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Sun 2nd The Luminaire presents SAM BAKER + Ain + Laura Gibson
Doors 7.30 "'Pretty World' is what great songwriting is all about." [Gurf Morlix] Texas songwriter Sam Baker is not that well known even in his adopted hometown of Austin. However, since the 2004 release of his debut 'Mercy', word of Baker's songs have slowly, but surely spun its way around the world. On August 7, Baker returned with the second part of the story, the self released 'Pretty World'. Co-produced by fellow Texan and songwriter Walt Wilkins, the new songs reflect a life lived well and nearly lost. Austin producer/songwriter Gurf Morlix said of mercy “It's the best writing I've come across since Mary Gauthier.” The UK's Maverick Magazine awarded 'Mercy' five stars and writers that have discovered this raw talent often compare him to fellow Texans Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. A lot can happen in a few years and Baker can tell you that a lot can happen in seconds. Back in 1986, he was traveling in a train through Peru, when the car he was in was blown apart by a terrorist bomb, killing fellow passengers and leaving him clinging to life. Deafened and gravely injured, Baker spent the better part of the next decade working on both a physical and spiritual recovery. It was through storytelling and the art of songwriting that Baker turned to make sense of a sometimes senseless world. Baker's songs are pictures sketched in short, spare lines and lay bare the honest truths and simple details of life. pretty world celebrates the moments large and small that frame our lives. Main support comes from the quiet but strikingly talented Ain. The young, Irish-born talent performs his off-kilter folk-blues just days before the release of his gloriously understated, six-track debut mini-album, 'Close To Cotton'. “Imagine a skinny white indie kid tackling the Delta blues of Mississippi John Hurt…..Amazing.”-NME Laura Gibson opens the show. "Late last year this Oregon singer-songwriter released ''If You Come to Greet Me'', a short, quiet, tantalizing debut. ...seek out this CD, if only so you can start anticipating the next one." - The New York Times "Candid, heart-felt expressions of fear, tenderness, wanting and gratitude." Laura Gibson's beautiful, fragile and mysterious songs will appeal to those who appreciate Karen Dalton and Cat Power. |
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