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Richard Shindell
Presented by: Green Note| 0 | LONDON: Green Note at The Old Queen's Head |
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| P | Monday 29th July, 2013 |
| N | 7:30pm |
Event information
PLEASE NOTE: This event will be taking place at our alternative home for the evening: THE OLD QUEEN'S HEAD, Angel (N1 8LN)
DOORS OPEN: 7.30pm, MUSIC STARTS AT 8.30pm.
The venue comprises both seated and standing space. There are a limited number of seats. These are allocated on a first come first served basis, so if you'd like a seat, please ensure you arrive early.
We reserve the right to release all unclaimed tickets for re-sale at 9.15pm. If you will be arriving after this time, please inform us in advance, so that we can hold your tickets for you.
We can be contacted by email on mail@greennote.co.uk
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South of Delia, Richard Shindell's stunning new album - his seventh - finds the artist inhabiting the words and music of his favorite songwriters. But this project is more than just a collection of covers; it is, after all, a Richard Shindell record. Familiar classics are transformed, and new songs receive a definitive reading.
Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" has been thoroughly rehabilitated with Shindell's crunchy low-key groove revealing a bitter narrative of stinging hardship. Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street" is whispered, stealthy, and rendered in shadowy tones. Shindell even reinterprets "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)," a late seventies Dylan classic, stripped to its plaintive and mysterious core. But it's the handful of unfamiliar titles that may be the re-cord's best: "The Humpback Whale" - a Harry Robertson song immortalized by one of Shindell's idols, Nic Jones - features a delicate and probing guitar solo from Richard Thompson. Thompson also gets to stretch out on "Texas Rangers," elevating the old cautionary tale into a driving rocker with cascades of scorching solos.
But Thompson's not the only one here with range. Two songs in particular highlight Shindell's supple baritone and come from a new generation of songwriters: Jeffrey Foucault's "Northbound 35" and Josh Ritter's "Lawrence, KS." Both of these tracks are as bleak, as beautiful, and as heartbreaking as any song Shindell has ever recorded.
Joined by a multitude of fellow first-rate musicians - Greg Anderson, Eliza Gilkyson, Larry Campbell, Viktor Krauss, Tony Trischka, Lucy Kaplansky, Denny McDermott, and Lincoln Schleifer to name a few - every song on South of Delia is meticulously crafted. It's Richard Shindell at his best and American roots music just doesn't get any better.
"Shindell is a master builder of songs, yet always leading listeners toward the emotional essence of the moment or character he is evoking. As with all master craftsmen, knowing what to leave out is as important to him as what he puts in. Shindell has uncanny sense of
the theater of a song, building his ballads sparely and subtly, set to sweeping graceful melodies." The Boston Globe
"A tour-de-force of brilliantly crafted songs, passionately delivered songs that consistently create three-dimensional visual and emotional images which move through the listener's mind's eye." Stereo Review
"Shindell is a master of subtle narrative." The Wall Street Journal
Venue information
LONDON: Green Note at The Old Queen's Head| 0 | 44 Essex Road Islington London N1 8LN |
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| > | www.greennote.co.uk |
