Cinnamon Girl presents: Jarrod Dickenson

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Cinnamon Girl is delighted to welcome Jarrod Dickenson back to Manchester. He blew us away in February 2014 and this year will take to the stage at Night and Day Cafe. Support comes from The Folk Remedy and Bells in the Birches.

Jarrod Dickenson

In The Lonesome Traveler, Jarrod Dickenson has crafted a truly panoramic collection of songs, penned and performed with uncommon spirit and invention. The Texas-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter expertly chronicles romance and struggle, solitude and adventure, in a resonant, rough-hewn voice that belies his relatively brief time on this earth. From the rambunctious "Ain't Waiting Any Longer" to the elegiac "Rosalie," Dickenson's distinctive songs reverberate with earnest emotion and restless energy. Co-produced with Grammy Award-winner Ryan Freeland, and featuring a supporting cast of today's finest session musicians, The Lonesome Traveler marks the arrival of a gifted and original singer/songwriter.

"Texas-born, New York City-based songwriter, Jarrod Dickenson's road worn melodies and lyrics invoke a mid-Western post-war America, when cars ran on leaded gas, television hadn't yet kidnapped the country's imagination, and men wore hats every day. His reflective lyrics, almost like hand-written letters, remind us that human stories of lost love, sudden fortune, and abiding mystery transcend the decades...and nothing is better or worse right now than it's ever been." -Moonlight On The Mountain

"A voice like a young Tom Waits... Jarrod Dickenson's songs are simply breathtaking, possessing melodies many of his peers would give their left arm for." - No Depression

"This is one of those albums where everything comes off just right, and it's a joy to lose yourself in it." - FlyinShoes

"Dickenson has a superb, expressive voice that is reminiscent of Ray LaMontagne or Justin Townes Earle. " -Country Music People Magazine

http://www.jarroddickenson.com/

The Folk Remedy

https://soundcloud.com/thefolkremedy

Folk/indie group The Folk Remedy, comprising of band members Matt Whoriskey, Maria Bonner and Rob Ryle, formed in Manchester, England in 2012.

A guitar and violin three-piece, the group quickly established a reputation for stunning live shows, gathering a loyal following and playing sold-out concerts in Manchester and beyond.

The Folk Remedy release their debut EP, 'Sirens', in 2013, with five critically-acclaimed original songs, gaining air time on radio stations across the UK, including a live session on BBC Radio Manchester.

The band's sound owes much to Manchester's rich musical history with added influences from Ireland and the U.S. Think Elbow meets Ryan Adams and Damien Rice with Neil Young or Dylan penning the words.

Whoriskey's deep and rich vocal style is reminiscent of folk balladeers from yesteryear with musical stories of love and loss that could have first been sung one hundred years ago or more.

Ryle's guitar exists happily in a sublime sonic space between Johnny Marr and Willie Nelson while Bonner's backing vocals and violin sweep over the band, like a haunting summer wind.

A fusion of indie, rock, country and, of course, folk, The Folk Remedy's latest release, 'Sirens', showcases one of Manchester's finest up-and-coming bands.

Bells in the Birches
www./soundcloud.com/bells-in-the-birches

Lush, sophisticated arrangements and inventive, genre-swerving musicianship." Manchester City Life.

With bluesy vocals, swinging rhythms and poignant lyrics, Bells in the Birches offer a quirky and emotive blend of US and UK musical styles. Think Laura Marling with Johnny Cash's backing band. Bells in the Birches make music which is at once, both vulnerable and defiant with songs about the tragedies and triumphs of humanity, love and compassion, and of the uncertainty and fragility of life.

Recent support slots for Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and Paper Aeroplanes have brought them to a wider audience and added them to the list of Manchester's 'must-see' female pop-folkies.

Their debut For All Seasons EP was released in June 2013. Their second EP is due out in early 2015.