SONG OF THE DAY

“Dev­ils” by Amelia Cur­ran (War Brides, Six Shooter Records, 2006). Writ­ten by Amelia Curran.

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

- Amelia Cur­ran is a Cana­dian singer-songwriter.

- The National Post describes her music as, “A bit like Leonard Cohen being chan­neled in a dusty saloon by Patsy Cline.”

- Her 2006 release, War Brides, was ini­tially released inde­pen­dently and was later given a Euro­pean and national Cana­dian release by Six Shooter Records. She describes her sign­ing to Six Shooter Records as a “pro­mo­tion” and goes on to say “I have a lot more work to do, more often, as a result of which I will make some more money and sell some more records. But it is the same job that I have been doing for ten years.”

- War Brides was nom­i­nated for two East Coast Music Awards: Folk Record­ing of the Year and Female Solo Record­ing of the Year.

- Curran’s lyrics have been described as “evoca­tive” by Spin­ner Canada who, refer­ring to Curran’s song “The Mis­tress”, wrote that “Like the best poets, Cur­ran packs so much mean­ing into each line that the lis­tener barely has time to reg­is­ter each clever lyric before the next zinger comes along.”

- In addi­tion to being a musi­cian, Cur­ran is also a play­wright and actor, and has had her plays per­formed in fringe festivals.

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