Charlie Parr / Nancy Elizabeth

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Let’s go baboon presents a double headline special

Charlie Parr – www.myspace.com/charlieparrduluth

This is a one off London show for Charlie Parr, following the release of the startlingly good ‘Roustabout’ on Misplaced Music. It isn’t surprising that he is regularly invited back to the Bath International Music and End of the Road festivals. A genuinely heartening performer with music to tap your toes and weep in to your beer in equal measure, Charlie’s music has an appeal that spans genres, the authentic voice and utter lack of pretence of the music speaks to everyone...

’So many country-blues artists are crippled with retroism and purism, but he has brought wonder and excitement to this music. Even Charlie's foot coming down on the floor boards screams with more soul and life than most anything - past or future. ‘ - Alan Sparhawk, Low

“Lots of blues musicians get the notes right. They play authentic chords and patterns on authentic instruments. They sound just like the old days, except they don't. Charlie Parr has somehow inhabited this music from the inside, letting it out in a way that's as natural as breathing -- and as vital.” Splendid Magazine

Nancy Elizabeth – www.myspace.com/nancyelizabethcunliffe

Nancy Elizabeth has that something special, her pure voice and enchanting phrasing backed by delicately plucked guitar or atmospheric piano playing and a self-effacing gracious stage presence is alluring. Nancy is a young singer and multi-instrumentalist, with a beautifully unadorned voice who has been stunning audiences in folk clubs, concert halls and cafes across Mexico, Spain, Manchester and beyond. Currently putting the finishing touches to her new, piano led, second album for The Leaf Label she has also recently been recording with James Yorkston and Susumu Yokota as well as playing with Efterklang, Tunng, Rachel Unthank and The Winterset.

Nancy comes from a verdant North West scene, centred around Manchester, full of players and artists working with/around folk music history but pushing it forms into new alternative directions. She has a folk leaning but her atmospheric and emotional songs also align her closely with songwriters such as Thom Yorke, Nancy Merchant and Mark Hollis.

"Nancy Elizabeth is Northern England's most beguiling new folk singer…enchanting" Flux

My Two Toms – www.myspace.com/mytwotoms

The mighty instrumentalists, My Two Toms, formed in Newport in 2001 and moved to Bristol in 2002. One of them is called Cops, the other one Stubbs. They play instrumental songs on banjo, guitar, ukulele and xylophone. My Two Toms have supported artists as diverse as Kimya Dawson, Herman Dune, Joanna Newsom, Charlie Parr, Animal Collective, Nina Nastasia, and Jeffrey Lewis. My Two Toms continue to write and play and are currently working on their new record featuring their sometime collaborators Matt Jones and Kate Wright (Movietone, Crescent)

“It hurt right, like, you know, in the heart, where it's at, it spoke to me, straight, you know? and I was there, I was a My Two Toms fan. So, I bought their album after the show, wished they had it spinning 78RPM, it would have fitted their style. And then, well, I still have it, still listen to it, and I’m glad someone’s re-releasing it. I’ll buy it again, I’ll put it on for someone, a good friend and I’ll go: “Hey! You gotta listen to this, man, listen to this tune, man, it’s awesome!” or something like that!” - David-Ivar Herman Dune

Stage times (may be subject to change): Nancy Elizabeth – 10.20, Charlie Parr – 9.00, My Two Toms – 8.15

More information: www.myspace.com/stubaboon / www.myspace.com/letsgobaboon