Performance
Date
Sunday,
June 7
Canadian
Music East Coast Style - ECMA
Evening
Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
If
pissed off, lonely, feeling sorry for yourself and
missing your home—while not knowing exactly where
it is—had a soundtrack, it would be written by
Amelia Curran. If the art of making misery and the
depth of personal enigma into something that becomes
happy and uplifting enough to throw in the odd
mandolin lick, Amelia Curran can paint your picture.
Curran draws upon influences such as Tom Waits,
Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. Upon seeing her live,
it is impossible not to draw the very same
comparison. Usually live, especially
live...although, oddly the similarity among these
influences remains strongest within her lyrics. Once
described as "a performer who can smoke, drink
a beer, and sing at the same
time...harmoniously", Curran has that dirty
raspy "I've been there and felt it"
conviction to her songs. There is no putting it on,
she is real and she’s here to sing about it. The
audience is not left to wonder who these songs are
about. It's her, but it is also everyone. The
difference, however, is the crisp and melodic tone
that leaves the song humming through your head as
much as the lyrics echo through your conscience.
For
more information on Amelia, visit www.ameliacurran.com
