The Guildhall, Worcester Ian Parker with support from Emma Tricca Friday 20th May 2011 - Tickets £10.00 When somebody of Ian Parker’s ability and stature comes to town, it would be foolish to miss. Expressed through a distinctive bitter-sweet vocal delivery, Ian's songs hold nothing back. His ability and willingness to share with his audience, naked honesty and genuine emotion, is what sets him apart.
He has also developed a distinctively expressive guitar style, which perhaps explains his ever-growing popularity in the blues world, but the truth is he isn't strictly a blues artist. Roots music continues to form the foundation of his sound, but there are no boundaries in place at this point in Ian’s artistic journey, and the emphasis lies firmly on entertaining everyone present, not just the guitar fans. His latest album is entitled 'The Bare Bones' and consists of 11 songs including 4 previously unrecorded tracks. He’s been flirting with acoustic music for years going back to the Sunday lunch time shows he used to do with Parker's Alibi at the original Robin Hood Club in Dudley over a decade ago as well as playing at the Marr’s bar in Worcester which was always a popular night. Italian born, London-based singer-songwriter Emma Tricca has had her life shaped by two key encounters with folk legends. While still only an apprentice songwriter just out of school she met John Renbourn when he played a solo show in Rome. After the gig Emma got the opportunity to play John one of her own songs – his approval gave her the confidence to start writing and gigging properly and they remain firm friends. Very shortly after her first encounter with John, Emma met Odetta, the mysterious and legendary singer who turned Bob Dylan onto acoustic music in the late ‘50s. “A pure seductive voice” - Time Out, London
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