Doors open 7.45pm, concerts start at 8.30pm
CB2 Basement, 5-7 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD
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SATURDAY 18 JULY - £10
CHRISTINE COLLISTER
CHRISTINE COLLISTER
Throughout her 20 year career Christine has mesmerized and astounded with her unique blend of soul, blues, pop, jazz, country and folk, and today she remains as powerful, subtle and effortless as ever. Her live performances have always been wonderfully magical experiences and her solo albums have seen her convincingly interpret Smoky Robinson, Nick Drake, Robert Wyatt, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, U2 and Lal Waterson, amongst many others - whilst with every year her own self penned or co-written compositions have developed a distinctive quality - one which connects on a very personal level.
She first came to national attention singing the 1987 theme for the BBC Television series The Life and Loves Of A She Devil. Following a fruitful association with The Richard Thompson Band, Christine enjoyed a period of critical and commercial success in a seven year partnership with Clive Gregson. She also toured and recorded with the female super group Daphne's Flight.
Over the course of her career Christine has become a familiar name on the UK 'live' scene and at all major festivals from Glastonbury to Winnipeg to Cambridge. With a gravity defying voice, assured and impressive live performances and great personal charm she is a phenomenal live act.
'".boundary breaking is routine for Collister and makes her one of the finest grown-up vocalists on the planet..." - Q Magazine
'Christine Collister has a killer voice. As full as Dusty Springfield or as blue as Alison Moyet' - Froots
" … a voice personally delivered by God." - The Times
"Christine Collister can sing the birds down off the trees and send them back with a tiny flick of her vocal chords." - Mojo
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SATURDAY 1 AUGUST
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL CLUB TENT
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL CLUB TENT
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SATURDAY 5 SEPT - £10
HARVEY ANDREWS
HARVEY ANDREWS
Harvey Andrews has been writing and performing his own songs, monologues and stories for over 35 years. In that time he has travelled the world, been on "The Old Grey Whistle Test", done sessions for John Peel, appeared in a solo concert at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, been voted Canada's International Artist Of The Year 1996, produced 14 albums, and had his songs recorded by over 50 artists ranging from Christy Moore to Max Boyce, The Houghton Weavers to Mary Hopkin. He wrote and sang the Theme tune to the Hit TV series "Golden Pennies" and the twelve songs for the musical play "Go And Play Up Your Own End" which sold out 13,000 seats in a week's run at the Birmingham Hippodrome in 1999.
A night with Harvey Andrews is a night to put you in touch with yourselves, with your past and your present, with parenthood and childhood, with work and play. With humour and insight Harvey examines our lives and reminds us what it's all about. He's as fine a raconteur as he is a singer and a writer, so turn up and prepare to be seriously entertained by someone who can genuinely claim to have done it all successfully since becoming a full-time professional in 1966.
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SATURDAY 19 SEPT - £10
KIM RICHEY (USA), FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE (FRANCE)
KIM RICHEY (USA), FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE (FRANCE)
American singer/songwriter Kim Richey has been a Grammy nominee for writing hit songs for others, and has refined her own distinctive version of Americana to draw together strands of rock, country and folk. With a versatile and stylish voice and songs that draw the listener into tales of loss, heartbreak and redemption, she has drawn comparisons with k.d. lang, Lucinda Williams, Shawn Colvin and Joni Mitchell.
She has been plying her brand of insightful song craft since arriving in Nashville in the early '90s and is known as a tunesmith with a wide stylistic range. She has written or co-written songs for Mary Chapin Carpenter and UK pop sensation James Morrison, and wrote huge country hits for Trisha Yearwood ("Believe Me Baby (I Lied)") and Radney Foster ("Nobody Wins"). She's also made five acclaimed solo albums and had her music featured in films and television shows such as For The Love Of The Game, Angel, Alias and Grey's Anatomy.
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Flossie is a French singer with an extraordinary and beautiful voice who interprets songs in three languages, French, English and Spanish. After many years singing in France both solo and in bands she is now making a real impact on the UK folk scene singing a wide range of both contemporary and traditional material ranging from Bonnie Raitt to Jacques Brel. She has released 6 albums including "Hymne à l'amour" which is a tribute to Edith Piaf's genius and sensitivity. "Flossie has a voice as clear and tuneful as a lark, with a pureness of quality to stop you in your tracks in the forest of a song" - Colum Sands.
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COMING UP subject to confirmation
OCT 24 Pete Smith, Melanie Dekker (USA)
NOV 14 Jennifer Crook Band
DEC 5 Briana Hardyman (USA)
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