Archive for the ‘Katy Carr and the Aviators music news’ Category

great review of ‘Coquette’ in Record Collector this month!

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

The Amelia Earhart of alt folk in full flight…..

A former RAF pilot celebrating the “beautiful feminine energy” of old school glamour icons such as Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers, (more…)

Katy Carr gig tonight!!! Thurs 11th Feb 2010

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Katy Carr plays a solo set at this intimate house party address : 40 winks 109 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ t: 020 7790 0259 [tube Stepney Green] – you must wear pyjamas!

Come to the Jam Cafe, Nottingham tonight !

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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@!!@!

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8/10 lovely review of Coquette in Americana UK

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Spectral 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 (more…)

well done Magpie’s Nest for getting BBC Folk Club of the year 2010

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

I 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

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Just 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….. (more…)

Katy Carr’s newsletter Dec 30th 2009

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Thankyou! 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…. (more…)

Katy Carr feature in Polish Observer 16-31 Dec 2009

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Specjalnie 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…. (more…)

Katy Carr feature in December/ January 2009 issue of The Marylebone Journal

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Vintage Carr

Mark Riddaway meets Marylebone-based singer Katy Carr and hears about an Auschwitz escape, her love of flying and meeting Vera Lynn

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4/5 Psychologies album review for ‘Coquette’ by Katy Carr

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Following her first two sensuous albums, Screwing Lies and Passion Play, comes this strange, heavenly beauty. (more…)