Mistletone

THU JAN 8 – SYDNEY FESTIVAL; City Recital Hall, Angel Place, 8pm with Alela Diane + Olivia Chaney. Tickets on sale now.

Three of the folk world’s foremost new female singer-songwriters kick off Sydney Festival with a night of sublime, homespun music.

California singer/songwriter, Jessica Pratt delivers dreamy, introspective folk tinged with melancholy. Her unadorned, acoustic bare bones sound is both gently powerful and inviting; she can disarm and mesmerise all in hearing’s distance with just her eerie voice and a delicately plucked guitar. Her self-titled 2012 debut (released in Australia by Mistletone in 2013) has been much-murmured about in the time between yesterday and today. Radio National praised the “warm, intimate folk numbers that escape the tyranny of history”, and Triple R and 2SER named it Album of the Week.

English singer/songwriter Olivia Chaney performs her own sophisticated, poetry-tinged compositions alongside traditional British folk songs, showcasing her substantial musical chops on guitar, piano and harmonium. Her rich, pure-toned voice has drawn comparisons to Joni Mitchell and gained the admiration of critics worldwide, with LA Weekly calling her “Multi-talented … completely dizzying, a sound that didn’t seem to be of this earth.”  The Independent simply called her “A star in the making.”

Headliner Alela Diane makes her Australian debut for this exclusive show, bringing captivating songs of heartbreak and redemption to Sydney for one night only.