Hello lovelies!!!

I am so pleased to announce that I will be playing some fabulous concerts in the next couple of weeks celebrating the historical connections and honour between Poland and Great Britain — I am very excited about my ‘Songs of Polonia’ event on 1st November in Manchester comprising of two elements – the first part is an hour of sharing songs and real life stories with Polish speakers and Polish WWII veterans celebrating the history, culture and music of the Polish diaspora in Manchester and the second is concert in the evening – see details below 🙂 On 2nd November I will be singing for The Polish Order of Malta Volunteers in Mayfair and on 10th November I will be singing Polish patriotic songs at a special event organised by the Jagiellonian University, Krakow in London at the Polish Club Ognisko in Kensington. Exciting news – on 12th November we will be playing a special concert in connection with Songlines Music Magazine supporting the Antonio Forcione Trio at the Royal Albert Hall and we are VERY EXCITED! In addition my wonderful film collaborator Hannah Lovell will be accompanying me to Belfast for a special concert at Belfast City Hall as part of Belfast Music Week in Ireland.

Upcoming Katy Carr and the Aviators Performance News and Dates : 1st November : Katy Carr’s ‘Songs of Polonia,’ event comprising of two elements — link here – Katy Carr’s songs of Polonia Event – click here 🙂

5-6 pm : The Kanaris Lecture Theatre at the Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL : concert partners are in connection with the Manchester Museum, Platforma festival and the University of Manchester.

7:30pm : Katy Carr and the Aviators concert at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford St, Manchester, UK, M13 9PL : concert partners are in connection with Platforma festival and the University of Manchester. 2nd November : two solo Katy Carr shows The Polish Order of Malta Volunteers : The Savile Club, 69 Brook Street, Mayfair London W1K 4ER Tel: +44 (0)20 7629 5462 Katy will also be appearing at a special event at 4 Devonia Rd, Islington, London N1 8JH 10th November : Katy Carr sing-a-long at Club Ognisko, 55 Prince’s Gate | Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PN, England (Kensington and Hyde Park) – event organised by The Jagiellonian University, Polish Research Centre in London – see this link : The Living Workroom of Polish Culture : The meeting will be conducted by Katy Carr, a British singer of Polish origin, Waldemar Domański, the head of the Library of Polish song and the originator of the idea of “Singing Lessons” in the Krakow Market, and Paweł Żaba, a composer from Bristol. We promise unusual arrangements of the songs, as well as that you will be able to sing as much as your heart (and soul) desire. The repertoire is commonly known, and the organisers provide free songbooks – here is a link to the songs for those of you who want a head start! : http://www.bibliotekapiosenki.pl/static:Radosna_Niepodleglosci 12th November : 19:45 -20:15 – Katy Carr and the Aviators support the Antonio Forcione Trio at a special event at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, at a special Songlines event – please note there are only 25 tickets left for this event! so please book your tickets now 🙂 http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/antonio-forcione-trio/default.aspx

16th November : Katy Carr and Hannah Lovell will be presenting a workshop to Polish students at the Polish Saturday School in Belfast – for more details of our workshops see this youtube video click on link : Heart Poland ‘Building Bridges’ School’s project
17th November : Katy Carr plays at Belfast City Hall at part of Belfast Music Week – event starts at 3pm 🙂 in association with Polish Cultural Week BelfastDonegall Pl, Belfast, Antrim BT1 5GS Tel : 028 9032 0202
Additional Katy Carr projects include :
Katy Carr plays Ruth Ellis in a musical about Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926—13 July 1955) who was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely : click on link to hear the songs http://www.ruthmusical.co.uk/ more details to follow 🙂
Special thanks this month go to ….
All the people who worked alongside Katy Carr and the Aviators and who organised the most fantastic Polish tour for us in October 2013 – Thank you to my wonderful creative and film collaborator Hannah Lovell, musicians – James Keay on violin, Henry Brown – double bass, David Insua-cao- percussion, Sam Slater- double bass – below a picture at our last show at the Warsaw Uprising Museum – photo by Aleksandra Sędek
We would like to thank all the organisers – Irena Beata Michałkiewicz, Director at the Lubelski Salon Artystyczny, Lublin Cultural Centre, Krasnik and Świdnik Cultural Centres, Maria Wasilewska at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. I would also like to thank all at SOSmusic.pl for arranging this concert for me in Warsaw where I sang Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ on Polish National TV Link to Katy Carr singing Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ on Polish National TV Oct 2013 (full song version), Krystian Data Photography for the wonderful photos that were used for my concert photos below, I would like to thank the Polish media and Radio Jedynka, Trojka for the support you have given my concerts and tour below is a picture of me at Polish Radio Jedynka – for full interview see here 🙂 Katy Carr o płycie “Paszport” (Jedynka) 🙂

 

For those of you on facebook please visit my interview where Katy Carr appeared on Polish TV National News 12th October – click here 🙂
and also it was amazing to sing at the Warsaw Uprising Museum for Warsaw Uprising Veteran Edmund Baranowski’s 88th Birthday – link here 🙂 Happy Birthday Edmund!!!
W kawiarence Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego odbyły się wczoraj wzruszające obchody 88. urodzin Edmunda Baranowskiego “Jura” – żyjącej legendy Związku Walki Zbrojnej i Armii Krajowej. Placówka przygotowała legendarnemu żołnierzowi i wiceprezesowi Związku Powstańców Warszawskich kilka niespodzianek
I would also like to say a big thank you to Borys, all the volunteers at the Warsaw Uprising Museum for helping me organise my concert 🙂 Centrum Wolontariatu Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego

also a A big thanks to Chris Salewicz and all at HarperCollins for inviting me to sing at the book launch for ‘Warsaw 1944: The Fateful Uprising’, on by Alexandra Richie 30th October 2013at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, London Town it was fab!!! 🙂 With Author Alexandra Richie below X
I look forward to seeing you soon again and sharing more news with you soon 🙂

Much love, keep in touch and take care Katy – Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🙂

Katy Carr’s music Quotes :

– ‘Carr is a fine example of that much-maligned beast we call Authenticity…’
– ‘never less than immaculate’ Sunday Times Culture Magazine
– ‘Concept album of the Year’ The Guardian
– ‘Her idiosyncrasy as a musician meant she’d have to forge ahead under her own steam – even the most avowedly avant labels fight shy of butterflies they can’t easily net… ‘
– ‘She’s a true original, standing out like the spark generated by a Swan Vesta applied to a cigarette in the Blackout.’
 
Katy Carr’s Awards :
In January 2013 Katy Carr received the Award for Culture from The Polish Daily – Dziennik Polski as part of the prestigious Dziennik Polski (United Kingdom) People of the Year Awards for her efforts in connecting both British and Polish communities together through her musical performances, film screenings and outreach work to both the young and the elderly in Great Britain.
Katy Carr was nominated for the London Music Award 2012 alongside Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Metromony, Ed Sheeran, Jim Jones Review, The Unthanks and Laura Marling.
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Katy Carr Links below – please keep in touch!!!!
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Katy’s BBC and Polish Radio interviews : soundcloud.com/katycarr
Katy’s videos : youtube.com/katycarrmusic
 
 
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To buy Katy Carr’s music, cds, dvds please contact info@katycarr.com 🙂
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