IMELDA MAY @ Bikini 11/11/10

Thursday 11^th November 2010

BIKINI

C/Diagonal 547

Barcelona

19:30

Entry Price: €20.00/€24.00

www.imeldamay.com

IMELDA MAY

In the last few years there has been a huge resurgence in the fusion of country, blues and rock’n’roll music known as ‘Rockabilly’. Rockabilly, in all its’ aspects, has emerged from the underground, and is busy flicking its’ greasy quiff all over mainstream culture.

There are the new Rockabilly stars as well, of which IMELDA MAY is undoubtedly the most successful. Born in Dublin, Imelda was raised on a diet of Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochrane and Gene Vincent… when she began her singing career at sixteen it was in the cities burlesque club scene, most of which she too young to even be inside.

In 2006 Imelda started her first band, which caught the attention of Joolz Holland, whom she supported on tour and appeared on his television show ‘Later’. Her debut album ‘Love Tattoo’ (2009), did incredibly well – reaching the top of the Irish Album Charts, and going on to sell Triple Platinum, making Imelda the first Irish female artist to be at number one for twenty years. The new album ‘Mayhem’ released in September, slammed straight into the top spot at number one, an astounding feat for any artist, but for one playing a supposedly ‘minority interest’ music style like rockabilly, it is a rare achievement.

Imelda and her band, whose collective CV reads like a ‘who’s who’ of rock’n’roll talent – have been touring extensively for the last few years, in 2010 alone taking in festivals such as Glastonbury, T-In-The-Park, WOMAD and Electric Picnic. Imelda’s incredible voice has won her accolades from the likes of guitar-legend Jeff Beck, who invited her to perform with him at this years’ Grammy Awards.

You don’t have to be a Rockabilly aficionado to appreciate Imelda May, she’s a great performer with a really exciting band, who create such a party onstage that you just want to get up there with them.

Roger C (Miniguide Barcelona, November 2010)