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Newsletter 26th April 2009 |
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Bank
Holiday Monday at
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Ravenswood Special
guest Dan Reed Tickets are also
available at Hobgoblin in Crawley and Bullfrog in Click
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Award-winning Scots songwriter
Karine Polwart combines
sharp observations, expressive vocals and pop-inflected melodies with a
probing intellect and compassionate lyricism. Possessed of a tender heart,
the emotional depth of her lyrics effortlessly incorporate both
contemporary and traditional folk influences. Twice
winner of Best Original Song at the BBC Folk Awards and nominated for two
2009 awards (Best artist, Best Album), she’s collaborated with alt folk
balladeer King Creosote, Idlewild front man Roddy Woomble, the
intellectual maverick of English folk song Chris Wood, bluegrass ace Tim
O’Brien and even the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra. A
former children's rights worker, and driven by a strong sense of social
justice, Karine allows images, narratives, questions and wry comic asides
do much of her work. She tries never to say too much. And whether
it's the dilemmas of modern parenthood, the unsettling kindness of lies,
or the resilience of hope, she admits most of her songs are an attempt to
make sense of the fact that “there are people in this world who don't
think like you do” (as she sings in her 2006 song, Daisy). All of
which is precisely the kind of sideways, allegorical approach to
contemporary living that you might expect from someone with a Masters
degree in philosophy. Following the breakthrough of
her debut album Faultlines, which won Best Album at the 2005 Awards, and
its more lush and polished 2006 successor Scribbled in Chalk, Karine took
time out to give birth to her son in 2007. In an extraordinarily creative
and productive maternity leave, she recorded not one but two albums,
including Fairest Floo'er, a collection of Scottish traditional songs.
This return to her origins had a profound influence on her current
bittersweet collection of original songs, This Earthly Spell. Indeed all
four of her solo CD releases prove she's a writer able to combine ancient
traditions with sharp contemporary observations and an independent
sensibility. “She
weaves a deliciously thought-provoking magic that draws you back, time and
again, for more.” Rock
n Reel magazine Between 1988
and 1992, Dan Reed Network sold over 2 million
albums worldwide and toured with the likes of UB40, David Bowie, Bon Jovi
and the Rolling Stones, until a trip to Dharamsala in India to interview
the Dalai Lama for ‘Spin’ magazine in 1993 made Reed realise there was
more to life than rock music. He embarked on a long physical, mental and
spiritual journey that has taken him around the world and exposed him to
the ideals and philosophies of a wide variety of cultures. The band was
put on ice as he became involved in a number of different projects, which
included acting, screenwriting and setting up his own record label. He
wrote articles on subjects such as homelessness, Tibetan independence,
Native American rights (Reed is himself of Native American descent) and
animal rights and became actively involved in PETA and Young Audiences of
America. He spent a year in
Now a resident of Having come full circle and
returned from his long journey older and wiser than the rock star of the
last millennium, Dan Reed is now back where he belongs - creating music
that will entertain, inform and inspire. |
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Don’t
forget that as well as our own shows, the Acoustic Sussex website has a
Regional Gig
Guide and links to
venues and clubs in the South East that offer folk, roots and acoustic
music – and our MySpace site
contains over 500 links to a variety of other MySpace ‘friends’ sites,
including musicians, venues, magazines and lots
more. |
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For
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future diaries... |
Future 2009 dates in the
Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
8 May – Kate
Rusby (in association with The
Hawth, Ø
21 May – Cara
Dillon + Horses
Brawl Ø
8 June – Dick
Gaughan + Mary
Hampton Ø
19 June – Show of
Hands with Miranda Sykes (SOLD
OUT) Ø
26-28 June – Crawley Folk
Festival Ø
6 July – Christine
Collister + Alex
Hall Ø
20 July - Iain
Matthews + Mary
Leay Ø
7 September – Sam Baker
(band) + The Haley
Sisters Ø
21 September – Corinne
West + Tinderbox Ø
12 October – Uiscedwr +
Luke
Sital Singh Ø
9 November – Chris
& Kellie While + Joe
Topping Ø
23 November – Jez Lowe and the Bad
Pennies Ø
11 December – Rachel Unthank & The
Winterset More information
on all up-and-coming artists can be found on our website: www.acousticsussex.org.uk. You
can also find us on MySpace (with samples from some of the artists
appearing) at: www.myspace.com/acoustic_sussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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