CAITLIN ROSE / THE BOY WHO TRAPPED THE SUN / MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS
Wednesday 5th May, 2010
Old Queens Head
44 ESSEX ROAD ISLINGTON LONDON, London, N1 8LN
7.30pm / £6
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Rockfeedback presents...
"Over The Green Hills"
The second installment of our new nights feauring the best new acts in the country, alt-folk and classic songsmiths vein, and is our first show at The wonderfully new revamped Old Queens Head venue on Essex Road. This is a co-headline for Caitlin Rose and The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, with support from some of our new faves Matthew and the Atlas.
CAITLIN ROSE
Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee is something of a burden, when you’re a country singer. But 22 year old Caitlin Rose is no ordinary country singer. Blessed with a startling, precocious native talent, a silvery, bell-clear, brilliant voice and crucially, an undeniable charisma along with defiant songwriting style all her own, Caitlin Rose draws to mind the pure country pop of Jenny Lewis, the early folk experiments of Beck and the sheer cheek of Moldy Peaches, underlying a gigantic vocal talent scaling the heights of Neko Case alongside her obvious adoration of Linda Ronstadt, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris and Patsy Cline. Recent single release Dead Flowers’ is a distilled taste of Caitlin Rose, and a fine precursor to a full length album due later in 2010, already receiving rave reviews, Rose takes the simplicity of country music and connects it with the excitement of forward-thinking and original American young and independent sounds. For Rose, it's a lot easier to describe, she explains simply; “I wanted to sing my guts out.” This show part of her hotly anticipated first visit to the UK for live appearances
"Terrific from start to finish" - Uncut
"Her voice is extraordinary" - The Guardian
The Boy Who... is Aberdeen's Colin MacLeod. Not long ago he relocated to London; became a solo artist and recorded a collection of songs full of strange, sometimes sinister stories: equally inspired by home, Hemingway, ghosts and ex-girlfriends. The Boy's first EP, 'Home', is released through the ever-dependent mark of quality new folk-tinged acts Chess Club records (Local Natives, Middle East, Peggy Sue) in March. On this, and his debut album, Colin wrote, co-produced and played all the instruments himself (except the strings and female vocals). Full of intricate finger plucking, hushed melody and Bon Iver-esque forestry traditional folk songs , Macloed is inhabited by the melancholic spirit of Nick Drake, the reflective spine tingle of Fionn Regan and the uplifting push of Sprinsteen, albeit exercised with quiet restrain. Live, he now plays as a full band. http://www.myspace.com/theboywhotrappedthesun
Hailing from Aldershot by way of London, the up-coming folk five piece will be releasing their debut EP 'to the North' in April on Communion, one of the leading folk nights in London (run by Ben Lovett of Mumford and Sons and Kev ex-Cherbourg). Reminiscent of Bonnie Prince Billy and Bon Iver as well as titans of UK traditional folk. Tear-jerking and heart-breaking but quietly beautiful and serene, vocalist Matthew Hegarty is wonderfully timeless and hugely inspiring artist, backed by a hugely talented group of musicians. www.myspace.com/matthewandtheatlas
"Boasts the kind of craggy larynx that lesser vocalists spend years trying to cultivate with diets of cigarettes and alcohol ... his song "Deadwood" (is a) standout from the Communion compilation" The Independent
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The venue is the lovely renovated room upstairs at The Old Queens Head, 44 Essex Rd, a mere stumble from Angel station. Doors are at 7.30.
