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Newsletter 27 February 2010 |
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Two years ago, 26 year old
Kate Walsh recorded her
breakthrough album, Tim’s House, in her producer’s bedroom for £500. It
became an iTunes sensation, knocking Take That from the No1 spot (the only
independent artist ever to have achieved the top spot). The song Talk of
the Town became Single of the Week in March 2007. Her career took a step
up from that time and she is regularly now featured in the music press and
radio. A graduate of the Brighton
Institute of Modern Music, pianist/guitarist Walsh has been likened to
singers such as Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush. She writes delicately
fragile, confessional songs that make the listener feel like a close
personal confidante as she bares her soul with sometimes shocking
candour. Musically, Walsh undoubtedly
falls into the category of ‘singer-songwriter’ - but one who adores
Debussy, studies cello, listens constantly to Classic FM (and little
else), bemoans the demise of vinyl and CDs, is entertainingly scathing
about the conventional music industry (”it’s fickle, selfish, impersonal
and backstabbing”). And she has established her own cottage industry to do
it her way. Of the title track from the
album, Walsh says: “It’s the saddest song I’ve ever written. It’s about
two men and they both heard it independently and knew it was about them,”
she grimaces. “There was a lot of trouble…it was awful going through it,
but it’s a great song! I think it’s one of my best songs ever.” One of the
first times she sang it in public – at Playing grand piano and guitar,
with cello accompaniment, you’d better lock up your hearts when she
appears at Chequer Mead on 27 February. “Walsh's
songs have a fragility not heard since Kathryn Williams last picked up her
guitar.' Music
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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
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Future 2010 dates in the
Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
8 March* – Dave
Swarbrick + support Dana & Susan
Robinson Ø
23 March* – Lau +
support Matthew
Ord Ø
1 April* – Martin
Simpson + support Emily
Slade Ø
26 April* – Emily
Smith + support (tbc)
ADVANCE
TICKETS ONLY (£11) Ø
18 May – Gretchen
Peters
(tbc) Ø
14 June – Eliza Carthy
Band
(tbc) Ø
16 September* –
Show of
Hands *TICKETS
NOW BOOKING More
information 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/acousticsussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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