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WALLIS BIRD – ARCHITECT BOLAG: BIRD RECORDS / KARAKTER WORLDWIDE RELEASEDATUM: 11 APRIL Wild and unpredictable, Wallis Bird cannot – and should not – be pigeonholed easily. Capable of the delicate, gossamer-thin ballads that her tiny 5ft2 frame would suggest, she can also summon up a whirlwind of passion and rage in the blink of an eye. Her performances can transition seamlessly from the defiant anthems that can motivate thousands of festival-goers into a rousing sing-a-long, to the most hushed and fragile ballads that can captivate an audience into a spellbound silence. A two-time Irish Meteor Award winner (equivalent to Brit Awards), mostly recently for Best Female Artist, and a nominee in 2013 for Ireland’s prestigious Choice Music Prize (equivalent to Mercury Price), Bird has toured with Billy Bragg, The Gossip, Emiliana Torrini, ZAZ, The Feeling and Rodrigo y Gabriela among others, as well as playing sold-out headline shows and some of the biggest festivals around Europe. Her performance at Paris’ Rock en Seine Festival was so powerful that one of France’s biggest newspapers, Le Monde, singled her out alongside the Arcade Fire as the highlight of the festival. Wherever Wallis can be found, she stands out as a powerful, contradictory presence – one that can unite audiences anywhere she plays. Over the last 7 years Wallis played over 600 shows. An exceptional guitarist, her unique playing style only adds to the intrigue of her performances. Following a childhood accident which permanently damaged her left hand, Bird learned to play her instrument flipped back to front, thus having to create her own bafflingly complex chord fingerings, much to the bewilderment of any musicians in the audience. Her fourth album, ‘Architect’, will be released on April 11th 2014 and will reveal both old and new musical influences, including the electro-sounds and beats of Berlin – the vibrant, pulsating city she moved to last year from London. “The sheer visceral energy of Wallis Bird could kick-start an entire economy” The Irish Times "Frank and endearingly tender, a tsunami of emotion....magnificent" **** MOJO "Bird's songs are both delicate and rabble-rousing, similar to Tori Amos' or even Peter Gabriel's eclecticism" THE INDEPENDENT ""Incredible...that's Wallis Bird: pop star, balladeer, world music poet. Pigeonhole at your peril ****" THE ARTS DESK "It's her humour and bold honesty that makes Bird so special ****” THE GUARDIAN http://www.facebook.com/wallisbird www.wallisbird.com PRESSKONTAKT: EHPR [email protected] / 0738-000646 / www.ehpr.se .

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Medieninformation Wallis Bird New Moon Tour 2019 Gesucht: Synthese von folkigen Roots & Soul. Gefunden: Wallis Bird, zuverlässiger Garant für die explosive Mischung von Musikstilen. Seit Jahren spannt sie ihre Stimme wie ein Stahlseil zwischen unterschiedlichen Musikgenres. Und auf diesem Seil experimentiert und tanzt sie. Sie lässt sich dabei in ihren musikalischen Ambitionen nicht irritieren und geht ihren eigenen Weg. Das muss man können, sich so sicher im Koordinationssystem zwischen Folk, Rock, Pop & Soul zu bewegen. Seit fünf Alben wächst ihr Ansehen stetig, wobei sie häufig mit Janis Joplin verglichen wird. Wallis beherrscht zudem die Kunst der Improvisation und den Zauber des unkonventionellen. So bewegt sie sich elegant auf dem Seil, auf ihre außergewöhnliche Stimme und ihre riesige Musikalität vertrauend. Und eines weiß sie: Man muss auf dem Seil auch mal springen. Oder wie die Irish Times so schön sagte: Die Energie von Wallis Bird könnte eine ganze Volkswirtschaft in Schwung bringen. Jetzt hat die in Berlin lebende Irin ihre Release-Tour angekündigt: Über 50 Konzerte quer durch Europa, Australien, Neuseeland, Japan und Nordamerika, viele davon in speziellen Konzerthäusern (z.B. der Berliner Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie oder das legendäre Vicar Street-Theater in Dublin). “Die neue Tour trägt den Namen ‘New Moon-Tour, da mir die Symbolik des Mondes wichtig ist: Sie steht für den Welten-Übergang, die Weiblichkeit, das Vergehen der Zeit und den Neubeginn; aber auch für die dunkle Seite des Lichts. All diese Punkte spiegeln wider, wie ich mich an meinem aktuellen Lebenspunkt fühle. Das ist mein ‚new moon‘.“ Das neue Album – ihr sechstes Studioalbum – wird im Herbst 2019 erscheinen.
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