{"id":9263,"date":"2011-01-25T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T15:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9263"},"modified":"2014-09-09T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:54:23","slug":"gathered-in-song-the-local-present-dana-falconberry-matt-bauer-oh-ruin-judson-claiborne-le-pub-newport-29-01-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/preview\/gathered-in-song-the-local-present-dana-falconberry-matt-bauer-oh-ruin-judson-claiborne-le-pub-newport-29-01-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathered In Song & The Local present Dana Falconberry \/ Matt Bauer \/ Oh Ruin \/ Judson Claiborne : Le Pub, Newport : 29.01.11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What\u2019s the ultimate thankless task?\u00a0 A quick internet search suggests it might be anything from busking in restaurants to being a football referee to defending the Holy Land.\u00a0 All well and good, but how many of those who\u2019ve bleated about these or other burdens have tried booking regular top-quality, low-profile gigs in Newport in the last five years or so?\u00a0 Exactly.\u00a0 Gathered In Song continue to do this, while booking tours and arranging other events across South Wales; the fact that several of these events are free entry, this stuffed Saturday night bill included, makes them worthy of even greater props.\u00a0 It\u2019s been said before here, but if you\u2019re in any doubt check their pedigree over at http:\/\/www.gatheredinsong.com\/ – you might not have heard of the artists on this bill, but if you\u2019re in any way interested in alt.country, Americana, call it what you will, then you should be pretty happy here.<\/p>\n

Texan DANA FALCONBERRY and Kentuckian\u00a0MATT BAUER\u00a0share more than the split single they’ve recently released; classic Americana themes of desolation and longing ring throughout both these singer-songwriters’ recordings, and both are undeniably reminiscent of more renowned performers.\u00a0 Falconberry’s tremulous Southern trill recalls Gillian Welch or Lucinda Williams, though her songs have a little of the glacial darkness of Nina Nastasia too.\u00a0 Bauer, meanwhile, looks impressively like Tim Harrington recast as a woodcutter, and has a feathery, whispered delivery not unlike Damian Jurado, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine or Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.\u00a0 Not sure whether the two will team up on the night, though it seems likely; should be a treat either way.<\/p>\n

Also on the bill are Dubliner Eoin O’Ruainigh, mercifully going by OH RUIN, a Green Man veteran with a campfire folkiness offset by some ornate, wordy lyricism, and JUDSON CLAIBORNE.\u00a0 Four turns for nought pence, or the price of a return train ticket to Cardiff.\u00a0 You might just find a gem.<\/p>\n

Saturday 29th January 2011
\nGathered In Song in association with The Local presents…<\/p>\n

DANA FALCONBERRY<\/p>\n

Dana Falconberry is a musical natural. Hailed by the Austin Chronicle as one of the city\u2019s \u201cmost promising singer-songwriters\u201d and \u201cmost arresting female vocalists,\u201d her distinctive talents and singular creative vision find full and brilliant fruition on her two releases to date, Oh Skies Of Grey and Halletts, both of which provide a musical rainbow of stylistic splashes that range across folk, blues, jazz, Southern mountain music, ambient modernity and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtremely talented\u2026[her] album has been in constant rotation around here all month.\u201d Gorilla vs Bear<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.danafalconberry.com<\/p>\n

MATT BAUER<\/p>\n

Matt Bauer’s incredible music rings with the heavy gravitas of peers like Will Oldham or Damien Jurado. It is dark and atmospheric stuff. Some would call it bleak, yet it also manages to be compellingly addictive and somehow startlingly genuine and life affirming. Fans of Iron and Wine or Bon Iver will also find a lot to love in his creaking, banjo driven murder ballads and rustic appalachian leanings. Mariee Sioux, Alela Diane, Sarah Kramer and Jolie Holland are just a few of the collaborators on Matt’s amazing records.<\/p>\n

“He’s channeling something heavy, preparing the rest of us for a darkness or beauty that we aren’t yet ready to receive. We believe Matt Bauer is a prophet.” Thrasher<\/p>\n

“One of this year’s finest records” Muzzle of Bees<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.mattbauermusic.com<\/p>\n

OH RUIN<\/p>\n

Eoin O\u2019Ruainigh\u2019s story began in Dublin playing guitar for a string of bands (including support tours with Morrissey) before travelling to London, where he began writing solo songs. Crooning tales of childhood mischief and the first sweet stings of love, combining stomping blues with campfire quiet troubadour tunes. A little loose, a little rough around the edges, with melodies borrowed from old Irish folk songs, and stories set to intricate finger picked paeans. Eoin\u2019s playing brought him guest appearances with Alberta Cross and Alela Diane who he played bass and guitar for touring the States and the UK in 2008. While honing his song writing craft, Eoin\u2019s been learning the art of the luthier, making the guitar he now plays on.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/ohruin<\/p>\n

JUDSON CLAIBORNE<\/p>\n

“This reminds me of early Cass McCombs and also of a number of other things I can’t quite put my finger on right now. Perhaps even some Clientele. It’s really very soothing indeed. Television. That’s it. Tom Verlaine is in here. I love it. I am very glad to be bringing the act to the UK for the first time” The Local<\/p>\n

“The music alone should satisfy your appetite; a lazy slice of Americana to ease the transition from daylight-saving time” Time Out Chicago<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.judsonclaiborne.com<\/p>\n

Entry is free. Doors 8pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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