday, May 18, 6 p.m.
Raccoon Motel, 315 East Second Street, Davenport IA
A chart-topping singer/songwriter and guitarist who has currently amassed 13 trophies from the Canadian Country Music Association, Tenille Townes headlines a May 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the gifted artist's credits also including a Juno Award, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and chart-topping hits in "Somebody's Daughter" and "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)."
The 30-year-old Townes was raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and was introduced to country music by her parents and grandparents during trips in the family car. At the age of nine, she attended a concert by Shania Twain during her "Up! Tour" bearing a sign asking for chance to sing with Twain on stage, which Twain granted. In 2009, Townes released the single "Home Now," a song she wrote from the perspective of a daughter whose father is posted in the war in Afghanistan, and the young artist released her first album, Real, in June of 2011. That August, she appeared on the national television show Canada AM performing her single "Real Me," and in March of 2013, the same year that she relocated to Nashville, Townes released her second album, Light.
Following several years of touring and after signing a record deal with Columbia Nashville, Townes released her first single with the label, "Somebody's Daughter," in September of 2018. It became her first to chart, where it reached number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 and was a number-one hit on the Canadian Country chart the following February. The song became a platinum-seller with Music Canada and a gold-seller with the United States' RIAA, and the number's album The Lemonade Stand would go on to boast radio hits in "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)," "White Horse," and "Come as You Are."
Also in 2018, Townes served as the opening act for all dates for Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town on their joint "The Bandwagon Tour," while the following year, she was featured Donovan Woods's album The Other Way as a duet vocalist on the song "I Ain't Ever Loved No One." Townes won four awards at the 2019 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards, which included one for Female Artist of the Year and three for "Somebody's Daughter," which won Single, Song, and Video of the Year. Beyond her successful recording and touring careers, Townes has raised more than $1.9 million for Sunrise House, a shelter for homeless youth in Alberta, through her annual fundraiser, Big Hearts For Big Kids.
Tenille Townes headlines her Davenport engagement on May 18 with an opening set by Angela Meyer, admission to the 6 p.m. event is $33.06, and the concert will be followed by a 9 p.m. with the Americana and folk-rock artists of Tophouse ($19.84 admission). For tickets, visit TheRaccoonMotel.com.
