Previews

Joan Shelley, Thursday 10th March

February 10, 2016

Posted by Jon Southcoasting

Joan Shelley is a Kentucky singer with a penchant for down-to-earth neu-folk full of warmth and poetry. Her latest album ‘Over And Even’ garnered rave reviews, with Uncut giving it 9/10 and NPR Music listing it as one of the best of 2015.

‘Over And Even’ was recorded last winter with the help of Rachel Grimes, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and the folklorist and guitarist Nathan Salsburg who will accompany her on this tour. Shelley is perhaps reminiscent of the likes of Sam Amidon, with a heavenly Appalachian voice that brings a ringing clarity to her startling evocative story-filled lyrics. There’s a great deal of variety too in what should be a much-anticipated visit. Listen to ‘Stay On My Shore’ below for a taste of what to expect.

Support comes from former Brightonian David Morris’s Red River Dialect, whose recent album ‘Tender Gold And Gentle Blue’ has also been deservedly well-received, and from the excellent Matthew the Oxx. We recommend you get there early for both acts.

Prince Albert, Thursday 10th March 2016
Tickets from the usual places and from SeeTickets

February 10, 2016

Jon Southcoasting

Jon Southcoasting photographs all sorts, including music, writes about things, as often as not musical, and sometimes plays his own songs too. He lives in Brighton.

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