Amelia Curran: November 9
Amelia Curran: Friday, November 9. 8:00pm. $15 /$10 students/arts workers. Amelia’s on a CD Release Tour and this new CD is garnering rave reviews. A meditation on frailty, restlessness, time and its finitudes, Spectators is both storm and harbour. It is a highly accomplished disc, one that definitely goes beyond orthodox folk territory. “Curran’s sense of adventure extends to her lyrics, which are by turns philosophical and intimately personal…. This is simply superb stuff.” Exclaim.ca With a number of East Coast Music Awards and an extensive discography, she’s a songwriter by trade, and a writer at heart, Curran describes the craft of song-writing as an act of “expressing the inexpressible, …. describing the indescribable.” “. In addition to being a musician, Curran is also a playwright and actor, and has had her plays performed in fringe festivals. “One of this country’s finest singer-songwriters.” Montreal Gazette. www.ameliacurran.com
Amelia plays to a sold out hometown crowd. Listen to the podcast at Radio 3 CBC. http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/concerts/Amelia-Curran-2009-09-03