From: Gulb Marketing [gulbmarketing_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk]
Sent: 13 November 2015 14:48
Subject: US troubadour Jonah Matranga, comes to Canterbury?s Gulbenkian as
part of his UK tour.
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In
association with Gulbenkian, Beautiful Town Music presents
Jonah?s
onelinedrawing
Support:
Dutch Courage & Matt Appleby
Friday 27
November 2015 8pm
US troubadour Jonah Matranga, comes to Canterbury?s Gulbenkian as
part of his UK tour.
Jonah Matraga
(aka onelinedrawing) is essentially unique. He?s somewhere in between Nick
Drake, The Clash, Prince and Bjork ? and nothing like any of them. Over the
last 20 years he?s been appreciated by listeners and critics alike for his
diverse music and his overall approach to making and sharing it. He?s fronted
rock bands (Far, Gratitude, New End Original), along with making many solo
albums as onelinedrawing and simply under his name.
Jonah has worked
with, toured with and influenced artists ranging from The Weakerthans to Frank
Turner to Sepultura. He?s been featured on hip-hop records from Fort Minor
(Where?d you go?) and Lupe Fiasco (The Instrumental), as well as being featured
on releases by Thursday, Deftones and many more bands from all corners of the
music world.
Jonah has played
as many house shows as he has huge festivals, and he brings the same thing
regardless of where he?s playing ? honesty, ambitious songwriting, weird wit,
and an interest in making something new and different every time.
?You may know
singer/songwriter Jonah Matranga from his various group projects ? Far,
Gratitude, New End Original and the anagrammatic onelinedrawing ? but music
made under his own name still sounds as sweet?Matranga may have done his best
work while flying solo.? Alternative Press
?A loose,
free-roaming approach to songwriting that pushes his music beyond the normal
sad-sack singer/songwriter clich?s? Pitchfork
?One of
music?s most charismatic, tuneful, purist geeks?? Entertainment Weekly
??but I did
see Jonah two nights in a row ? he never disappoints.? ? Brooklyn Vegan
?One of the
most influential artists out there.? Interpunk.com
Support comes
from hillbilly folk rock duo Dutch
Courage & singer/songwriter Matt Appleby.
Jonah?s
onelinedrawing + Dutch Courage + Matt Appleby will be at Gulbenkian on
Friday 27 November at 8pm. Tickets are Full ?6 (Student ?5). For more
information and tickets please visit www.thegulbenkian.co.uk,
or call 01227 769075.
ENDS.
Press
Contact:
For interviews
please contact: Emily
Watts, emily.alison.watts_at_gmail_dot_com,
07790877812
For more
information, interviews, press tickets and images please contact
Jess Thomas,
Marketing Officer, 01227 827956, j.l.thomas_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk
David Yard, Head
of Marketing, 01227 824688, d.yard_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk
Or visit our
press site for images: http://www.thegulbenkian.co.uk/about-us/press/index.html
About Gulbenkian
Gulbenkian is a key part of the University of Kent?s Arts Centre
offering innovative, engaging and high quality arts activity for and with the
public, staff and students. It provides a key role in delivering the University
of Kent?s commitment to Public Engagement proving an interface between the
University and the local and wider community Gulbenkian has a particular
commitment to the creative empowerment of children and young people and talent
development.
About
Beautiful Town Music
Beautiful Town Music
are a collective who promote, support and cultivate new music. Since 2011,
Beautiful Town Music have programmed stages for the Herne Bay Festival,
Whitstable Oyster Festival, the Beaney Opening Weekend and Summer Sounds at
Whitefriars Shopping Centre in Canterbury. In addition to the new monthly music
night at Gulbenkian, the collective currently run the monthly Songwriters?
Showcase at the Ballroom and the Canterbury Songwriters Circle which will be
meeting at the Gulbenkian from January 2015. Founder of Beautiful Town Music,
Emily Watts, says, ?This new
partnership with Gulbenkian is very exciting as we raise the profile of local
musicians and songwriters, bringing them to new audiences. The new stage and
sound system in the Gulbenkian Caf? is ideal for this new venture and we are
looking forward to more developments with Gulbenkian in the future.?
Other gigs in the
Beautiful Town Music presents series at Gulbenkian include:
Friday 11 December 8pm
Baxter,
Phoebe Warden & George Ogilvie
Tickets
Full ?6 (student ?5)