Woodfordia Inc
in partnership with Cygnet Folk Festival and Illawarra Folk Festival
presents
Summer Tour 2020: Cygnet to Illawarra
One of Scotland’s foremost singers, Siobhan Miller is an exceptional talent, renowned for her unique vocal style paired with her evocative song-writing. Miller creates music with detail and rich melodies that combine the sounds of indie and alternative music with sounds from her roots in folk music.
Growing up in a musical family, she was immersed in traditional song and learned from many of Scotland’s finest source singers in her early years as a performer. Miller won the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, whilst also nominated for Folk Singer of the Year, and is the only ever three-time winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards.
Her three solo albums have received widespread critical acclaim. The most recent, Mercury (2018) is Miller’s first album of entirely original material, and was recorded in Glasgow with many of her frequent collaborators, including producer Euan Burton. It also features songs co-written with Lau’s Kris Drever and Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott. Flight of Time (2015) and Strata (2017), were both nominated for Album of the Year at the Scots Trad Awards, highlighting her extensive range through traditional, contemporary and self-penned material, as well as her “delicate, nourishing vocals and lyrically rich compositions” (The List).
Alongside her extensive solo ventures, Miller’s unique vocal style has been honed through collaborations with many of Scotland’s top musicians, as well as guest appearances with the National Theatre of Scotland, a season on Broadway, and a role on US/UK TV drama Outlander.
One of the best Scottish traditional singers on the planet.
– fRoots
Assured and precise… Siobhan Miller’s vocals are bright and unforced.
– The Guardian
One of the finest young voices on the Scottish folk scene.
– The Scotsman
A writing talent that’s as impressive as her velvet voice.
– The Herald
One of the most exciting new traditional singers in Scotland.
– Donald Shaw, Celtic Connections Artistic Director
Critically acclaimed Australian songwriter Jack Carty writes with an honesty, patience and love of the craft learned through the sheltered valleys and close-knit communities of a rural childhood spent in sleepy Bellingen, NSW. It’s a rare thing that has allowed the poetic traveller to take his quiet truths and breathtaking live show to audiences across The UK, Europe, North America, New Zealand and Australia since he first started recording and releasing original music in 2010.
The nine years since have been fruitful. Carty has released five full-length studio albums and two EP’s amongst the constant touring, songs on soundtracks, collaborations, festivals and co-writes. Along the way he’s shared the stage with the likes of: Katie Noonan, Josh Pyke, Bernard Fanning, Matt Corby, Lisa Mitchell, Ingrid Michaelson, Dan Wilson, Brett Dennen, Justin Townes Earle and Joshua Radin; and was a recipient of the bi-annual APRA Professional Development Awardsin 2015.
Jack’s most recent album ‘Hospital Hill’ (2018) sees him in close collaboration with ex Papa Vs PrettyBassist Gus Gardiner. It places Carty and his acoustic guitar in a stripped-back setting, accompanied only by a string quartet (which included players from The Australian Chamber Orchestra) and Gardiner’s lush arrangements. 2016’s self-released ‘Home State’ was recorded almost entirely in the living-room of Jack’s one-time Red Hill apartment and debuted at #36 on the ARIA Albums Chart and #1 on the AIR %100 Independent Album Chart.
It is clear that – although Carty’s trademark honesty and hopefulness will never desert him – the lovelorn boy of 2011’s ‘One Thousand Origami Birds’, 2012’s ‘Break Your Own Heart’, and 2014’s ‘Esk’ has evolved into a man of quiet confidence with a renewed excitement for stories and songwriting. His successes have been hard won. Earned on the back of tireless touring, dedication, and the kind of critical acclaim that only honesty in art affords.
Jack has recently returned from two years touring, writing and collaborating from a home-base in London. He is currently working on new music.
The recently married Carty might well have found his happy place ★★★★
– The Sunday Star Times
A sensational album ★★★★
– The Weekend Australian
An album of confession and honesty, but also humour and the sublime ★★★★
– Sydney Morning Herald
MEDIA RESOURCES
Festival of Small Halls Announces Summer Tour 2020
Festival of Small Halls has announced that one of Scotland’s foremost singers, Siobhan Miller (SCO) together with critically-acclaimed Australian songwriter Jack Carty (AUS) will feature on the upcoming Summer Tour 2019: Cygnet to Illawarra.
Presented in partnership with major Australian festivals Woodford Folk Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival and Illawarra Folk Festival, the Summer Tour 2020 will depart from the Woodford Folk Festival on 1st January 2020 and circle Tasmania from 4th January to 16 January 2020. Performances at Illawarra Folk Festival kick off two weeks of ambitious touring through coastal, central and northern New South Wales from 17th January – 4th February.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Siobhan Miller (SCO)
One of Scotland’s foremost singers, Siobhan Miller is an exceptional talent, renowned for her unique vocal style paired with her evocative song-writing. The only artist ever thrice-crowned as Scots Singer of the Year at the annual Scots Trad Music Awards, Miller creates music with detail and rich melodies that combine the sounds of indie and alternative music with sounds from her roots in folk music.
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Jack Carty (AUS)
Critically-acclaimed Australian songwriter Jack Carty has been making, touring and releasing original music since 2010. Nine years that have seen the release of five full-length studio albums; two EPs; an APRA Professional Development Award; extensive touring across Australia, The UK, North America, Europe and New Zealand; festivals from Brisbane to Barcelona; co-writes with the likes of Josh Pyke, Dan Wilson (Semisonic, Adele, Taylor Swift) and Katie Noonan; a #1 independent album; a Top 40 album; and a loyal, grassroots following, built on great songs and a powerful live show.
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