In celebration of Diane Cluck’s much anticipated return to the U.K we have a very special episode of Simple Folk Radio in store for you.
Diane Cluck is one of America’s leading voices from the world of contemporary folk music, this weeks sees Diane in session on a show hosted by one of the UK’s leading voices from the world of contemporary folk, Mary Hampton who is joined Jon Griffin of 21 crows
on Diane Cluck
“I’m so happy to be alive at the same time she is because I get to see her perform”
– Devendra Banhart“She is likely one of the most refined and elegant songwriters in all of neo-folkdom. A brilliant idiosyncratic guitarist, a witty and wise lyricist, an imaginative melody writer with a powerful voice; her dark and introspective tunes are utterly captivating.”
–Village Voice“The bucolic, life-affirming Oh Vanille/ova nil was as surprising as a passion flower peeking up through the cracks in a Brooklyn sidewalk. There was something so uncommonly arresting about Cluck’s ornate, classically-inspired melodies and the way she coaxed out her stark and poignant balladry with a peculiar and uniquely clipped glottal beauty. Free of cliché, free of clutter, it delivered the kind of emotional pay-off that was totally unputdownable.”
–Wears the Trousers Magazine / #14 Top 100 Albums of the Decade 2000-2010
On Mary Hampton
“…very English, very unusual, and proof that if you want to make art, you just have to ignore debilitating forces and get on with it” – Times
“Hampton is a rare talent…refreshingly original.” –Guardian
“perhaps the finest British poet working in song today…” – The Dark Teddy
“Hampton creates art that is timeless, seasonless and genderless. It’s steeped in history and rooted in the Sussex downs and pebbled beaches, yet is also completely of the present and gleefully inventive. There are no histrionics, only an intense calm. But the calm isn’t restful, it’s anticipatory, like a hush in the air before the rain. When Hampton sings, her mouth twists into ugly shapes. Beauty is not simple and it is never painless”- Collapse Board
(Mary Hamptons most recent album ‘Folly’ appears as no.7 album of the year in the fRoots’ critics’ poll, and no. 5 folk album of the year in Mojo magazine).
Twenty-One Crows
Broadcast Times
First Broadcast: Sunday 28th October @ 5.00pm
Then Repeated on the following times:
Monday: @ 2am
Wednesday: @ 9pm
Friday: @ 1pm
CET: +1 hour EST: -5 hours PST: -8 hours
DETAILS OF DIANE CLUCK’S EUROPEAN TOUR
Thurs. October 25 / Grenoble, France / O’Brother
Fri. October 26 / Paris, France / Ladyfest Paris / La Loge ( reservations )
Sat. October 27 / London, UK / Café Oto / ( tickets )
Sun. October 28 / London, UK / Café Oto / ( tickets )
Tues. October 30 / Coventry, UK / Taylor John’s House / ( tickets )
Wed. October 31 / Bristol, UK / Grain Barge / ( tickets )
Thurs. November 1 / Bexhill-on-Sea, UK / Eras of Style Café / ( tickets )
Fri. November 2 / Brighton, UK / Wordsmith mini-fest, Brighton Dome / ( tickets )
Links
http://dianecluck.info/
http://www.maryhampton.org/
http://twentyonecrows.com/
http://www.simplefolkradio.com/