Po’Girl start their UK Tour tomorrow 8th May In Belfast
Po’Girl start thier UK Tour tomorrow In Belfast and will be in the UK untill 14 June www.pogirl.net Coming to a venue near you
The beauty and mystery of Po Girl’s music – a sound that has beguiled fans the world over – springs from the dynamic, improbable, mesmerizing bond shared by its two principal singers and writers – Allison Russell and Awna Teixeira. Hailing from Montreal and Toronto respectively, both women left untenable home situations at fourteen, found music instead of bad ends, and lived to sing the tales. The interplay between these two stunning performers is truly something to behold – and after honing it relentlessly in 13 countries in the last 12 months, the ladies are set to release a true testament to their bond and to their tremendous growth as writers in the last years. Casual Po’ Girl fans may not be ready for what they will hear… After adding the impossibly talented tickler/maker of all stringed things – Benny Sidelinger – to their number last year, Po’ Girl holed up in Austin, Texas this June past making the record that will almost certainly change forever the way the band is perceived. “Deer in the Night” is set to be released in North America and the UK/Europe in May 2009. Many of the trappings of the trademark Po’ Girl sound are still there – the echoes of speakeasy jazz, the western lament, the accordion-strapped ghosts of European folk — but it’s all delivered with a soulful clarity and depth only hinted at on previous records. It seems almost silly – and not very interesting – to trot out a long, endlessly hyphenated list of the many influences coursing through Po Girl’s music. Suffice to say it’s 21st Century roots music, urban roots – never derivative, not faithfully aping a beloved tradition. Teixeira and Russell don’t re-hash the old forms, they reshape and reinvigorate them for new ears. Joined by Benny Sidelinger and fantastic new drummer JJ Jones, like genuine gypsies, these two wander and play. They move and move and play and sing. It’s quite simple. Always restless, more often than not bone-tired, they write their flashes of sadness, their loss, their good love, their faint dreams of home into songs that matter deeply to them. Like any good art, they are little acts of self-rescue. So you should listen. You aren’t much different from them, and who couldn’t use a little rescuing these days?
Friday May 8th
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival,
Belfast,
BT1 1LU,
028 9024 9142 (Sean – Festival Director)
Time of – arrival: from 4.30-5pm TBC
doors open: 7pm
support start (if appropriate) 7.30m
performance start: 8 ish
end (is there a curfew?): 12.30pm !
Saturday 9th May 2009
Electric Palace, Bridport DT6 3NY
Website: http://www.electricpalace.org.uk/
Venue/Box Office no. (if different): 01308 428354
Time of – arrival: from 4.30-5pm TBC
doors open: 7pm
support start (if appropriate) 7.30m – Lou Brown
performance start: 8 ish
end (is there a curfew?): 12.30pm !
Sunday 10th May 2009
West Hill Hall Compton Avenue, Brighton, BN1 3PS
Website: http://www.myspace.com/westhill/
Booking Office 01273 606312 (Resident Records)
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 4pm
doors open: 8pm TBC
support start (if appropriate) 8.30pm
Alexia Chellun www.myspace.com/alexiajap
performance start: 9pm TBC
13th May 2009 –
The Globe Roath Cardiff CF24 3SE
Website: http://www.theglobecardiff.com/
Venue/Box Office no. : 029202 24905 or 029202 30130 (Ticket Line)
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 4.00pm onwards
doors open: 7.30pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.30pm
performance start: 9.15pm
Thursday 14th May 2009
The Hawth Hawth Avenue Crawley RH10 6YZ
Venue website: www.hawth.co.uk/
Venue/box office tel: 01293 553636
Other ticket outlet (agency, shop, website etc.): www.hawth.co.uk
Time of –
main performance starts: 8.15 (TBC)
15th May 2009
The Acorn Arts Theatre , Penzance, Cornwall,TR18 4BU,
Website: www.acornartscentre.co.uk
Venue/Box Office no 01736 365520
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 6pm ?
