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SANDI THOM with guest MAGGIE RUTJENS
TRINITY SESSIONS PRESENTS SANDI THOM IN INTIMATE CONCERT MODE with guest MAGGIE RUTJENS MUSIC 6PM DOORS 5.30PM. Tickets are GENERAL ADMISSION. Catering by Little Seeds Catering.
Scottish (now based in the US) singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, SANDI THOM returns to Trinity Sessions for another intimate evening after last year's stellar performance which left her audience spell bound. With a compelling vocal range, resonant of other female icons like Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Grace Potter and Shawn Colvin, her song-writing is rich in detail and brutally honest. The storytelling is emotional and moving, propelling these songs to cross over multiple genres, be it blues, pop or country.
For a while most people still recalled SANDI THOM as the precocious next-generation talent that produced one of the defining hits of the internet age, ‘I Wish I Was A Punk Rock (With Flowers In My Hair)’, this talented singer-songwriter has come a long way in the years since then. Now the media spotlight has moved on to blind other unsuspecting victims, the truth can finally be given a good, proper airing. Behind the hype there is simply that voice. Heartfelt, soulful, sincere… Sandi Thom is not who you think she is. As Sandi now says, “The strange thing about having the kind of success I had, people think they know you. In fact, people don’t know me at all.”
2012's album, Flesh and Blood was recorded at Nashville’s legendary 16 Tons studio, with celebrated Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson in the production hot seat. Sandi commented, "this is the first album I’ve made that is really all about me.” It’s a sound that combines the blues-rock raunch of belting opening track ‘Help Me’ with the balladic, country-flavoured charm of ‘In The Pines’; that shows how to funk it up, as on the strutting, clavinet-led ‘Stormy Weather’; and that knows how to break your heart, as with the movingly climactic finale track, ‘Lay Your Burden Down’. The album has been described as Exquisite by The Times and Hauntingly beautiful by Classic Rock Magazine.
Her most recent album is The Covers Collection which includes songs by Guns 'n Roses, Aerosmith, Johnny Cash and more - great interpretations. Here is a link to Sandi performing Fleetwood Mac's Landslide from last year's performance at Trinity Sessions, which isn't, unfortunately, on the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNXLeZiaD4A
A recent concert review from Nottingham:
Sandi’s voice has the ability to soothe as well as impress with its range. It’s gentle, but at the same time, shows off the fire still rumbling in her belly. Her music is beautiful, simple and elegant, all enveloped by a no frills acoustic and with the undertones of gruff Scottish passion.
This whole gig felt highly polished, and to be honest, I was touched by her openness, personality and of course her joyous talent. This concert was intoxicating, bewitching and captivating. Her voice, partnered with a soft heart beat and alluring set list made this, for me, one of the surprises of the music calendar to date this year.
Supporting Sandi will be MAGGIE RUTJENS, from Crystal Brook who is on her way to bigger and better things. She has just released her new album Between You and Me. Eric Bogle had this to say about Maggie "The maturity, compassion and insightfulness of her lyrics are exeptional in one so young and are delivered via a warm clear voice, simple and effective guitar playing and a natural and unaffected stage presence".
Maggie Rutjens You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZq6gCk6bug
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