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CAM PENNER (Duo) (Canada)

0	NOTTINGHAM: The Maze
P	Thursday 29th March, 2012
N	7:30pm

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Cam is making quite a name for himself, having now toured three times to the UK with his exceptionally gifted sidekick, Jon Wood. His music is rootsy, soulful and has an immediate impact.

In a complicated world, Cam Penner finds beauty in simplicity, with an honest, spare approach to folk music that is refreshing in an age filled with so much insincerity and irony. Singing uncompromising songs about redemption and truth, he is a voice for the disenfranchised, a storyteller for those who never reach their destination. Cam’s personal lyrics are complemented by a gentle acoustic guitar style, and the defiant heroes of his songs are weary, but they are never defeated.

His latest album ‘Gypsy Summer’ is Cam’s most self assured outing to date, a richer contrast to the defiant stripped down sensibilities of Trouble & Mercy. The new album is a more personal affair - where his previous outings often featured stories of characters he had encountered, this album really feels like a confessional. With Gypsy Summer, Cam continues to successfully roam from his comfort zone into new territory.

“The sheer simplicity of the music on this album is breathtaking. The stories that he tells and the understated manner that he tells them in adds to it all and creates a close and personal work that reminds me of the material that Steve Earle made at his peak and that Arlo Guthrie wished he could have written. He has played alongside the greats like Glen Campbell and Lyle Lovatt and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath – if he had only played the music business games he could be an Americana superstar.”

campenner.com/biography.asp