Biography
-- Amelia toured across Canada through September, performed in the UK and Europe in October, and is touring across Canada again in November.
-- "Hunter Hunter" was released in Canada on September 1, 2009 via Six Shooter Records.
-- "War Brides" - was released in the USA on August 25, 2009.
-- summer festival line up included Calgary Folk Fest, Winnipeg Folk Fest and Stan Rogers Festival
Amelia sold 7000 units of her album, War Brides, without the help of a label, distributor, manager, publicist, or even a booking agent, all off-stage...her live show is that great. We are pleased to bring to the rest of Canada what the Atlantic provinces already know: Amelia Curran is Canada’s newest great singer-songwriter.
War Brides was released nationally to critical acclaim on November 25 through Six Shooter Records. It debuted in the #2 spot on the Earshot Folk/Roots/Blues chart in December, and the word is spreading. The album appeared on the Montreal Gazette’s Top 20 of 2008, received 4 stars from Eye Weekly and has gotten similar praise from the Toronto Star, Vue Weekly, ChartAttack and publications across Canada who all agree that War Brides is a gem.
“Amelia Curran is a singer from St. John's whose voice has the sound of faith and experience” - Essential Tracks, Globe and Mail
“This quietly stunning album heralds the arrival of Newfoundlander Amelia Curran as one of this country’s finest singer-songwriters” - Montreal Gazette
“This fourth album from Halifax singer/songwriter announces itself so immediately that you might imagine the folks at the record label shoving a contract at her halfway through hearing the first song” - Eye Weekly
BIOGRAPHY
Amelia Curran is a seeker. Nearly a decade ago she left St. John’s for Halifax, but still pines for Newfoundland every single day. With a number of East Coast Music Award nominations and an extensive discography, including: War Brides (2006), Lullaby for Barflies (2002), Trip Down Little Road (2001), and Barricade (2000), Curran knew it was finally time to make a record at home.
Over the past two years she recorded with Don Ellis in various caverns in St. John’s, the city of legends, from the abandoned CBC building on Duckworth Street to an old farm house on the fringes of town. For Curran St. John’s captures the essence of her inner huntress.
A songwriter by trade, but a writer at heart, Curran believes language is everything. She describes the craft of song-writing as an act of “expressing the inexpressible, a means of describing the indescribable.”
“Bye, Bye Montreal” could pay homage to Leonard Cohen and the thriving arts scene of yesteryear, but that’s the beauty of Curran. She never explicitly says what her songs about. She just opens the door and allows room for various interpretations and relationships.
“All Hands On A Grain of Sand,” speaks to Curran’s ability to elevate the lyrical into the poetical. Her desire to reconcile the past and move into the future is a constant struggle. “Ah Me,” manifests biblical myths into self-reflexive epiphanies, while “The Mistress,” is part confession, part obsession. A narrative-driven internal contention of what it means to be the other woman.
“Mad World, Outlive Me,” mines for the truth and untouchable gems held deep within the soul. With splashes of folk and cabaret aesthetics, “The Company Store,” wades through a lost way of life.
“Julia,” turns the page on a bleeding heart, while “Tiny Glass Houses,” shatters expectations and rebuilds the broken places within us all. “The Dozens,” is a toe-tapping rendition of harnessing one’s inner lover.
Retribution arrives in both “Love’s Lost Regard,” and “Wrecking Ball,” but it’s the album’s closer, “Last Call,” that leaves listeners thirsty for another round.
Text written by Shannon Webb-Campbell.
Instrumentation
Amelia Curran - lead vox, guitar
Lukas Pearse - basses
Benn Ross - drums, percussion
Phil Sedore - guitar, etc.
Discography
Amelia Curran - War Brides - 2008
Amelia Curran - Lullabies for Barflies - 2002
the SenseAmelia project - trip down little road - 2001
Amelia Curran - Barricade - 2000
Links
http://www.ameliacurran.com
Instrumentation
Amelia Curran - lead vox, guitar
Lukas Pearse - basses
Benn Ross - drums, percussion
Phil Sedore - guitar, etc.
Discography
Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter (Six Shooter Records, 2009)
Amelia Curran - War Brides - (Six Shooter Records, 2008)
Amelia Curran - Lullabies for Barflies - 2002
the SenseAmelia project - trip down little road - 2001
Amelia Curran - Barricade - 2000
Links
| http://www.ameliacurran.com |