About this Event
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The third and final night of this magical singer songwriter festival features Adam Beattie and Fiona Bevan.
ADAM BEATTIE:
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Beattie has become a celebrated musician of the London scene. He has been active since 2003 and has released 5 albums of his own songs. Having roots in Scottish folk music, as well as a lifelong interest in old time jazz, blues and other folk styles, his music spans many genres, but is all held together by Adam's distinctive voice and narrative lyrics.
Beattie has recently released his brand new solo album 'Somewhere Round The Bend' on 12" and CD which has received praise from the likes of Line Of Best Fit calling it "Stirring Folk Balladry" and Loud And Quiet Magazine awarding it 8/10 and claiming "The album is mesmeric". The album was also championed by BBC Radio Scotland presenter Roddy Hart, who featured it as his 'Record Of Note' and invited Adam to speak on the show and curate a selection of songs as his 'Me-In-3' guest.
'Somewhere Round The Bend' came fresh off the back of his Rough Trade release with PicaPica, a collaboration album with Grammy nominated producer Sonny Johns, BBC Folk Singer Of The Year Josienne Clarke, and singer-songwriter Samantha Whates, as well as his Scottish supergroup Band Of Burns’ latest release being named ‘Album Of The Month’ in Mojo (4 stars) and BBC Music Magazine (5 stars). After four studio albums collaborating with notable producers, this new record sees Beattie at the helm for the first time, on fire as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer.
Over his years of extensive European touring and festival appearances, Adam has played opening shows for many of his musical heroes; Bert Jansch, Jolie Holland and Sean Hayes.
As a multi-instrumentalist accompanist he has recently played guitar and bass for global singer-songwriter star Birdy (Atlantic Records). And recorded with and accompanied many acclaimed artists on the local London scene; Fiona Bevan, Garance Louis, Gabriel Moreno, Leonie Evans and Brooke Sharkey.
The new album features drums from Mercury nominated Seb Rochford (Polar Bear, Patti Smith, Adele), double bass from Fred Thomas (ECM Records), backing vocals from multi-platinum singer-songwriter Fiona Bevan (Lewis Capaldi, Billie Marten, Matthew E. White), as well as Adam’s regular badass bandmates Marco Quarantotto, Zac Gvirtzmann and Filippo Ferazzoli.
'Can I please buy 2 albums?' - Brian Eno
'Incredibly Beautiful' - Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
'Call me for a jam when you get to London' - Bert Jansch
'Carefully crafted, gently affecting songwriting' - Roddy Hart, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
Website: www.adambeattie.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/adambeattieandtheconsultants
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mradambeattie/
FIONA BEVAN is a Canadian-British songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist who grew up in Suffolk, UK, with a sweet, fiery voice and a soulful, cinematic folk sound creating "startling odysseys that suggest Erykah Badu, Joanna Newsom and Kate Bush spine-tinglingly joined" (The Guardian).
Her latest EP, ‘Wild Angels Sweet Demons’, was produced by Grammy award-winning engineer Robin Baynton (Mumford And Sons, Laura Marling, Isaac Gracie), released independently, and went straight to number 2 in France, and number 7 in both the UK and Canada iTunes singer-songwriter charts. The EP was an eagerly awaited follow up to Fiona’s debut studio album, 'Talk To Strangers', which was included in iTunes front page “best of 2014” and released in UK, Europe, Australia and Japan in 2014 and in USA and Canada in 2015 in conjunction with Universal Canada.
In between releases Fiona has been working as a multi-platinum songwriter, writing hit songs for other artists including the award-winning number one song 'Little Things' for One Direction, plus singles for Kylie, Backstreet Boys, Aurora, Lewis Capaldi, Stefflon Don, Tom Walker, Joy Crookes, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Mika, Natalie Prass and Matthew E. White. She has also recently been writing with Shawn Mendes, Ryan Tedder, Natalie Imbruglia, Lennon Stella and Lukas Nelson, and toured the UK supporting Ruston Kelly and The Wandering Hearts, after they met onstage playing at The Bluebird in Nashville last year.
Fiona has also toured in the UK and Europe with Ed Sheeran, Nick Mulvey, Billie Marten, Ingrid Michaelson and Adam Ant, and in Canada with Hawksley Workman. In 2018 she was a judge for the Ivor Novello Awards. Fiona has been spending lockdown creating “Red Velvet Sessions” - a world-class HD livestreaming theatre in her living room with acclaimed singer songwriter Adam Beattie and award winning cinematographer Simon Minett, and is now writing a new album.
PRESS:
"Startling odysseys that suggest Erykah Badu, Joanna Newsom and Kate Bush spine-tinglingly joined" - GUARDIAN
“…mesmerisingly beautiful…” – LINE OF BEST FIT
“…clever hook, twinkly melodies and industrial rhythm” – GRAZIA
“Fiona Bevan contrasts pastoral, acoustic textures with her golden, golden voice.” – CLASH MAGAZINE
“Mesmerising. Fiona Bevan completely transported me” ALEX JAMES, BLUR
"Absolutely brilliant" TOM ROBINSON, BBC6Music
“…a stunning debut album…it’s time for this dreamy, offbeat beauty, and her halo of blonde curls, to take centre stage.” – MAIL ON SUNDAY, You Mag
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, 2 Butcher Row, London, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00 to GBP 50.00