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Jess Klein + Rachel Ries
Presented by: Green Note| 0 | LONDON: Green Note |
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| P | Thursday 18th April, 2013 |
| N | 7:00pm |
Event information
PLEASE NOTE: DOORS OPEN: 7pm, MUSIC STARTS AT 8.30pm.
The venue comprises both seated and standing space. There are a limited number of seats. These are allocated on a first come first served basis, so if you’d like a seat, please ensure you arrive early.
We reserve the right to release all unclaimed tickets for re-sale at 9.15pm. If you will be arriving after this time, please inform us in advance, so that we can hold your tickets for you.
We can be contacted by email on mail@greennote.co.uk
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For over a decade, JESS KLEIN’s gutsy “tell it like it is” folk rock has been embraced by tastemakers from Tokyo to London, from Australia to her new home state of Texas. March heralds the release of her new studio album, Behind a Veil (2012) Klein’s second album with Austin based producer Mark Addison, the first being 2009’s critically acclaimed Bound to Love. In Bound to Love, Klein keenly embraced the dusty roots of Texas songwriters while reveling in her new surroundings. Behind a Veil goes deeper, chronicling her feelings during a particularly hard year; the loss of her father after a 5 year battle with ALS, a split with a long-time lover, and the self-empowering decision to move forward with no record label.
On Behind a Veil, Jess writes honestly and courageously about the conflicting emotions of love, loss, joy and pain. But even in the most delicate passages you can hear the triumph in her voice.
Graced with one of the most enviable voices in popular music – equally at ease with a sultry whisper or a rock’n’roll wail, Klein has released eight critically acclaimed albums and toured the globe, sharing the stage with such greats as Arlo Guthrie, Steve Earle, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Shawn Colvin, Alejandro Escovedo and John Fullbright.
MOJO Magazine writes “Jess Klein has one of those voices you want to crawl up close to the speakers to listen to.” And No Depression‘s Lee Zimmerman calls Klein’s latest release Behind A Veil “An excellent album – a career-maker in fact.”
South Dakota native but Brooklyn resident, RACHEL RIES crafts songs of loss, love, longing and the unavoidable tensions felt by a soul raised in the country but trying to find a sound life in the city. While playing the guitar, piano and the occasional drumkit, Rachel marries sophisticated, at times vintage, musicality to smart lyrics. Ms. Ries has an adventurous ear for melody and a voice flexible enough to accomplish it. With a self-taught guitar style reminiscent of Mississippi John Hurt and vocals that recall both Regina Spektor and early Maria Muldaur, her songs range from the romantic simplicity of jazz standards to the distilled intensity of poet Anne Sexton. Rachel has two albums, two EPs and years of touring to her name – both as herself and with longtime collaborator and bandmate, Anaïs Mitchell.
