Thursday 28 May 2009, 8pm
Mary Hampton
" it's an unqualified joy to discover a collection of songs that sit proudly and uncomplicatedly within the folk tradition. And yet, while Mary Hampton's debut CD ... certainly derives much of its appeal from its appropriation of centuries-old folk idioms, it is certainly no museum piece. Its unearthly radiance and undercurrents of desolate modernity transform it into a vital and contemporary living document" (Sound Projector, issue 15, 2007)
"terrifying and gorgeous....unusual and strong…'My Mother's Children' is an album I know I am going to love for life." (Eliza Carthy, fRoots April 08)
"her bizarre flights of fancy are the dreams of children, far more unsettling for an adult.....evoking Eliot’s Wasteland in it’s beautiful bleakness". (Wyl Menmuir, Fly, June 08)
"a woman who appears to have spent much of her life attempting to imitate the shimmer of wind-chimes. The effect is mesmerizing" (The Guardian 10/11/06)
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Hamilton Yarns
"There's a fishing port somewhere missing a cabaret act that melds together the broken mind of the Smile-era Brian Wilson with the broken hearted homilies of Ivor Cutler. That missing act is Hamilton Yarns" Nick Southgate, The Wire
"These organically evolving improvisations provide a beautiful and innocent ride through fragile and quietly disturbing landscapes that make imperfection sound utterly compelling." Mats Gustafsson, Broken Face
"Creates an atmosphere of dreamy quietude and slightly sinister, sepia-tinged nostalgia" Daniel Spicer, The Wire
“Like an English, pastoral Faust” Ben Graham, Stool Pigeon
"Lies between modern composition, insanity and a pastoral psyche-folk... Desperately brilliant, deeply discomforting." Toby J, The Source
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