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Newsletter 15th February 2008 |
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REMINDER
Brooks
Williams
with Marsha Swanson
Monday 31st March, The
Ravenswood, Sharpthorne
“One
of the most fluid acoustic/electric guitarists on the planet”
fRoots “Like
a more upbeat Bruce Cockburn – from an artist who only gets better with
every release. …One of “A
consummate artist, Williams ranks among “Intelligent,
soulful song-writing and dazzling guitar work.”
Acoustic
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As featured
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Monday £10 (£12
door) 8pm Tickets are also
available at Hobgoblin Records, Click
here for full News Release in PDF format Come and
see our new staging, being used for the first time for this show!
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“If
Williams' guitar picking gets any sharper, we'll have to invent new
adjectives," wrote the Boston Globe.
Well, they better start inventing because Williams' music, lyrics,
singing, and picking get sharper with every recording. Critics and writers
hail Brooks as "an acoustic guitar god'" and a "fret monster," saying his
music is "electrifying," "dazzling," and "breathtaking," and that he sings
like the "Angel of Soul." His unique combination of traditional and
original music inspired Dirty Linen magazine to call him one of
" His
guitar skills have recently won Brooks a place in the Top 100
Acoustic Guitarists list, in company with the likes of
Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke, Jan Akkerman, and John Martyn, to
name a few. With thirteen albums to his credit, his growing catalogue of
original songs is "exquisite," says MOJO
magazine. Likened
to James Taylor, Robert Johnson, Bruce Coburn and Bert Jansch Brooks is
back in the UK with a new set of songs and a new album (featuring Dave Mattacks), The Time I Spend With
You, launched this week. The title track was written whilst Brooks was on
tour here last year. It’s
pleasantly difficult to pin down Brooks Williams; a diverse and versatile
musician who is quite simply one of the most entertaining and engaging
performers on the circuit today. “This
guy is incredible. I thought I'd seen all the great guitar players, now
I've just had to go and add another to the list… the boundaries have been
stretched” ! Kev
Hutch, Live Review “Brooks
continues to consolidate his pole position as guitar picker par
excellence…but it's good to be reminded of just how compelling a
songwriter Brooks is……hearing his records doesn't really prepare you for
the impact - total satisfaction guaranteed.”
Net
Rhythms Joining
Brooks for this show is Marsha
Swanson, recently voted Best Folk Artist and Album at the
Glasswerk New Music Awards. |
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For
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future diaries... |
Other 2008 dates
in the Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
21 April – Corinne
West + support: David
Celia Ø
15 May – Tannahill
Weavers + support:
Celtish Ø
24 May – Anais
Mitchell + support
(tbc) Ø
2 June – Amy
Wadge + support: Andy
Walker Ø
18 June – Eleanor
McEvoy + support
(tbc) Ø
30 June – Thea
Gilmore + support
(tbc) Ø
21 July - Eve Selis
Band + support
(tbc) Ø
8 September – Kirsty
McGee
(tbc) Ø
22 September – Dave Swarbrick & Martin
Carthy Ø
3 October – Eliza
Gilkyson + sipport
(tbc) Ø
3 November – John Tams & Barry
Coope + support
(tbc) Ø
9 December – Dougie
MacLean + support
(tbc) 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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