Katy Carr –
Paszport (Deluce
Recordings)
London based performer / singer-songwriter (and
fluent Polish speaker), Katy Carr has performed in a variety of settings from
The Royal Opera House to Glastonbury music festival, has appeared regularly on
BBC radio, had many a flattering review in the mainstream and music press, and
was nominated for the London Music Award 2012, along with Kate Bush, PJ Harvey,
Arctic Monkeys, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Metromony, Ed Sheeran, Jim Jones
Review, The Unthanks and Laura Marling.
Her music is inspired by themes, stories and
characters from 1940’s Britain, France and Poland and she plays a vintage
Wurlitzer electronic piano, ukulele and banjolele along with her group The
Aviators.
“Paszport”, her fourth full length release marks the 1939
Soviet invasion of Poland and is inspired by stories she has gathered from Polish
WWII veterans: including members of the armed forces, partisans, resistance
fighters, as well people who fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and survivors
of the German Nazi labour and concentration camps, and Soviet detention camps
in Siberia.
Her impassioned and eccentric style blends
contemporary songwriting with euro-centric folk music, haunting minimalism, the
occasional tape recording (a BM597 Spitfire on “Motylek”) and an air of (dark)
humour. “Kommander’s Car” recounts the tale of an escapee and is delivered in
the spirit of Lily Allen set to an upbeat tempo with emotive strings whilst “Poland
Panorama – Panorama Polski” adds a real sense of drama to the proceedings.
Fans of the heartfelt and expressive works of Tori
Amos, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom or Regina Spektor need seek this out.
Willsk
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