Tuesday 21st February 2012
7.30pm doors for 8pm start
Taurus Bar, 1 Canal St, Manchester (5 mins walk form Piccadilly train station)
£4 concessions and floorspots, £6 all the rest
Twice nominated for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Kirsty McGee has been touring to critical acclaim since her debut in 2002. Her style continues to defy categorisation, earning her the tag of 'cult' singer-songwriter in the UK.
Combining styles as diverse as folk, jazz, chanson and Americana, her work is held together by her distinctive lyrical style and astonishing voice, equally comfortable in dark, intimate ballads and up-tempo carny-shuffle numbers. Her shows explore a cross-section of these energies through an extensive range of subject matters and instruments. Reviews for her most recent album 'No.5' (recorded live in one take with her full band The Hobopop Collective) have been unanimous in their praise for her skilled handling of words and impeccable taste in arrangements.
With a history of politics, homelessness and wanderlust, Kirsty McGee suffuses her work with a musical vagrancy that enriches her songs and styles, from "hipkat trilby swing" (acoustic magazine) to "exquisite and skeletal" (Q Magazine).
Quotes:
'Bewitching' **** - Q
'A fascinating talent' - Clash
'Rich, versatile and immaculately controlled' - Americana-UK
kirstymcgee.com
facebook.com/kirstymcgeemusic
twitter.com/hobopop
last.fm/music/kirsty+mcgee
Tuesday 20th March - Belinda O' Hooley and Heidi Tidow
Read a review of their new album 'The Fragile' here
Tuesday 17th April -Jim Moray ,Solo
