7pm, Thursday 19th November
Blue Eyed Hawk (UK/IRL) Tickets €15
‘So brilliant. Everyone in the room was spellbound’. – BBC RADIO 3
Lauren Kinsella – voice
Laura Jurd – trumpet
Alex Roth – guitar
Corrie Dick – drums
Taking its name from a line in W.B. Yeats’s poem ‘Under the Moon’, Blue-Eyed Hawk is the London-based band that brings together vocalist Lauren Kinsella, trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and drummer Corrie Dick. They released their debut album, titled after the same poem, in 2014 and it is the sum of a collaborative process that bursts with the youthful energy, vision and integrity of all four members. The resulting music is emotive, lyrical, dark, inspiring and at times unexpected, often conjuring the dreamlike, nature-themed imagery of Yeats’s eponymous poem.
Bringing a wide open improv sensibility to its melodic and richly textured original material, Blue-Eyed Hawk creates uniquely eclectic music that traverses art-rock, jazz, minimalist and electronic soundworlds. With the writing shared between all four members of the band, Blue Eyed Hawk is very much a communally crafted statement of expression. Lyrics by E.Y Harburg, W.B Yeats, Armand Silvestre and Seamus Heaney serve as sources of inspiration, but there are no typical jazz renditions; nor can this be considered an art-rock album – instead, we hear a refreshing, genre-defying and boundless approach to music-making at its most creative and original.
Blue Eyed Hawk STRUT at the Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre Dublin at 7pm on Thursday 19th November.
Tickets can be booked here
www.abbeytheatre.ie
