Allie K Stewart + Jude Montague – 7.30pm
Allie released her Songstress EP in 2017, featuring unreleased songs performed over some years, and subsequently toured in the UK and Australia. 2018 saw her continuing to perform at festivals, fringe events, hosting music programmes, and playing live invite only gigs for music lovers, sometimes collaborating with other visual and performing artists. Born to Scottish parents, Allie is a first generation Australian based in London. Her rich heritage, the landscapes of her childhood, and the elemental forces of her native land are distilled in her songs – steeped in the soul of the Celtic blues and as raw as the earth. Allie K Stewart has an alternative sound she coins ‘Indie Grit’ aka ‘Indie Grit-Balladry’ rooted in blues, rock and folk-punk and peppered with musical influences, from gipsy to electro-acoustic, indie-pop and electronic. With a lyrical style reminiscent of magic-realism, and at times hyperbolic and semi-autobiographical. A songstress of the intimate and rousing Allie is billed as “a soulful and powerful voice” (Uncivilisation Festival). Her emotive songs have raw edge and observational power and are delivered in a style that is both fragile and defiant