Amelia Curran, September 13th
Event
- Title:
- Amelia Curran, September 13th
- When:
- Thu, September 13, 2012
- Doors:
- 19:30 h
- Where:
- The Workman's Club - Dublin 2
- Act:
- Amelia Curran
- Tickets:
- Find Tickets
Description
Amelia Curran
The Workmans Club
September 13th
Tickets on sale Friday August 17th priced €13 (including booking fee) from www.tickets.ie www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. 0818 719 300 - Republic of Ireland customers 0844 277 4455 - Northern Ireland customers 00353 1 456 9569 - International customer
In 2010 Amelia Curran won a Juno award for her album 'Hunter Hunter' The National Post described her music as “a bit like Leonard Cohen being channelled in a dusty saloon by Patsy Cline" Amelia is from St.Johns, Newfoundland.
The Mistress - Live from The Juno Awards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMw9hte8IHs&feature=related
All Hands on a grain of sand - Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cKsSMYLRU
Scattered & Small - From her album 'War Brides'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJXD4XNrPk
"One of this country's finest singer-songwriters." Montreal Gazette
Amelia Curran is a seeker...
Nearly a decade ago she left St. John's for Halifax, but still pines for Newfoundland every single day. With a number of East Coast Music Award nominations and an extensive discography, including: War Brides (2006), Lullaby for Barflies (2002), Trip Down Little Road (2001), Barricade (2000) and finally her Juno award winning record 'Hunter Hunter' described by The National Post “a bit like Leonard Cohen being channelled in a dusty saloon by Patsy Cline"
Over the past two years she recorded with Don Ellis in various caverns in St. John's, the city of legends, from the abandoned CBC building on Duckworth Street to an old farm house on the fringes of town. For
Curran St. John's captures the essence of her inner huntress.
A songwriter by trade, but a writer at heart, Curran believes language is everything. She describes the craft of song-writing as an act of "expressing the inexpressible, a means of describing the indescribable."
"Bye, Bye Montreal" could pay homage to Leonard Cohen and the thriving arts scene of yesteryear, but that's the beauty of Curran. She never explicitly says what her songs about. She just opens the door and allows room for various interpretations and relationships.
"All Hands On A Grain of Sand," speaks to Curran's ability to elevate the lyrical into the poetical. Her desire to reconcile the past and move into the future is a constant struggle. "Ah Me," manifests biblical myths into self-reflexive epiphanies, while "The Mistress," is part confession, part obsession. A narrative-driven internal contention of what it means to be the other woman.
"Mad World, Outlive Me," mines for the truth and untouchable gems held deep within the soul. With splashes of folk and cabaret aesthetics, "The Company Store," wades through a lost way of life.
"Julia," turns the page on a bleeding heart, while "Tiny Glass Houses," shatters expectations and rebuilds the broken places within us all. "The Dozens," is a toe-tapping rendition of harnessing one's inner lover.