doors open: 8pm
support start (if appropriate) The Carrivick Sisters www.myspace.com/thecarrivicksisters
performance start: 8.30pm
end (is there a curfew?): 11ish
Saturday 16th May 2009
The Forge at Anvil Arts Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7QR,
Website: www.theanvil.org.uk/
Venue Box Office 01256 844244
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 4pm for 5pm
doors open:
support start (if appropriate) None
performance start: 8pm
Sunday 17th May 2009
Wood Festival, The Isis, Iffley Lock, Nr Oxford, OX4 4EL
Website: www.thisistruck.com
Box office no.: only online booking
Other Ticket sales outlets www.wegottickets.com
Ticket price/s: £55 for weekend
On Stage – Afternoon
Performance time TBC
On Stage – Evening
Performance time TBC
18th May 2009
Maverick @The Zebra Bar Maidstone, ME14 1BA, Kent,
Website: http://www.myspace.com/maverick_zebra/
Venue/Box Office no. 01622 744481
http://www.wegottickets.com/location/152 8/
Time of – arrival:
Soundcheck:
doors open: 7pm
support start (if appropriate) 8pm Sarah MacDougall
performance start: 9pm
13th May 2009
St Bonaventure’s Egerton Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8HP
Website: http://www.crhmusic.com/
Venue/Box office 0145 255 0575
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 5.00
doors open: 7.30
support start (if appropriate) 8pm Rebecca Worthley -see below
performance start: 9pm (all times approx)
Thursday 21st May 2009
The Cluny (as part of The Evolution Festival), Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
Website: www.jumpinhot.com
Venue: 0191 2304474
Ticket website ticketweb.
Time of – arrival: TBC
doors open: 8pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.30pm
Thomas Dybdahl www.myspace.com/tdybdahl
performance start: 9.30pm
Friday 22nd May 2009
The Classic Grand – Glasgow Americana Festival Glasgow G1 4DQ
Website: www.fallenangelsclub.com/
Venue/Box Office no. 0141 204 5151 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: load in from 4pm, sound check 5pm
doors open: 7.30pm
support start 8pm – Sarah MacDougall performance start: 8.40pm
Saturday 23rd May 2009
Ireby Festival St James Church, Ireby CA7 1EA
Website: www.musicinireby.co.uk/
Box Office: 016973 71645 or 016973 71822
Ticket price: festival ticket (£10 Sat afternoon -£30 weekend
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 11.45am
doors open: 1pm
support start (if appropriate) 4 artists between 1pm and 3.40pm
(see web site for details)
performance start: 3.45pm
Monday 25th May 2009
The Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7SA,
Website: http://www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk/
Venue /Box office.: 0121 443 4725
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 6pm
doors open: 7.30 pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.00 pm
performance start: 9pm pm (maybe later)(includes a 15 min interval)
Wednesday 27th May 2009
Otley Courthouse Arts Centre Otley, Leeds, LS21 3AN,
Website: http://www.courthouseproject.org.uk/
Venue/Box Office no. 01943 467 466
Time of – arrival: from 4pm – call to confirm
Soundcheck: 6pm
doors open: 7.30
support start (if appropriate) none
performance start: 8pm
Thursday 28th May 2009
Rothes Halls Glenrothes, Fife, KY5 9RD,
Website: www.attfife.org.uk
Box Office no. 01592 611101
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: from 12 noon
doors open:
support start (if appropriate) None
performance start: 7.30pm
Friday 29th May 2009
Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory, Scotland, AB31 5QA,
Website: www.woodendbarn.co.uk
Venue tel.: 01330 825 431
Time of – arrival 4pm
doors open: 7.30pm
support start Rachel Sermanni www.myspace.com/rachelsermanni/
performance start: 8.00pm
Saturday 30th May 2009
The Warehouse Theatre, Moray, Scotland, IV31 6TW,
Website: www.thewarehousetheatre.co.uk
Venue/Box Office no: 01343 814004 or www.thebooth.co.uk
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 5pm
doors open: 7pm
support start (if appropriate) – N/A
performance start: 8pm
Tuesday 2nd June 2009
