Act:
O'Hooley & Tidow
Supported by Nancy Wallace
Supported by Nancy Wallace
Date:
Tue 23 Nov 2010, 8:45pm
Public Price:
Tickets £9.50 in advance, £11.50 on the door
Venue:
Stage 2
O'Hooley & Tidow
Supported by Nancy Wallace
Since her departure from the Unthanks, the stark, haunting piano arrangements Belinda O'Hooley brought to the Mercury nominated album The Bairns have evolved and migrated into rippling neo-classical chamber folk songs with Yorkshire singer-songwriter Heidi Tidow.
Together, O’Hooley & Tidow have created Silent June; their unpindownable, multi-layered debut album released on the No Masters label.
These dapper-suited gentlewomen bring their intensely beautiful, poetic and wryly observant take on the human condition to the contemporary folk scene. Since touring earlier this year with fellow label mates Chumbawamba, they have been winning over audiences countrywide with their irresistible blend of poignant, thought provoking songs, lush harmonies and cheeky northern banter.
"Striking and refreshingly ambitious. A bold, unsettling debut." Neil Spencer, The Observer
"Music that demands close attention. Classy and deeply satisfying." 4 Stars Rock n Reel
“Gorgeous" 4 Stars The Financial Times
"Impressive...intriguing....poignant" The Guardian
"The former-Unthanks gift for a charged lyric and a compelling tune is undiminished" Colin Irwin, BBC Music
Together, O’Hooley & Tidow have created Silent June; their unpindownable, multi-layered debut album released on the No Masters label.
These dapper-suited gentlewomen bring their intensely beautiful, poetic and wryly observant take on the human condition to the contemporary folk scene. Since touring earlier this year with fellow label mates Chumbawamba, they have been winning over audiences countrywide with their irresistible blend of poignant, thought provoking songs, lush harmonies and cheeky northern banter.
"Striking and refreshingly ambitious. A bold, unsettling debut." Neil Spencer, The Observer
"Music that demands close attention. Classy and deeply satisfying." 4 Stars Rock n Reel
“Gorgeous" 4 Stars The Financial Times
"Impressive...intriguing....poignant" The Guardian
"The former-Unthanks gift for a charged lyric and a compelling tune is undiminished" Colin Irwin, BBC Music
Artist's website
www.ohooleyandtidow.com
Supporting artist
Nancy Wallace
NANCY WALLACE, erstwhile voice of The Memory Band and more recently part of The Owl Service, released her first solo venture - the wonderful Young Hearts EP - in 2005. A sublime collection of disco classics set to simple folk arrangements that won the hearts of everybody lucky enough to hear it. In 2009 Nancy finally unleashed her debut solo album.
Old Stories has a charming simplicity and astounding beauty, unique interpretations of traditional British songs sit happily alongside Nancy's own compositions with a flow so seamless you forget which is which.
After gracing the cover of Froots magazine in May 2009, she has become a firm favourite of BBC radio’s Late Junction and Mike Harding shows. She was also nominated for the Horizon award in the 2010 BBC Folk Awards.
Having been gigging around the country throughout 2010,she is currently working on the follow-up the Old Stories, to be released in spring 2011
"This recording, like her live work, fashions an amazing intimacy with her listener. A substantial debut. **** " Mojo magazine
"Nancy Wallace is one of only a handful of young musicians capable of bridging the gap between contemporary folk music and folk conventionality with anything resembling aplomb." Freshdeermeat.com
"Old Stories is one of the first highlights of 2009. She certainly has every right to be talked about in the same breath as some of the traditional music greats." BBC.co.uk
"If ever an album proved that while good musicians can play complex stuff, it takes great ones to play simply, it’s this one... Nancy Wallace makes some of the most wonderfully subtle modern folk around... a triumph for understatement" The Word
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