Singer-songwriter, Maddie Southorn, will be in concert on

Friday 19th

March at The

Plough in Torrington.

Maddie Southorn is an original

songwriter, an accomplished pianist and in possession of a superb

voice. She defies any easy pigeonhole. She

weaves songs that are poignant and nostalgic, songs inspired by

looking out of the window on long journeys at changing landscapes and

glimpsed lives and filled with characters as “poignantly

real as any that the late Dennis Potter ever invented.”

Living

Tradition.

Her music has invited comparisons to Suzanne Vega and Kate Bush.

The haunting

piano arrangements display at times an almost classical purity

and

are

enhanced by long-time musical collaborator Katherine Martin on the

cello.

Her first two

releases, Unlikely

Prom Queen and

Hollow,

garnered praise and airplay both nationally and internationally, and

her third album, The

Pilgrim Soul,

released by widely respected label Fellside Recordings, prompted

Radio

2’s

Mike Harding to

pronounce it “one

of the best albums of 2005.”

She is no stranger to The Plough

having shared the stage previously with Seth Lakeman and Eddi Reader

and most recently, with Kirsty McGee and The Hobopop Collective.

Maddie is

currently working on her fourth album. This time it’s completely

independent as she’s

not only writer and performer but also engineer and producer in her

own studio.

“The

kind of stuff that could find itself resting proudly on a million

coffee tables worldwide.”

Decode

“Reminiscent

of the great Joni Mitchell.”

BBC

Wiltshire

“Imagine

the contented glow you get sitting comfortably in front of a fire,

thoughtfully reflecting on moments and evocations arising within and

out of the flames.”

Net

Rhythms

“An

excellent contemporary slant on the folk tradition.” Maverick

Friday

19 March 8:30pm

Tickets:

£8/£7/£6

Box

Office: 01805 624624

Optional:

£12 for 2 course meal + coffee.

Meals

served at 7pm in the theatre