Gilmore gets in festive mood

Catherine Phillips

04 December 2009

BRITISH singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore will be be bringing her Wintertide tour to Huntingdon Hall, Worcester on Wednesday, December 9.
Gilmore released her new album Strange Communion on Monday, November 23 ahead of her UK tour.
Strange Communion is a Christmas album which references the poetry of TS Eliot and Louis MacNiece, and includes cover versions of obscure songs by Elvis Costello and Yoko Ono.
The album will precede the single, That’ll Be Christmas, released Monday, December 7.
The Oxford-born singer-songwriter has been making intensely personal, socially aware music to considerable praise since she was a teenager, and has racked up sales, acclaim and admiration from peers such as Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez and Martha Wainwright, to name but a few.
Strange Communion is a stirring, emotive journey, by turns joyful, celebratory and sceptical. It delves into the heart of the festive season and reflects on its institutions and contradictions.
Gilmore finds lyrical inspiration in ancient folklore as much as she does in popular culture, and the album is interspersed with references to the likes of The Sound of Music in That’ll be Christmas, to poetry from Louis MacNeice’s Autumn Journal, in Book Of Christmas and from T.S Eliot’s iconic poem about the nativity, Journey Of The Magi, in Cold Coming.
Thea will be joined by Nigel Stonier on lead guitar and Fluff on fiddle, viola and cello.
The show will also feature spoken word pieces and some seasonal madness - and may include surprise guests.
Thea Gilmore will take to the stage from 8pm with tickets, costing £15, available by calling 01905 611427 or by logging on to www.worcesterlive.co.uk.

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