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HOMELIGHTS THE TOUR - 2009
Adrian Crowley
James Yorkston
Alasdair Roberts
Further to the announcement of the HOMELIGHTS 2009 festival featuring Adrian Crowley and a stellar cast of friends and influences comes HOMELIGHTS THE TOUR taking in shows in Belfast, Galway, Cork and Kilkenny.
For these shows Adrian Crowley will be joined by acclaimed singer songwriter James Yorkston who was an integral early member of Fife’s Fence Collective and is currently recording for Domino Records. Yorkston released his fifth studio album in 2008, When The Haar Rolls In. The album featured guest appearances from English folk legends Norma and Mike Waterson and was accompanied by a remix cd and a cover versions disc, the latter of which featured artists such as Adrian Crowley & Cathal Coughlan covering his songs. Yorkston followed that this year with Folk Songs, a self explanatory collection learned from cassettes and cds by Anne Briggs, Shirley Collins, Jean Ritchie and Nic Jones.
“Yorkston has reached a state of grace that writers can spend for ever trying to attain: songs that sound not so much written as carefully retrieved from your own subconscious, played with an intuition bordering on telepathy. What more could you ask for?” – Pete Paphides, The Times.
Joining Crowley and Yorkston is another acclaimed Scottish songwriter Alasdair Roberts, who has released three albums as Appendix Out for the Drag City label and five Alasdair Roberts albums for labels such as Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade and Drag City, including his 2009 LP Spoils. He has also recorded with label-mates Will Oldham and Jason Molina as the Amalgamated Sons of Rest.
Adrian Crowley is one of Ireland’s most essential young songwriters and recording artists. His fifth album Season of the Sparks was released on Chemikal Underground on November 9th.
"Crowley has come of age, he has moved up several levels in one bound.. from apprentice to grandmaster." - Jim Carroll (The Irish Times) May 2009.
"Crowley's most consistently beautiful album yet" **** (4 stars) The Irish Times
"The current Adrian Crowley record should get 8 out of 5.Unfortunatley I'm not allowed to do this so 5 it is" - ***** (5 stars) Hot Press
" Unspeakably beautiful"- **** (4 stars) RTE Guide
"A true magical mystery tour" **** (4 stars)- Q magazine
"Timeless.."- UNCUT
"..Spare, ghostly and beautiful. A great album" **** (4 stars) - The Sunday Times
The trio will be visiting:
Crane Lane, Cork – Wed Dec 2nd
Doors 8pm, tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie & Plug’d Records
Cleere’s, Kilkenny – Thurs Dec 3rd
Doors 8pm, tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie
Kelly’s, Galway – Fri Dec 4th
Doors 8pm, tickets €10, €12 on door
The Black Box, Belfast – Sat Dec 5th
Doors 8pm, tickets £9 from www.blackboxbelfast.com
www.myspace.com/homelightsfestival
www.myspace.com/adriancrowley
www.adriancrowley.com
www.chemikal.co.uk
www.jamesyorkston.co.uk
www.myspace.com/jamesyorkston
www.alasdairroberts.com
www.myspace.com/alasdairrobertsofficial
www.dragcity.com/artists/alasdair-roberts
Adrian Crowley
James Yorkston
Alasdair Roberts
Further to the announcement of the HOMELIGHTS 2009 festival featuring Adrian Crowley and a stellar cast of friends and influences comes HOMELIGHTS THE TOUR taking in shows in Belfast, Galway, Cork and Kilkenny.
For these shows Adrian Crowley will be joined by acclaimed singer songwriter James Yorkston who was an integral early member of Fife’s Fence Collective and is currently recording for Domino Records. Yorkston released his fifth studio album in 2008, When The Haar Rolls In. The album featured guest appearances from English folk legends Norma and Mike Waterson and was accompanied by a remix cd and a cover versions disc, the latter of which featured artists such as Adrian Crowley & Cathal Coughlan covering his songs. Yorkston followed that this year with Folk Songs, a self explanatory collection learned from cassettes and cds by Anne Briggs, Shirley Collins, Jean Ritchie and Nic Jones.
“Yorkston has reached a state of grace that writers can spend for ever trying to attain: songs that sound not so much written as carefully retrieved from your own subconscious, played with an intuition bordering on telepathy. What more could you ask for?” – Pete Paphides, The Times.
Joining Crowley and Yorkston is another acclaimed Scottish songwriter Alasdair Roberts, who has released three albums as Appendix Out for the Drag City label and five Alasdair Roberts albums for labels such as Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade and Drag City, including his 2009 LP Spoils. He has also recorded with label-mates Will Oldham and Jason Molina as the Amalgamated Sons of Rest.
Adrian Crowley is one of Ireland’s most essential young songwriters and recording artists. His fifth album Season of the Sparks was released on Chemikal Underground on November 9th.
"Crowley has come of age, he has moved up several levels in one bound.. from apprentice to grandmaster." - Jim Carroll (The Irish Times) May 2009.
"Crowley's most consistently beautiful album yet" **** (4 stars) The Irish Times
"The current Adrian Crowley record should get 8 out of 5.Unfortunatley I'm not allowed to do this so 5 it is" - ***** (5 stars) Hot Press
" Unspeakably beautiful"- **** (4 stars) RTE Guide
"A true magical mystery tour" **** (4 stars)- Q magazine
"Timeless.."- UNCUT
"..Spare, ghostly and beautiful. A great album" **** (4 stars) - The Sunday Times
The trio will be visiting:
Crane Lane, Cork – Wed Dec 2nd
Doors 8pm, tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie & Plug’d Records
Cleere’s, Kilkenny – Thurs Dec 3rd
Doors 8pm, tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie
Kelly’s, Galway – Fri Dec 4th
Doors 8pm, tickets €10, €12 on door
The Black Box, Belfast – Sat Dec 5th
Doors 8pm, tickets £9 from www.blackboxbelfast.com
www.myspace.com/homelightsfestival
www.myspace.com/adriancrowley
www.adriancrowley.com
www.chemikal.co.uk
www.jamesyorkston.co.uk
www.myspace.com/jamesyorkston
www.alasdairroberts.com
www.myspace.com/alasdairrobertsofficial
www.dragcity.com/artists/alasdair-roberts
