Charlie Dore
Green Note106 Parkway
Wed 18 Nov · 19:30 · £20
About this event
** PLEASE NOTE: This show will take place at our alternative home for the evening: THE WATER RATS , 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, WC1X 8BZ. Doors open 7.30pm. Music starts 8.15pm. ** GREEN NOTE PRESENTS - CHARLIE DORE: Acclaimed songwriter Charlie Dore brings the final run of her ‘Still Curious’ EP tour to audiences this Winter, kicking off at the Water Rats where she is joined by long-time collaborators and multi-instrumentalist Julian Littman and double bass/cello virtuoso Gareth Huw Davies. A songwriter whose songs have been recorded by artists including George Harrison, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Martha Wainwright, Ricky Ross and Paul Carrack, Charlie remains one of the UK's most distinctive musical voices. Together, Charlie, Julian and Gareth create a unique live show full of outstanding musicianship, instrument-swapping, storytelling and humour. Expect songs from the acclaimed Still Curious EP alongside favourites from across Charlie's remarkable catalogue. Winner of the Overall Grand Prize and Folk Prize at the International Acoustic Music Awards, and an Ivor Novello-nominated songwriter, Charlie continues to prove why she is regarded as one of Britain's finest and most distinctive songwriters. "Charlie Dore is one of this country's finest songwriters, a poet with the keenest of eyes" – Americana UK "Brave, poignant, entertaining, original" ★★★★ – The Guardian "A voice like Kate McGarrigle meets Dory Previn. Wonderful" – Mike Harding
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