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| From | Ralph Alfonso <ralph@bongobeat.com> |
| Subject | NYC POP SHOW, Sunday, Mar 15 |
| Date | Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:29:43 -0400 |
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SUNDAY MARCH 15th 2009
ENGLAND in NEW YORK
AMANDA THORPE 9pm MIKE BADGER 10pm
THE LIVING ROOM
154 Ludlow Street, NYC
Amanda Thorpe, co-founding member of Wirebirds (Listen Here! Records)
and Bedsit Poets (Bongo Beat Records), has received rave reviews for
her solo music that "brims with lovely melodies and haunting vocals"
(People Magazine). Her second solo album, Union Square, delivers a
powerful collection of songs set against the wintry backdrop of her
adopted NYC hometown.
While her wistful, moody songs are firmly rooted in the English folk
tradition, Thorpe remains a restless and eclectic musician,
effortlessly blending elements of country, jazz, cabaret, and
electronics to serve her themes of loss and dislocation touched with
hope and anticipation.
"She has a super smooth and totally absorbing voice that immediately
places her in the upper echelons of pop music." (Baby Sue)
"Few other singers in Thorpe's league ever get to sing material this
good; still fewer songwriters in Thorpe's league can deliver it with
as much passion, intensity and subtlety as she does." (Lucid Culture
Press)
Mike Badger founded seminal Liverpool band The La's in 1984 leaving
just before the band signed their recording contract in 1987. He then
went on to form The Onset -one of the UK's first alt.Country / Roots
bands touring the UK and Europe 1988-1999. In 1999 he formed
Liverpool indie label VIPER to date releasing 50 albums of Liverpool
related music from the Merseybeat era up to the present day.
Mike has released 8 albums of his own material and is playing his
brand new set in New York for the first time before showcasing at
this years SXSW Festival in Austin Texas. Mike will also be a guest
on East Village Radio/Atlantic Tunnel's with our good friends Gaz
Thomas and Ed Rogers on Sunday, 2-4 p.m.
'absolutely effervescent guitar driven pop songs and storming garage-
psych rockers.'
Jo-Anne Greene Goldmine (USA)
'He's got grit, honesty, passion, fantastic tunes and moments of real
beauty- breathtaking'
Tim Peacock (Whisperin' and Hollerin' Magazine)
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