Acclaimed Australian songsmith Lucie Thorne brings her sensational duet show – with drummer Hamish Stuart – to Ellingtons, as part of a national tour to celebrate the release of her stunning new album, Bonfires In Silver City. Lauded for her unique voice, poetic lyricism, and tender-to-gutsy electric guitar playing, this new album has been receiving extraordinary acclaim across the country, described by many as her best work yet, and sees Thorne further hone her spacious, gritty, “exquisite miniatures of distilled emotion” (The Canberra Times), with that signature warmth and intimacy for which her live shows have become so renowned.. Most of these songs were written whilst on the road, over the past two years of almost constant touring (throughout Australia and Europe) since the release of her last album, Black Across the Field. But the sound of Bonfires In Silver City has grown largely out of the musical empathy and camaraderie Thorne has developed during this period with legendary drummer Hamish Stuart. Produced by Thorne in close collaboration with Stuart, most of the album was tracked live over three days in April 2011, and shining at its centre is their remarkable duet sound. Expansive, playful, loose and real.
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