Kathryn Williams at The Musician

Date: Thur 14th Apr
Time: 20:00

Thu 14th Apr 2016
Kathryn Williams
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‘By inhabiting and responding to a genuinely significant work of literature, Williams has produced her own spellbinding piece of art’ 8/10 Clash Magazine

‘Williams draws on vignettes from the semi-autobiographical novel to explore it’s emotional depths in nine diverse, finely sung songs’ ****Mojo

‘William’s delivery is trapped amidst Ed Harcourt’s arrangements, whose depth recalls Calexico and Portishead’ ****The Independent

‘Draws the listener in with intimate songs layered with gorgeous melodies, spiraling acoustic guitar and atmospheric percussion’ ‘Album of the Month’ Diva

‘An impressive set of hypnotic and unsettling songs’ ****The Mirror

‘A collection of rare eloquence and spectacular beauty…few listeners will remain unmoved’ The Herald

‘In shunning the lazy stereotypical public image […] these songs do Plath a fine service’ ****Irish Herald

‘Plath’s work has impacted on songwriters for many years – but there are very few who, like Williams, have come to a greater understanding of the novel other than it being a handy cipher…Williams combination of melancholy and melody is bang on’ ****Irish Times

‘Goes beyond the one-dimensional perception of [Plath] as a tragic, doomed figure’
****Big Issue In The North

‘Short and brooding…Hypoxia captures the timelessness of Plath’s poetic and powerful literature’ Aesthetica

‘As emotionally gripping as it is sonically explorative’ 8/10 Uncut Magazine

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