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Award winning singers in Edinburgh showcase Andi Neate Band, Mairi Campbell & Ewan MacPherson
Two award winning singer songwriters and one of the first ever graduates from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in the line-up should be enough to make a gig at Edinburgh's Cabaret Voltaire on 16th November a must-see event.
Angel-voiced, street tough acoustic artist Andi Neate has been compared with Suzanne Vega, Ani Difranco and the Cranberries. Her music has taken her as far afield as Canada, Tblisi and the Falkland Islands as well as regular appearances at Prague, Glastonbury, Wickerman and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. The Edinburgh gig follows on from tours to Canada and Prague. She was one of the winners of Burnsong Gathering (2007), the national competition set up to find and promote the best new songwriting talent in Scotland.
Andi does not easily fit into established categories, but draws on a wide range of influences from folk to rock to jazz. She is a compelling live performer - a singer/songwriter of exceptional talent, with a powerful voice, a gift for melody and delightfully quirky lyrics. She will be performing with her regular band - which coincidentally includes backing vocals from Anne Sofie Linge Valdal, a founder member of Fribo, with Ewan MacPherson. She is currently working on her 5th CD - Crows, Rooks & Ravens (due for release March 2009) and will be showcasing some of the new songs which will be appearing on it, including Stormcrow, Come Back Home, Headlights, Story Book Man and Too Busy Playing God. CD special guests include SCO's Robert McFall. The producer is Joe Bennet, Head of Department of Music at Bath Spa University, who was one of the Burnsong Gathering mentors.
The special guests in the line-up are Ewan MacPherson and Traditional Singer of the Year (Trad Music Awards and Liveireland 2008) Mairi Campbell. Mairi was also a Burnsong Gathering winner in 2007, as the other half of the Cast (with Dave Francis) Their version of Auld Lang Syne was featured in the recent Sex and the City film. Mairi's music features inventive use of vocal and instrumental harmonies, and has been described as celtic soul - deep and intimate.
Ewan MacPherson (one of the first ever graduates from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) is one of the cornerstones of acclaimed Nu-Nordic band Fribo. His music reflects an upbringing in Liverpool and rural North Wales alongside his Scottish & Irish ancestry. As well as Fribo he has performed and recorded with various bands including Malinky, the Battlefield Band and 60's Nu-Folk artist Vashti Bunyan. His debut album, Norther, is due for release in early 2009.
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LISTINGS
Andi Neate Band & Friends (Andi Neate Band, Mairi Campbell, Ewan MacPherson)
Sun 16 Nov Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St, Edinburgh
7.30pm £7 / £5 (from Ripping, Tickets Scotland and on the door)
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