Bramhall mention in Dallas Morning News

A Dallas Morning News review of Doyle Bramhall II's recent tour opener there gives wonderful press to band members Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman. The Sept 15 review gives props to Wendy & Lisa lending some "big-time talent onstage," and is very favorable overall regarding the entire band and set.

Bramhall's Jellycream hits stores

Doyle Bramhall II's Jellycream hits retail outlets today. The album, produced by Tchad Blake, features songwriting and session work by Wendy & Lisa, Chris Bruce, MeShell Ndegeocello, and (Mrs. Doyle Bramhall II) Susannah Melvoin. For sound samples or to purchase the album, you can check out the Jellycream page at Amazon.com.

Wendy & Lisa set to score Snoops

Dust off your TV! Set the VCR! Wendy & Lisa are contributing the theme and cues for "Snoops" - a fall drama by producer David E. Kelley. The show will run Sundays on ABC -- check local listings for showtimes -- and features Gina Gershon and an ensemble cast of private investigators. Rumour has it that their work for the show sounds nothing like any Wendy & Lisa heard before -- check it out! The show is slated to begin on Sunday, Sept. 26.

Wendy Melvoin Session Work

Wendy Melvoin has completed sessions for a few artists recently. In April, she completed tracks for an upcoming album by Roseanne Cash, then later in the summer flew to Australia to contribute session work to Neil Finn's new release. This is in addition to Wendy & Lisa's combined session work on MeShell Ndegeocello's Bitter and Bramhall's Jellycream. Whew!

Bramhall tour dates planned

Wendy and Lisa are touring with Bramhall on dates to celebrate the release of his new album Jellycream this month. The tour will concentrate on the southwestern US, including shows in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Corpus Christi, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Tucson and possibly Las Vegas. These dates begin this Friday, the 10th September, and run through Saturday the 25th. Unfortunately, Wendy &Lisa have not been able to confirm their participation in the latter three shows due to other obligations. We'll keep you posted!

Madeleine Peyroux session work

Wendy & Lisa have completed their production work for Madeleine Peyroux's upcoming jazz release. The album, Peyroux's second, has two tracks produced by Wendy & Lisa, and the remainder produced by two additional producers. While we don't have a firm release date yet, the album should be hitting stores by late 1999. We'll keep you posted. [If this album ever did come out, I can't seem to find it anywhere . . . -- Ed.]

Wendy & Lisa chart info

Wendy & Lisa make a couple of chart appearances this week. Their MP3 release of the "All Nite" single has topped the Alternative Charts at amp3.com for over a week. Wendy & Lisa's Girl Bros. album re-entered the charts at outvoice.com at Number 29 this week. The album charts also included Eroica, debuting in the charts at Number 45, and Wendy's side project with MeShell Ndegeocello, Peace Beyond Passion, at Number 40. The singles chart included Girl Bros. track "If I Were Brave" at Number 24. Both sites' charts are picked by the listener. Amp3.com bases its chart on listener downloads of a given track, and outvoice.com is driven by weekly reader votes.