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No Alibis Bookstore is very pleased to invite you to an evening of music with Jude Johnstone on Wednesday 15th February at 8:00PM. Tickets are now on sale, priced £12 each.
Born in Bar Harbor, Maine, Jude Johnstone began writing songs at about age 8. At 18, she was "discovered" by E-Street Band saxophonist, Clarence Clemons. After spending some time in New York and New Jersey under his wing, in 1979, she moved to Los Angeles, where her songs quickly became sought after by other artists. She has been covered by Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks, Jimmy LaFave, Stephen Bishop, Jennifer Warnes, Trisha Yearwood etc., including a #1 song for Yearwood's debut album called "The Woman Before Me" which earned her a BMI award (as well as four other Yearwood cuts.) She also penned the title track to Johnny Cash's Grammy winning album "Unchained."
In 2002 Johnstone released her own debut CD "Coming of Age" on BoJak Records. The album received critical acclaim leading to an interview on NPR's Morning Edition and reached #6 on Amazon's Best Seller's List. It also featured guest vocals by Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Yearwood, and others. Her sophomore cd "On A Good Day" generated more favorable press which led to a performance on CBS's "The Early Show." It, too, featured memorable guest vocals from Browne and Raitt as well as Rodney Crowell & Julie Miller. Her third and fourth cds,"Blue Light" and "Mr. Sun", were both jazz/blues projects recorded LIVE in the studio with some of LA's top session musicians and showcased Johnstone's piano prowess more than her previous projects. With "Quiet Girl", her newest release, she returns to the Americana flavor of her earlier work. The album features duets with Emmylou Harris, Jimmy LaFave, J.D. Souther, and her late mentor, Clarence Clemons. There's also a choir that includes John & Susan Cowsill, Vicki Peterson (of the Bangles), Crowell and Maxayn Lewis on Johnstone's ode to Katrina "Cry For New Orleans."
"On her latest, 'Quiet Girl', Jude Johnstone summons heartbreak with both rootsy yearning and elegant restraint." USA TODAY
"Great songs, intelligently written and sung like tomorrow may be called off.".........Rodney Crowell
"Jude is one of my favorite singers and songwriters. Her fertility in regards to songwriting is truly awe-inspiring."......Bonnie Raitt
Johnstone's songs have also been featured on Lifetime/ABC's hit television series "Army Wives", Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" and Fox TV's "Lie To Me." Her song "In This House" (featured on "Army Wives") won a 2008 Independent Music Award for best song in a dramatic series.
Jude frequently tours with Bonnie Raitt and performs at various festivals and venues throughout the year. She is currently working on her next studio project due out in the fall of 2012.
We expect this event to be very popular, so avoid disappointment and book your tickets now, by emailing David, or calling the shop on 9031 9607
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No Alibis Bookstore is very pleased to invite you to an evening of music with the Sky Ranch Boys featuring John T Davis (acoustic guitar) and Shane Sunday (double bass) on Friday 24th February at 8:00PM. This event will also feature a screening of John T Davis' award-winning film SHELL SHOCK ROCK. Tickets are now on sale, priced £8 each.
John T. Davis is internationally recognized as Northern Ireland’s most distinctive, individual documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Music is a prominent feature in each of his films, and John is himself an accomplished singer songwriter. Together with Ojibwa Canadian double bass player Shane Sunday, he recently formed The Sky Ranch Boys, a unique band whose country & western lyrics and sound have attracted a growing audience on the Belfast circuit.
John T. Davis – John has over twenty directorial credits to his name, including Shell Shock Rock (1979), Route 66 (1985), Hobo (1991) and The Uncle Jack (1996). John has worked extensively in the United States, and several of his films have their origins in his fascination with American music and popular culture. While the epic sweep of Route 66 traces the history and cultural impact of America’s most iconic highway, Hobo offers an intimate picture of the marginal lifestyles of the country’s itinerant underclass. Heart on the Line, a sensitive exploration of the highs and lows of the lives of Nashville songwriters, features portraits of and performances by, amongst others, Harlan Howard, Dean Dillon and Cowboy Jack Clement. The confluence between John’s filmmaking and songwriting is apparent in lyrics and melodies that are sourced in and influenced by his extensive travels and musical encounters in the United States.
Shane Sunday – An accomplished tattoo artist by trade, Shane has played electric bass in various rock, punk, jazz and country bands for over 20 years in his home country of Canada. He relocated to Holywood, Northern Ireland ‘for love’ four years ago, where his shop Alternative Ink is now a thriving business and where, soon after taking up the double bass, he made the acquaintance of fellow Sky Ranch Boy John T. Davis.
Shell Shock Rock – Initially banned at the Cork Film Festival in 1979, Shell Shock Rock went on to win the Silver Award at the New York International Film and Television Festival. Originally subtitled ‘An Alternative Blast from Belfast’, Davis’s Holywood Films production about Belfast’s underground punk music scene in the late 1970s has become a cult classic. Its focuses on the energy and optimism generated by punk bands including The Undertones, Rudi, The Outcasts and Stiff Little Fingers, whose message that music is more important than sectarian division offered a chink of light – the vision of an Alternative Ulster – during the darkest days of the Troubles. Davis’s gritty and moving film has carried this message to international audiences, and thirty years on it remains stylistically innovative and culturally relevant.
This event is part of the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival.
We expect this event to be very popular, so avoid disappointment and book your tickets now, by emailing David, or calling the shop on 9031 9607
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This event will no longer be held at No Alibis Bookstore. For further information, check the Malojian website.
Having established his songwriting credentials with the band Cat Malojian, Stevie Scullion - now trading simply as Malojian - makes his much-anticipated solo debut with The Broken Deer EP. The record was recorded and mixed over five days in September 2011 at Start Together Studios, Belfast with producer Barrett Lahey (Pat Dam Smyth, Girls Names) and band ‘The Glue’.
“I wanted to work quickly and not worry about polishing everything to death. The music on this record is real and I'm extremely proud of it.” MALOJIAN
“A funny, tender, magic marvel that will go some way to making your life better.” (Gary Lightbody)
“Malojian could teach the art of songwriting” (BBC Across The Line)
“The kind of thing that, if it was made by Alison Krauss, would win Grammys” (HotPress)
“A heart-ensnaring triumph. Stevie Scullion provides a revelatory lesson in song-craft.” (AU Magazine)
After performing with a roll call of “Who’s who” musicians, Shiels has proven time and time again that he can be devastating in the live arena, whilst releases such as 2005’s A Lifetime of Midnights album, and 2010’s The Great Depression EP stand as irrefutable proof of the man’s talent.
This event is part of the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival.
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