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Thu 31st The Luminaire presents BEN WEAVER + Nic Dawson Kelly + Dawn Landes
Doors 7.30 "Ben Weaver is 24, has a beard and a dog and favours the woods of Northern Minnesota. For once, the work clothes tell a story. He's a startling new talent." [Time Out] "Weaver's voice - which makes Lee Marvin sound like Aled Jones - lends biblical portent to the most mundane detail. A one-man Brothers Grimm with no happy endings. Enjoy." [Uncut, ****] "Elusive, sometimes contradictory poetic imagery with phrases like 'dead sunlight' and sentiments like 'the closer I get to Heaven the quicker they shut that door' figuring prominently. Bleak, but utterly compulsive." [Q] But Ben Weaver can speak for himself. "Over four records I have seen the darkness of the music industry. My goal is to tour my ass off, and keep this as independent as I can, within the family so to speak. We will beat the bastards at their own game, with pureness of heart. The rest is in the songs. Thanks." Born in Eugene, Oregon, Ben moved around a lot when he was growing up and finally settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. Music was very important to him as early as he can remember. He never liked school, so when college only lasted a year it was no surprise. He had bigger dreams of finding his own experiences and wisdom elsewhere. Being on the road gave him a lot to work with. The realities of the human condition became a huge part of his subject matter. Stories and characters quickly turned themselves into songs and the dark side of lives with strife became a common theme in the songs he began writing. "Strange, skin-prickling tales picked up from the Moebius strip of a lost highway he's been compelled to travel on.... like a hillbilly Leonard Cohen." [Mojo] During a break from touring he became sick of all the commercialism, dirty hotels and false hopes. The stories he was writing and the ideas he was having came purely from within his own head, as opposed to coming from the road, or people he was meeting. His third album 'Hollerin'' was listed as Mojo's #3 Americana album of the year for 2003, and was also Uncut's Americana album of the month. He wrote it secluded in a cabin in the woods, but brought me to see more places than he could have ever imagined. He has a new album now and it is as remarkable as those that have gone before it. Come listen. And come listen also to Nic Dawson Kelly, sitting somewhere between Ryan Adams, Devendra Banhart and Anthony & The Johnsons is Reading via Brighton singer/songwriter Nic Dawson Kelly. Having already played with Jamie T and forged friendships and plans across the capital, 2007 is shaping up well for this 23-year-old troubadour. Opening proceedings is Dawn Landes |
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