Special guest Ruth Royall
Quality songs and performance in a relaxed and intimate, seated ‘music club’ environment.
We’ve been eagerly pursuing David Ford for more than a year - once seen never forgotten. Enigmatic, intensely soulful & thought provoking - to describe him as one of the most unforgettable performers, we think would be an understatement.
Any attempts at modern comparisons don't quite get to the heart of David Ford. To find his actual peers you have to go back to some of the great curveball mavericks of melody, romance and inventiveness. Artists such as Tom Waits, Neil Young and Todd Rungren, whose haunting, harmonious melodies are frequently offset by barbed, poignant lyrics.
David Ford's new album Songs For The Road was described by Word magazine as embodying ‘the eternal thrill of a young man going way too far and pulling it off’. The Sunday Times made it their album of the week and Clash magazine called it ‘quite simply a classic’.
Ford’s debut I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I’ve Caused was an album of words and melodies that whisper and shout defiantly at the constant disappointments that litter our lives. Following critical acclaim in the UK, Ford travelled to America where his album was met with an equally warm reception. Stunning reviews ran in the New York Times, Rolling Stone ('a work of genuine depth by an artist of striking authority’) and Variety and Ford found himself championed by NBC's Carson Daly on whose show he appeared three times. Support slots with Richard Ashcroft, Ray Lamontagne and Aimee Mann followed, with Ford now counting Neil Young and Springsteen amongst his fans.
A natural in front of an audience, his powerful and physical live performances have won him great acclaim, both in the UK and the USA where he toured throughout 2006 alongside Ray Lamontagne, Aimee Mann, KT Tunstall and Elvis Costello. Decimate, the first single from the Songs For The Road album, was playlisted at both BBC Radio 2 and XFM ahead of his October 07 tour that culminated in his sold out show at Shepherd¹s Bush Empire in London.
Support is from Ruth Royall, who plays acoustic blues with guitar and piano. Formerly with award winning band Sub-Justice, she is originally from Stroud but now Bristol based.
www.davidford.mu/
www.myspace.com/davidford
www.myspace.com/ruthroyall
www.acoustica-guildhall.co.uk/
Friday 7th November 2007
Tickets £10 advance, £11 on the door. Doors 8pm.
Box Office 01452 503050
Email: guildhall.artscentre@gloucester.gov.uk
Click here to book online
2 comments:
Tickets in my wallet already. This guy seems superb from what I've read. See you on Friday. Martin. PS Good lookin' blog!
Saw David Ford last night for the second time and he just blew me away,
The Acoustica is a fantastic venue will definatley be coming back
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