£5 advance / £6 on the door. Advance tickets available here:

http://kathbloom.eventbrite.com/


...Kath Bloom (http://www.myspace.com/kathbloomchapter) is some kind of legend, she comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. Highly regarded but a bit of a mystery. The Connecticut based singer/songwriter has a special gift - her almost supernaturally beautiful, wavering soprano is one that has to be heard.

Kath made some very very limited edition albums in the 70’s and 80’s with the amazingly (and equally dreamlike) guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors, full of songs that float and melt into the ether. Impossibly beautiful. Just as she was starting to write and release CD-R’s again a couple of decades later, Richard Linklater decided to use her song ‘Come Here’ in his 1995 film ‘Before Sunrise’. Slowly her old recordings and new material have been seeping back into the world. This included a special tribute album by artists such as Josephine Foster, Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart, Mark Kozelek and Scout Niblet.



―One of the most beautiful singers ever. Heartbreaking.—Devendra Banhart

―A supremely intuitive singer and songwriter . . . . gracefully lilting melodies—Stephen Deusner, Pitchfork

"Kath's voice is urgent and yet calming - a call of reckoning—Nat Hentoff

―May just be the purest, most natural heir to the literate confessional songwriting of Joni Mitchell's Blue”—Steven Rosen

―If you're after some real emotion from one of America's undiscovered greats then look no further.—Bookmat


Support

Support comes in the form of Richard Dawson and ~~~ respectively. You might remember Newcastle’s lovely and loveable Richard from his appearance on The Culture Show about a year back. If you live in Newcastle you probably already know his stuff and why it’s worth you coming along on the night. If you don’t then please check out his lovely music here and let it make your mind up for you:

http://www.myspace.com/richardmdawson

And there’ll also be support from Kath’s backing band, This Frontier Needs Heroes:
http://www.myspace.com/thisfrontierneedsheroes

Star & Shadow Cinema
Wednesday, September 8th
8pm
£5 advance / £6 on the door