Eddi Reader
at
Union Chapel
London
19:00
Eddi Reader
Event Type
Genre : Music - Folk/blues/world
Description
Celebrating over 40 years as a live performer, Eddi Reader has effortlessly developed into one of popular music?s most thrilling and affecting performers. What sets Eddi apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance and ability to not only move the listener, but connect her experience to that of her audience. No two performances are ever the same.
Though first brought into the limelight as front woman for Fairground Attraction, who?s #1 single, Perfect and parent album, First of a Million Kisses, both topped the charts in the U.K., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, it was Eddi?s subsequent solo albums that signaled her ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them very much her own. Notably, The Songs of Robert Burns (2003) is a timeless interpretation showcasing the poems of Scotland?s national bard and gained her honorary degrees from Strathclyde University, Caledonia University, Stirling University, Edinburgh University and Paisley University as well as an MBE for outstanding contributions to the Arts.
With her work in song, from the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi Reader extinguishes the preordained boundaries of genre, bringing joyous life to all forms. Her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary music. With 10 critically acclaimed solo albums, and awards in tow, Eddi continues to delight audiences worldwide. The past few years have proved to be some of her busiest yet, playing sell out shows as part of her ?40 Years Live Tour? in addition to appearing as special guest with the Jools Holland?s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra for an extensive UK tour.
Eddi has also explored the acting profession, through her acclaimed performances as Jolene Jowett in John Byrnes Your Cheatin Heart (BBC Scotland production starring Tilda Swinton). She also appeared as a 1937 jazz singer in Richard Linklaters movie: Orson And Me, starring Zac Ephron and in her contribution as Joy 3 in Michael Boyd?s production of Janice Galloway?s The Trick Is to Keep Breathing, (Radio Four and a Tron theatre production also starring Siobhan Redmond and Jenny Black).
?One of my favourite singers of all time? Jools Holland
?Just perfect ? Eddi Reader gets every song just right? The Sunday Times
?Flawless, not just perfect, world class? R2 Magazine
?Timeless and universal? The Scotsman
Description
Inspiring Space, Inspiring Lives
Union Chapel is an award winning music venue in Islington, North London. But it’s more than that, it’s Victorian Gothic architectural jewel, that’s still a working church, home to an incredible organ and the base for The Margins Project which works with people facing homelessness and isolation.
Coming to an event at Union Chapel supports the conservation and development of the building. Union Chapel operates as a charity dedicated to looking after the space and opening it to a diverse group of people. In the past 25 years the Chapel has gone from facing demolition to being Grade 1 listed and from being virtually abandoned to welcoming tens of thousands of visitors a year.
We have been voted London’s favourite venue in public polls an amazing three times, in 2002, 2012 and 2014.
19B Compton Terrace,
Islington,
Greater London,
England,
N1 2UN.
020 7226 1686
: £41.30
Prices include booking fees where applicable.
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