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An evening with Maz O’Connor at Cafe#9

Presented by: Cafe#9

0	SHEFFIELD: Cafe#9
P	Thursday 21st September, 2023
N	7:00pm

Event information

Described by The Observer as ‘a highly individual singer-songwriter’, Maz O’Connor is a truly
unique artist.

Known for her haunting, emotive vocals and poetic lyricism, her songs are most often short
stories inspired by her love of literature, folklore and mythology.

Her Irish roots, she suspects, inform her love of darker tales—those of heartbreak, longing and loss. She wrote her first song aged four, whilst making a ‘radio show’ with a cassette player and
her brothers, and grew up singing old folk songs in her local Cumbrian venues. As a
teenager, the songs of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell inspired her to learn the guitar, while
Regina Spektor inspired her to write her first songs on the piano.

Winning a BBC Performing Arts Fund Fellowship in 2014 (once won by Adele) brought Maz
to wider attention, and later that year she was nominated for a BBC Folk Award for her first
album, ‘This Willowed Light’. Maz has since released 3 further albums, toured extensively, played live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and 3, and appeared at major U.K. festivals, including Glastonbury. In 2021, she won the Drake YolanDa Award, supported by YolanDa Brown.

Her latest, ‘What I Wanted’ (May 2022), has been widely praised, and called ‘an excellent
thing’ by Mark Radcliffe of BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.

'Maz O'Connor's ace, apart from her remarkable songwriting talent, is her captivating voice
****' Q

‘BBC Performing Arts Fellowship graduate Maz O’Connor is a real find, fusing influences
from the past (Joni Mitchell) with those of the present (Bon Iver) to concoct a dazzling array
of part electric, part-acoustically crafted folk that occasionally borders on the experimental.’
(Drowned in Sound)

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Please note this ticket price DOES include a byo/corkage fee should you want to bring alcohol to the venue.

All additional purchases of drinks and snacks from the cafe counter are always very much appreciated.