Unbiased South London roots music venue and neighborhood hub the Sound Lounge is to stage a fiftieth anniversary recreation of Carole King’s quadruple Grammy-winning landmark album Tapestry.
Amongst these contributing new, unique interpretations to Tapestry Rewoven are BRIT and Ivor Novello Award-winning KT Tunstall, double ASCAP Award-winner Charlie Dore and up to date two-time UK Americana Award recipient Robert Vincent. He will probably be accompanied by pianist-vocalist Anna Corcoran, herself victorious at January’s AMAs as UK Instrumentalist of the Yr.The fundraising livestream, devised and curated by Sound Lounge patron and music journalist Paul Sexton, will probably be introduced dwell from the venue, observing lockdown restrictions, on Tuesday, February 23 from 7.30pm. Digital tickets, at £5, may be bought at www.thesoundlounge.org.uk.
Sexton and Sound Lounge co-owner Hannah White will host, with White (a latest AMA UK British Album of the Yr nominee) additionally performing, as are fellow Tapestry devotees and British roots/Americana notables Danni Nicholls, Lauren Housley and Ned Roberts. Additionally starring are widely-respected songwriter-vocalists Jo Harman, Mollie Marriott and Steve Balsamo, who will carry out with Rob Reed, his colleague within the acclaimed progressive band ChimpanA.
The livestream will increase funds for the Sound Lounge, a much-respected function of London’s grassroots dwell music scene lately. In 2020, throughout fundraising for its new web site in Sutton, it was named amongst GQ journal’s “finest small music venues” within the UK, and Time Out described it as “Excellent news for London’s music scene…hope for London music followers.”
Defying all odds amid the monetary perils of lockdown, the brand new Sound Lounge opened in December 2020 for preliminary restricted occasions, which can resume in full on the earliest alternative. It’s on monitor to turn into the UK’s first carbon impartial grassroots venue and, alongside myriad community-driven initiatives, additionally has its personal report retailer, a department of the extremely standard Union Music, primarily based in Lewes, East Sussex.Within the meantime, Sexton says of Tapestry Rewoven: “The response from artists about getting concerned within the livestream has been extremely enthusiastic. That’s a measure of what a real traditional this album is, and to have such nice musicians remaking itis a extremely thrilling prospect.” Tunstall not too long ago informed BBC Radio 4’s In the present day programme of Tapestry: “I usually get requested what recommendation what you give to younger up-and-coming writers, and one of many prime three items of recommendation I’d give them is to take heed to this report.”
