Friday, February 18, 2005

Fresh Off Letterman, Meet Kathleen Edwards

Watch David Letterman's show March 1 and you'll see singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards, who's coming to the Narrows on May 21.

Don't know her? Here's stuff from her record company's website:

Having been hailed as one of the finest and most distinctive singer-songwriters to emerge in 2002, Kathleen Edwards is poised to vault to the front rank of contemporary music with her superlative sophomore album, Back To Me.

The New York Times praised Edwards as a writer whose songs can "pare situations down to a few dozen words while they push country-rock towards its primal impulses of thump and twang," and on Back To Me, she once again demonstrates that she can rock hard but also move a listener with heart stopping insights.

The 26-year-old singer-songwriter's 2002 debut Failer started as an indie project recorded with friends in the Ottawa music scene. It was released by MapleMusic Recordings in Canada and Zoƫ/Rounder in the U.S., and on the strength of three singles - "Six O'Clock News," "One More Song The Radio Won't Like" and "Hockey Skates" - Failer was acclaimed as one of the finest debut records in recent memory. No Depression said the album marked "the arrival of a rare talent." Rolling Stone declared her one of year's most promising new acts...

Submitted by Steve the Emcee, who's only been to Canada 3 times, maybe.

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