Past Event

Andy White (Album Launch) with Kavisha Mazzella

26th Apr 2017

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Presenter: The Round Up at Bella
Website: https://www.bellaunion.com.au/event/1095/
Event Duration: 120 minutes

Andy White is a poet and a singer-songwriter from Ireland, living in Melbourne ever since Tim Finn invited him over to record as a member of supertrio ALT along with Liam O Maonlai from Hothouse Flowers.
 
Andy has written and recorded with Tim (and Neil), Peter Gabriel, Sinead O’Connor and others, while releasing a string of solo albums starting with ‘Rave On Andy White’ in 1986. The latest is his twelfth, ‘Imaginary Lovers’.


Imaginary Lovers is, literally and thematically, the follow-up to previous album How Things Are. It’s about what happened next. It’s rough and live, less polished and more carefree than its predecessor, which was greeted on release in 2014 as a career highlight. There are many links between the two albums—they feature the same musicians and were recorded in Andy’s studio The Growlery—but its edgier attitude and alternately quieter and crazier moments suit Andy’s peripatetic adventures perfectly.

From the indie-rock invitation of opener Half-Time For You And I  and the drop-dead romance of Every Time I Look Around, to the casual intensity of Nonchalant, there’s an immediate, attractive and challenging quality to this album. Anywhere With You Babe and Lonely International Guy strip Andy’s sound back to his trademark individual take on playing acoustic guitar. And I Want You is a reminder he grew up in Belfast listening to both punk and The Beatles.

There are tumbling lyrics and pop hooks galore on this album. Needless to say, Imaginary Lovers is only the latest chapter in this Irish troubadour’s very individual odyssey. Come down to Bella Union for all of this and songs from Andy’s back catalogue. A very special evening is in store.

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Kavisha Mazzella is an ARIA award winning singer songwriter who does not believe in world music.It's just music!!! Music unites us and creating imaginary titles such as world music is silly! She enjoys crossing musical boundaries and create community experiences in her shows. Drawing on her rich multicultural heritage she creates contemporary songs with haunting melody and lyrical depth.