Allysen Callery in Concert
When:
Saturday, Nov 05, 2016 8:00p -
10:30p
Saturday, Nov 05, 2016 8:00p -
10:30p
Where:
Dedham Square Coffeehouse
565 High Street
Dedham, MA 02026
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
< 21, Alcohol, Date Idea, Food, Music, Nightlife, Performing Arts
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/DedhamSquareCoffeehouse
”Her lilting voice and heartfelt lyrics are eerily close to the work of the late British songstress Sandy Denny, the highest compliment I could hand down to this brilliant artist.”- Paste Magazine
Allysen Callery is self taught folk artist from Rhode Island, USA , her vocal delivery recalls the haunting style of the late 60′s early 70′s British Folk Revival.
Her first two albums Hopey (2007) & Hobgoblin’s Hat (2010) were self released, but reached an international audience, thanks to radio stations such as Folk Radio UK, Sideways Through Sound (Australia) & favorable reviews from Terrascope.
In 2011 her EP Winter Island was released by Woodland Recordings (DE), with Allysen touring Germany & Switzerland in it’s support. The rare first edition of this EP sold out in it’s first month of release.
She has been called “The Tim Burton of Folk Music” , her quiet & dark style has made her a favorite of artists & critics alike,
including Marissa Nadler who listed Winter Island in her Best Albums of 2011.
“Winter Island is a record that could proudly sit tall next to Sibylle Baier’s Colour Green and Leonard Cohen’s Songs From A Room. It’s impossibly delicate, gorgeously written, and emanates a timeless quality.” ~Marissa Nadler for We Listen For You
"It was said that a bard could cast a spell with just his harp playing and his voice, and the spell would transport the listeners to another world while the song played. Most but not all of the listeners would make it back when the song ended. Callery displays that kind of otherworldly ability” ~Oliver di Place
In Oct 2012 her second EP ” The Summer Place” was released by Berlin based indie label Woodland Recordings, with Allysen again returning to Germany & Switzerland.
In addition, the vinyl only record label JellyFant pressed Winter Island & The Summer Place into one beautiful limited edition record.
Early review from ShinDig/Happening Magazine writes
”This nice slice of vinyl collects the two EPs by Rhode Island folk artist Allysen Callery, Winter Island and The Summer Place. The pieces work seamlessly as a standalone album and should introduce Callery’s style to the wider audience it deserves. Graceful as gossamer, Callery weaves intricate folk webs with her intimate voice and understated, finger-picked guitar. This is a lovely record from an extremely promising new artist”.
2012 Winner- Best Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Act – Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll.
September 2013 marked Allysen’s 5th release, the full length “Mumblin’ Sue” on JellyFant Schallplatten (DE) & domestically on the eclectic 75 or Less label for CDs, iconic artwork designed by the great William Schaff.
2014 saw the release of an EP Allysen Callery Folk Radio UK Session which marked the first official pairing of Allysen & musician/producer Bob Kendall, who provided a delicate psyche touch on 4 tracks, including a never before released track called “All in the Morning” & a cover of the Traditional “Blackwaterside”.
Two singles were later released that year a cover of Bonnie Prince Billy’s I Gave You for the music blog Slowcoustic & on JellyFant Schallplatten a cover of Sybille Baier’s The End with sweeping production by Bob Kendall.
A new full length album of originals produced by Bob Kendall & Kraig Jordan at Plan of A Boy studios is due to be released March 2016 on Jellyfant Records.
Allysen tours in Germany and Switzerland, and domestically from Maine to NYC, playing such rooms as The Columbus Theatre , Club Passim, Pete’s Candy Store, The Me & Thee Coffeehouse, The Blackstone River Theatre, Stone Soup, As220,The Narrows Center for the Arts, The Milton Arts Center,The Red Room, Common Fence Music & Sandywoods Center for The Arts.
In 2014 she played multiple showcases at the SXSW (South by Southwest) festival, and was ranked highly by The Washington Post & out of 1500 acts made a list of 40 by NPR ‘s Bob Boilen for “Intriguing unknown artists”.
On July 30th, 2015, Allysen sang on the Harbour Stage with the folk group Haunt The House at The Newport Folk Festival.
March 2016 saw the release of her 6th full length album, “The Song The Songbird Sings” , on the German label JellyFant, on vinyl & Compact Disc.
