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Diane Birch w/ Hard Drugs

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Tuesday Aug 18, 2009 (6pm)

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(Le) Poisson Rouge (Venue Partner)

158 Bleecker St

212.505.3474

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Tuesday 08.18.09
Diane Birch
w/ Hard Drugs
Doors 6:30 | show 7:30 | Diane Birch 8:30
$15
18+

Singer-songwriter Diane Birch took half her lifetime, and traveled across the globe, to get to America, where she literally found her voice and made her remarkable debut, Bible Belt. Though only in her mid-twenties, Birch likes to think of herself as an “old soul,” and indeed there is a startling maturity in her singing and a veteran’s self-assurance in her writing. Hook-driven songs like “Fools” and “Valentino” offer more than just instant gratification: they’re like your new best friends – you’ll want to get together with them as frequently as possible. Birch mixes piano-playing virtuosity with easy-going soul, and she can strike an uplifting groove on even the most melancholy tune. She knows there is nothing like dancing away the heartbreak sometimes, and she’s especially good with a bittersweet slow number, as dramatic album opener “Fire Escape” proves. Her work bears hints of Laura Nyro (when she was hanging out with LaBelle) and early 70’s Karen Carpenter (when she was ruling the charts), while effortlessly incorporating New Orleans second-line rhythms, gospel fervor, doo-wop harmonies, country-blues guitar and classic AM radio-style melodies.

 

Hard Drugs
Love is the Hardest Drug of All.

Jeffry Lee and Jenni Lee Nelson will be performing a special acoustic set.

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