Closing our festival weekend, multi-award-winning singer, Ian Shaw, performs one of his
favourite shows, fusing the words and music of two of popular music’s genius giants – Joni
Mitchell and David Bowie.
Traversing the mammoth back catalogue of these legendary and influential artists, this solo
show draws on stories from the early seventies and our own ideals of love, hope and the
endless presence of the darker truths of recent times.
Shaw recorded a critically highly praised album of Joni Mitchell (‘Drawn To All Things’, Linn
Records) and has a personal connection to both, which is the core of this exciting show. This
promises to be a highly charged evening of tears, laughter and simply great song writing.
“Jazz singer Ian Shaw is almost too talented for his own good…a brilliant vocal chameleon”;
The Telegraph
“Great jazz singers, like great comedians, are masters of timing. That Ian Shaw is a virtuoso
of both disciplines, balancing stand-up and concert gigs, speaks to the breadth of his genius
and to the singularity of his style as a singer”: Jazz Times (USA)
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