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Kelly Joe Phelps - cork gig

  • 29-05-2003 6:14pm
    #1
    Jim Comic
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    Semi Lunar presents

    Kelly Joe Phelps
    Thursday 26th June @ 9pm

    Singer, songwriter and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps raises the musical bar with a compelling new collection of songs on his latest and fourth full-length Rykodisc release, Slingshot Professionals. Replete with Kelly Joe’s singular guitar sound, soulful vocals and lyrics won through experience, Slingshot Professionals delivers music, at once both fresh and aged ensuring Phelps a place among our most accomplished performing songwriters.

    Produced by Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell, John Scofield), Slingshot Professionals follows 2001’s critically acclaimed Sky Like A Broken Clock and the Beggar’s Oil EP, a companion piece released in 2002. Slingshot Professionals finds Phelps making his way in a new role, that of bandleader. For most of his career, Phelps has gone it alone on record and on tour. That changed with the recording of Sky…, when he paired with bassist Larry Taylor (Tom Waits) and drummer Billy Conway (Morphine).

    “Few songwriters can deftly weave separate similes involving Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea into a single verse. Fewer still can make it sound deeply soulful. But such are the gifts that make Phelps such a remarkable artist. Besides his off-kilter lyrical expression, Phelps boasts a haunting vocal rasp and unmatched mastery of finger style and slide guitar. Together, these elements explore the deepest shades of blue, and they have never worked better than on this disc. Be it the melancholy waltz of "Not So Far To Go", or the shuffling blues of the title track, Phelps makes the sublime sound effortless. He enjoys spare, but detailed support throughout, notably from Jesse Zubot's plaintive violin and and some truly thrilling guitar cameos by Bill Frisell. This is music that rings with bittersweet experience." - Mojo

    "...textured, pure, noble and moving. Call it art." - PULSE

    “Having long since mastered the technical aspects of his trade, Phelps now seeks to locate the spirit of the old rural blues among the chaos and bitterness of modern life… A marvellous, absorbing album” - The Independent





    Date: Thursday 26th June

    Doors: 9pm

    Venue: Half Moon Theatre, Cork
    Tickets: €10

    Booking: 021 – 427 00 22





    www.halfmoontheatre.ie


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