Ria Plays

Eva and the blue dive, Poppy WS

Presented by: Paradiddles Music Cafe Bar

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0	WORCESTER: Paradiddles Music Cafe Bar
P	Saturday 26th March, 2022
N	7:30pm

Event information

Ria Plays is an artist-led, three-piece band that fuses uncanny, magic realism lyrics and melodic shapes with a huge backdrop of noir rock. 'I write songs visually, like I paint,' says singer songwriter and artist Ria Parfitt. 'Everything's an image. - Ria Plays (Official Website)

I was reminded of The Cranberries, in how Eva’s elegiac voice stands against the shimmering guitars and driving drums. The song begins with finger picking on electric guitar, which sets the song’s soul-searching emotional tone. Eva’s keening singing enters giving an impression of anger mixed with the need to move on. Her vocals are sat deeply within the music’s mix, so whilst the lyric can sometimes be obscure you can hear from Eva’s voice and how she sings that she has something to say – like early REM. - Slap Mag

Influenced by a vast amount of genres, her piano style is influenced by mostly classical and blues artists such Debussy, Nina Simone, Fats Waller and Ray Charles to name a few.

Vocalists such as Hollie Cook, Matt Corby and Amy Winehouse contribute to her overall sound and picking up rhythmic influences from a lot of reggae music and other artists such as Scott Joplin ragtime and Blue Harlem.- WMF