SILVERWOODSTUDIO
|
7/28/2014 4:16:59 PM
Wow thank you so much Stoneman
, from an artist whom I admire so much------ your words are like pearls to us down here at the bottom of the world, totally value your comments. It looks like Sharon will get on National Radio this week for an interview, thanks to this article in the local paper
THE NELSON MAIL
Nelson musical duo The Honeysmiths reunite for an album release gig at Rhythm & Brown this Saturday, promising original tunes played in a relaxed venue.
For vocalist and songwriter Sharon Ware, the return to Nelson follows a year spent teaching in Istanbul in the midst of a popular uprising.
In mid-2012, when Ware returned to live in Nelson following an extended period teaching overseas, she booked a few gigs, and invited old friend and fellow musician Leo Barrer to join her on the stage at Liquid Bar.
This led to an interview and performance on Fresh FM, for which the duo acquired the name The Honeysmiths.
Over the next six months they gigged fairly prolifically, with an irregular slot at Bar Berlin and shows at East St, The Vic Rose and the Golden Bear.
Over time they pieced together a three-hour repertoire of original songs and covers, with vocal harmonies, guitars, cajon, didgeridoo and omnichord.
As 2012 drew to a close, Ware booked flights to the Northern hemisphere -"just when I'd finally learned the words to all the songs," Barrer jokes.
In the final few weeks before she departed, he converted the corner of his lounge into a recording studio, and they began to lay down the guitar and vocal tracks for what would become the album, Darkness/Light.
Ware secured a job teaching English in Istanbul early in 2013. A short time later, a conflict developed between some protesters and the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan around the planned development of Taksim square in central Istanbul, and she found herself enmeshed in a social and political uprising.
So in between feedback regarding the vocal levels and newly added basslines, Sharon was now providing updates via email and Facebook on the swiftly developing conflict between the conservative government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a people's protest movement.
Despite tear gas in the streets, violent clashes between police and protesters, and entreaties from some of her close friends to book a plane ticket home, Sharon stayed on in Istanbul, teaching, protesting, and even gigging, though one performance had to be stopped halfway because there was too much gas coming off the street into the bar.
The name of the album, Darkness/Light, both reflects recurring themes in the songs, and the setting in which it was constructed, with the duo on opposite sides of the globe.
The gig kicks off at 8pm, with CDs available for $15 and digital downloads of the album for $10. Fans who can't make the album release party but would like a copy of the album can either visit the Honeysmith's Bandcamp page or get in touch via email (leohbarrer@gmail.com).
|
|
SILVERWOODSTUDIO
|
8/1/2014 4:33:39 PM
Kia Ora Dolores
We appreciate your words, especially Sharon,
who leaves in a few days to go back to teaching kids in Turkey, she is quite the adventurer and we never know what she will be up to next!
Sales are definitely promising for hard copies CDs,are not dead yet!
thank you Rob
|
|