Tickets: £15 adv / £18 otd. ♦ Doors 7.30pm
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Caribbean-born Michele Stodart is an award-winning solo artist, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist now based in London. Best renowned as bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter of Mercury-nominated, double-platinum selling band, The Magic Numbers, with whom she continues to play and tour world-wide.
Michele has always pursued her own writing alongside her band and nurtured a love for folk/Americana artists as Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch. After almost a decade of touring, she took some time out to record an album of her own songs: Wide-Eyed Crossing (2012), a southern-drenched journey into Americana country blues. She soon became known for her intimate, heart-wrenching live performances, gaining her recognition for her solo material and helping to establish her as a singer-songwriter in her own right. She was signed by One Little Independent and a second solo album – Pieces (2016)- followed shortly after, receiving great critical acclaim for its melodic, cinematic, Americana-influenced confessional songs.
Michele’s diverse skills as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and musical director have led to many collaborative projects in the studio or on stage with artists such as Kathryn Williams, Billy Bragg, Bernard Butler, David Ford, Natalie Imbruglia, Ren Harvieu, Charlie Dore, David Kitt, Hannah White, Rachel Sermanni, O’Hooley & Tidow amongst many others.
In 2022, she received public recognition for her talent, when she was awarded the AMA-UK ‘Instrumentalist Of The Year’ award. In January 2023 she was invited back as musical director at the UK Americana Awards.
Michele will be releasing her third solo album, Invitation, in September ’23 and will be touring in support of the album shortly thereafter.
Press Quotes
“To say that Michele’s songs are ‘rich’ is rather an understatement – it has become the norm for the majority of people at her gigs to leave either speechless, or (and more often the case) crying…. Michele’s solo music is truly breath-taking.” – For Folk’s Sake
“Steeped in languid melancholy… [she] sits in a rich tradition that encompasses such touchstone female performers as Karen Dalton, Judee Sill… Emmylou Harris or Gillian Welch…” – 8/10 – Uncut
“…assured, melodic, intelligent” – Clash Magazine
“bearing traces of folk, country and soul… the music manages to be both tuneful and mournful, jaunty yet sad. What a combo, one that never fails to deliver.” – The Guardian
“If the music style is a variant of widescreen country/roots (think a smoother Lucinda Williams), then the lyric content is no less confessional… Calm, reflective, sober – for good reason, the magic number here is one” – Irish Times
7.30pm – Doors
8pm – DG Solaris
9pm – Michele Stoadart
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