Evie Sands

This is a rare, stars must be aligned, pairing of two revered legends in their own time - Evie Sands and Bridget St. John. 2 triple-threat singer-songwriter-instrumentalists sharing 1 stage promises across-career highlights and delights - meaningful, memorable, illuminating and sly fun. Although these two cherished icons of Northern Soul (Evie) and British "Psych Folk" (Bridget) may appear to be continents and genres apart, their free-spirits feel connected, with both sirens possessing treasured singular voices within the music biz cacophony who have managed to persevere, staying true to their artful paths with a multitude of grace and with both still full-on creatively - hence the tour's title - "A Woman's Work Is Never Done". Evie's last full length was proclaimed "a revelation" by esteemed British mags MOJO and Uncut, her definitive Angel of the Morning figured significantly in last year's controversial series - "Baby Reindeer", while Bridget will have a new EP: "Musical Brothers" interpreting songs of her Les Cousins Soho ('60's London's Greenwich Village) mates: Nick Drake, John Martyn, Michael Chapman and Kevin Ayers. Evie's adept band will support. Expect surprises. Evie Sands is a blue-eyed soul-singer, naturally funky guitarist (left-handed and upside-down), enchanting performer, sultry songwriter, intuitive and inventive arranger and producer, a meticulous professional and musician’s-musician. Her career has traversed the musical spectrum of Tin Pan Alley, teenage package Pop tours, national TV exposure, major label hits, cult fandom, Northern Soul iconology, Indie label #1's and digital DIY with her own synthesis of sophisticated soul, Americana and pop. Live! she combines her deep catalog of originals and vintage Evie songs that she originated - Take Me For A Little While, I Can't Let Go, Angel of the Morning - with her own classic hits - Any Way That You Want Me, I Love Makin' Love To You, You Brought The Woman Out Of Me and digital ones too, You Can Do It, While I Look At You, If You Give Up seamlessly and captivatingly... While Evie began her career as a teen ingenue given Brill Building torch songs to belt, she has evolved into a venerated songwriter whose songs have been covered by a cross-generational spectrum of artists from Dusty Springfield, Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Tom Jones, Cher & Greg Allman to Missy Elliott, Jazmine Sullivan, Lucinda Williams, Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub and Beck. More of what is a fascinating career read can be found at - eviesands.com Bridget St. John was a leading light of the golden era of British Folk centered around London's Soho (akin to our Greenwich Village scene). St John's back pages seems a 'Zelig's dream' alongside her Les Cousins club colleagues: John Martyn, Nick Drake, Kevin Ayers, Michael Chapman, Mike Oldfield, Al Stewart, Paul Simon, Stefan Grossman, Dave Cousins, Ron Geesin and David Bowie. She was, and remains an intense vocalist, mesmerizing guitarist and gifted interpreter who writes impressionistic songs of candid reflection sung in a low-key unapologetic manner. Her distinctive voice delivers her material with an unintended aura of mystery, ambiguity and authority that is unique beyond the era she is associated. Deep and resonant it seems to drown out every other sound around you, as though she is speaking directly to you. She plays with a calm stillness, with a kind of composure and gentleness that reminds us how compelling understatement can be. BSJ is an authentic treasure eternally ripe for discovery who remains influential, vital and actively collaborative with on-going torch-bearers Devendra Barnhart, Steve Gunn, Riley Walker and William Tyler - a testament to the timeless quality of her material. St John has faithfully tendered her own characteristic sound that has became part of a canon of music whose integrity and relevance resounds strikingly today. For a deeper dive: Bridget St John: The enduring quality of an iconic folk singer General Admission - All Ages - Doors: 7pm