Friday 5th Feb 2009
8.00pm : Katy Carr supports Will Kevans on his UK tour to promote his new album at the Jam Cafe 12 Heathcote Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AA Tel:01159 483566 – PLEASE NOTE LAST MINUTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS@!!@!
Come to the Jam Cafe, Nottingham tonight !
By February 5th, 2010, under8/10 lovely review of Coquette in Americana UK
By January 26th, 2010, underSpectral chanteuse stirs wartime ghosts….
‘Coquette’ is a record that has come unstuck in time. It’s a World War II concept album, one imbued with sensuality and loss and passion, not so much evoking as conjuring the period, its sounds and smells, its ghosts. But it’s not a stoic, stuffy period piece. Actually it’s one of the most vibrantly alive records I’ve heard in a long while Read the rest of this entry »
She and her four husbands
By January 26th, 2010, underI recently read this incredible article in the Egyptian Gazette in early January about this remarkable and very brave lady Nadine Albdir [a brilliant heroine] who wrote this in Al – Masry Al Youm on December 11, 2009….
‘Let me be wedded to four, even five or nine, is possible; let me chat with them, and choose them according to their different shapes and sizes, handpicked, multi- denominations and religions; it won’t spark a civil war, as a woman can unify them.’
The article provoked uproar, not only in the Egyptian media and legal circles but also in the other Arab Muslim Countries, especially Saudi Arabia. Her controversial and surprising article was entitled ‘My Four Hisbands and I.’
The Holy Qur’an and Islamic Law do not permit polyandry, although Muslim Men can have up to four wives. Read the rest of this entry »
well done Magpie’s Nest for getting BBC Folk Club of the year 2010
By January 26th, 2010, underI am very proud to announce that our Magpie’s Nest folk club has got the BBC Folk Club of the Year 2010! well done all – especially Joe Genius Biurski!!!! May the Crow Club and the Magpie’s Nest sing merry, merry songs to our folky families!!!!
katy Carr’s Coquette 4/5 in Maverick Magazine
By January 26th, 2010, underJust got 4/5 stars in January’s issue of Maverick – thanks to Steve McCormick for his excellent review! x x xkc
A quirky time machine trip back to the 1940s – I’m not sure how or why this ended up at Maverick Towers. It doesn’t fall into the bracket I expect to hear or read about in these hallowed pages…but…it’s very good – so, listen up….. Read the rest of this entry »
Katy Carr’s newsletter Dec 30th 2009
By December 30th, 2009, underThankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou 2009! and hearty cheers to all of you good people. Wishing you a very, merry festive season and may all your dreams come true in 2010 – just think a decade ago we were celebrating the beginning of a new century, how time flies…. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch Kazik and The Kommander’s Car documentary here
By December 28th, 2009, underplease find the three youtube clips here for our documentary directed by Hannah Lovell and produced by Katy Carr Sept 2009.
Part 1
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Katy Carr feature in Polish Observer 16-31 Dec 2009
By December 28th, 2009, underSpecjalnie dla The Polish Observer : Katy Carr
Kommander’s Carr [Feature is in Polish] Opowiedz o twoich polskich korzeniach… so tell us about your Polish roots…. Read the rest of this entry »
Katy Carr feature in December/ January 2009 issue of The Marylebone Journal
By December 28th, 2009, underVintage Carr
Mark Riddaway meets Marylebone-based singer Katy Carr and hears about an Auschwitz escape, her love of flying and meeting Vera Lynn
4/5 Psychologies album review for ‘Coquette’ by Katy Carr
By December 28th, 2009, underFollowing her first two sensuous albums, Screwing Lies and Passion Play, comes this strange, heavenly beauty. Read the rest of this entry »
