Paul Dunton & Guests
17 Feb 2010 Doors Open 7.30pm, Music Starts at 8pm
Grey Lady Music Lounge, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells
Part of weekly songwriters showcase. Entry costs £5.00.
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Bought up against the harsh yet dramatic landscape of the Cambridgeshire fens, Joanne Louise Parker’s forte is a cappella. Silence has been known to roll like mist through a chattering room during a performance. Fans have said that she has a voice which “makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck”.
Joanne's musical apprenticeship has been rich and varied ranging from classical, through folk and jazz to popular music. She sang in Opus XVI, a London Chamber Choir for 5 years before moving onto backing vocals for the trip hop band Auburn. In 2001, while nursing a hot chocolate in a Tofino coffee house, she re-discovered Joni Mitchell.
After a 9 month search for musicians prepared to work with Mitchell’s de-tuned compositions; she staged a sell out concert of Mitchell’s earlier works in a remote 12th Century Church. Joanne’s folk roots blues style encompasses elements of this varied musical background with lyrics which combine observation of the natural, spiritual and emotional. A regular on the open mic scene in the UK and overseas, she has travelled extensively and performed her songs to audiences great and small from the West Coast of the US to as far east as Russia.
Her songs lend themselves to performance in venues of architectural and acoustic interest and she is planning some mystical invitation only special performances in some very interesting and unusual venues ranging from ancient churches to a haunted dockyard.
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“Mystical & enchanting..” Jo Greenslade, Kent
“Voice that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck..”
Elena Melanitch, Russia
“Pure, expressive and emotive..”
Elizabeth Bewley, London
“An evocative mystical style delivered with resonant clarity..”
Robert Kirby, Liverpool
“Such a beautiful voice”.
Bill Gaston, Vancouver, British Columbia
"...an exceptional songwriting talent. Her distinct pure tones resonate with atmosphere
and feeling, expressing her crafted melodies and thought provoking lyrics".
Paul Dunton, Grey Lady Music Lounge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
“Voice that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck..”
Elena Melanitch, Russia
“Pure, expressive and emotive..”
Elizabeth Bewley, London
“An evocative mystical style delivered with resonant clarity..”
Robert Kirby, Liverpool
“Such a beautiful voice”.
Bill Gaston, Vancouver, British Columbia
"...an exceptional songwriting talent. Her distinct pure tones resonate with atmosphere
and feeling, expressing her crafted melodies and thought provoking lyrics".
Paul Dunton, Grey Lady Music Lounge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.