The Magic Lantern at The Glad Cafe

With support from Finn Anderson & Little Clouds

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0	GLASGOW: The Glad Cafe
P	Tuesday 29th October, 2024
N	7:30pm

Event information

The Magic Lantern is the moniker of singer-songwriter Jamie Doe, an artist blurring the boundaries between folk, jazz and contemporary music. Born in Australia before moving to the UK at 12, The Magic Lantern has toured the UK, Europe and Australia alongside This Is The Kit, Sam Lee and Alabaster Deplume.

Performing with an ensemble drawn from London's thriving alternative jazz scene, The Magic Lantern returns to the Glad Cafe to launch his joyous and devastating fifth album ‘To Everything A Season’, written and recorded in the months following his daughters birth and his fathers death six weeks later. In their brief meeting in a dementia nursing home, two ends of the circle of life touched.

Of that cathartic moment, Jamie says 'I saw myself in my father, and my daughter in me and I felt joy and grief in overlapping waves, beautiful and complicated, which continue to ripple outward' These songs are my attempt to make sense of this incredible time.

The Magic Lantern's live show captures a rich emotional immediacy through spirited improvisation, taught ensemble writing and Jamie’s arresting vocal lyricism to craft songs examining the limitless depth of the human experience.

Support is from Finn Anderson, one of Scotland's most enchanting songwriters. Drawing on folk, jazz, pop and orchestral influences, Finn’s songs move freely from the soft and sensitive to the bold and dramatic.

The night will be opened Little Clouds, subtly nostalgic, singer-songwriter duo from Australia. AKA Nick Henderson & Emily- Rose Sarkova write lofty afternoon inspired hits and introspective midnight bangers, laced with clever lyrics and sweet chords that make you feel real good.