The Musician, Clyde St, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 2DE,
Website: www.themusicianpub.co.uk/
Venue contact no 0116 251 0080
Box Office: www.wegottickets.com/
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 6pm
doors open: 8pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.30pm – Sarah MacDougall, confirmed
performance start: 9pm 2 x 45min
Wednesday 3rd June
The Hop Wakefield, West Yorkshire. WF1 1EH
Website: TBC – new venue
Venue contact no. (if different): 01924 367111
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in:
doors open: 7:30pm
support start: Rosie Doonan www.myspace.com/rosiedoonan
performance start: 8pm
Thursday 4th June 2009
The Maze, The Forest Tavern, 257 Mansfiled Rd, Nottingham, NG1 3FT,
Website: www.themazerocks.comm and www.cosmicamerican.com
Box Office 0115 947 5650
www.gigantic.com (ticket outlet)
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 5.00pm
doors open: 7.30pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.15pm (30mins) The Carrivick Sisters www.myspace.com/thecarrivicksisters
performance start: 9.00pm
Friday 5th June 2009
The Iron Works Oswestry, Shropshire, SW11 2SP,
Website: http://www.the-ironworks.co.uk/
Venue /Box Office no. 01691 679123
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: 6.pm
doors open: 8.30 pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.45pm local & TBC
performance start: 9.30pm
end (is there a curfew?): 12.00 am
Saturday 6th June 2009
Bedford Civic Theatre The Civic Theatre ,Horne Lane, Bedford, MK40 1RA
Website: www.entshed.com/
Box Office 01234 269519 or 07818 493053
or via www.wegottickets.com
Time of – arrival: 5.pm
doors open: 8pm approx
support start (if appropriate) Sarah MacDougall
performance start: 9pm-11pm
Sunday 7th June 2009
Half Moon, Putney, London, SW15 1EU
Website: www.halfmoon.co.uk/
Box Office 0208 780 9383 / 08700 600 100 (Ticketweb)
Time of – arrival 5:00pm
doors open: 8.30pm
support start (if appropriate) Sarah MacDouagll
performance start: 9pm
Tuesday 9th June 2009
The Bluebell Inn, Hempstead, Saffron Waldon, Essex,CB10 2PD,
Website: http://www.thebluebellinn.co.uk/
Box Office no 01799 599 199
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: after 6pm
doors open: 8pm
support start (if appropriate)
performance start: 8.30pm
Wednesday 10TH June 2009
The Met Market St, Bury, Lancs, BL9 0BW
Website: http://themet.biz/
Box Office no. 0161 761 2216
0844 815 4870.
http://www.quaytickets.com/?Venue=68
Time of – arrival: 4pm
doors open: 7.30pm
support start (if appropriate) None
performance start: 8pm
Thursday 11th June 2009
Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk, NR2 4PG,
Website: www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Box Office no: 01603 660352
www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk
Time of – arrival: 4pm
doors open: 7.30pm
support start (if appropriate) 8pm Sarah MacDougall –confirmed
performance start: 9pm
Friday 12th June 2009
Selby Town Hall, Selby, Yorkshire, YO8 4AJ
Website: http://www.selbytownhall.co.uk/
Box Office no. 01757 213758
Time of – arrival/soundcheck/get-in: TBC
doors open: 7:30pm
support start (if appropriate) None
performance start: 8:00pm
13th June 2009
Exeter Phoenix, as part of Exeter Summer Festival
Gandy Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3LS,
Website: www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/
Venue/Box Office no. 01392 667080
Other ticket outlets www.wegottickets.com / www.exetertickets.co.uk
Time of – arrival 4pm
doors open: 8.30pm
support start (if appropriate) 8.45pm The Carrivick Sisters www.myspace.com/thecarrivicksisters
performance start: 9.30pm – ish
Sunday 14th June 2009
Merlin Theatre, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HG,
Venue website: http://www.merlintheatre.co.uk
Venue/box office tel: 01373 465949
Time of – arrival/load-in: 4pm
doors open: 6pm – bar opens
support starts (if applicable): 7pm (TBC may ask for Sarah)
main performance starts: 8.45
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