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Following a wonderful gig last September, we're delighted to have The Blackheart Orchestra return to The Lantern Theatre, bringing their ethereal, folky/electronic/progressive music back to Sheffield. If you missed them in 2023, then come this year!There will be support sets from Olga Dikajee and Duncan Parsons.
The Blackheart Orchestra is officially the smallest orchestra in the world. Two people playing 13
instruments between them, Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington draw on their backgrounds in rock, folk, electronica and classical music to create a unique sound frequently compared to early Pink Floyd, Portishead and Kate Bush as well as contemporary composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Described as an ”Avant garde musical utopia” they perform in their ‘musical space station’ of instruments including guitar, bass, percussion, mandola, piano, organ, omnichord and vintage synthesisers.
Their 2022 album Hotel Utopia went straight into the UK Rock Chart at #13, being called “Epic” by Uncut magazine and “One of the best albums of the year” by USA’s Prog Rock Central. Single If You Tolerate This made #22 in the iTunes chart and Chrissy Mostyn was voted in the Top 5 World Female Vocalists in Prog Magazine’s Readers’ Poll
https://theblackheartorchestra.com/
Local Sheffield singer/songwriter Duncan Parsons will be bringing nervous love songs, songs about children's books, television, social science, and robots..
“..a slightly more assertive Nick Drake.. ..sounds like something beamed in from an earlier, more innocent musical era.” Prog Magazine on album “I'm Here, All Weak”
Also known for playing in the John Hackett Band and Joanne Harris' Storytime Band, he's been releasing music under his own name for a decade now. There's a new album to promote, and he might even have worked out how to play the tunes!
https://www.facebook.com/musicdsp
https://duncanparsons.roughdraftaudio.com
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The Lantern Theatre, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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