Galway-born torch singer Mary Coughlan has established herself as one of her native land’s most enduring and remarkable vocal talents, and she is returning to tour Australia in March with her pianist Tom Rainey and bassist Brett Hirst.
Mary has casts her meditative eye over songs of joy, sadness, mischief and melancholy; and delivers each song each one with a voice that effortlessly straddles jazz, blues, chanson and pop in equal, sublime measure.
“Ireland has never produced a singer quite like Mary Coughlan. She emerged in 1986 seemingly from nowhere and without any preliminaries, but already with a stagecraft and vocal sophistication of a veteran, singing new songs and blues songs with one of those voices that tingle the mind with an instant recognition of something very special.” ~ The Irish Times
“It would be impossible to summarize the volumes of material that has been written about Mary; her singing, her character and her views on life have made her a house-hold name in Ireland and the rest of Europe. “Mary Coughlan is Ireland’s answer to Peggy Lee, though her husky gin-soaked voice has been compared to Billie Holiday “…. At times she sounds more like an incredibly relaxed KD Lang or Edith Piaf” ~ The London Times
… “the emotional purity in Mary’s songs is so fragile that it is possible to become inconsolable when listening to her in a darkened room.” ~ Q-Magazine
“…. A song is not complete unless it has been sung by Mary Coughlan”. ~ Melody Maker
“Mary’s live performances have to be seen to be believed” ~ New Music Express
Tour Dates: March 2013
Fri 15th The Queens Park Theatre, Cnr. Cathedral Ave. & Maitland St. Geraldton WA
Sat 16th Octagon Theatre Perth WA
Sun 17th Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah WA 08 9550 3900
Tue 19th The Spiegeltent – Canberra
Wed 20th Caravan Music Club Oakleigh RSL, 95-97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh
Thur 21st Brunswick Music Festival
Fri 22nd Lizotte’s Sydney 4/5 629 Pittwater Rd. Dee Why 02 9984 9933
Sat 23rd Lizotte’s Central Coast, Lot 3 Avoca Drive, Kincumber 02 4368 2017
Sun 24th Lizotte’s Newcastle, 31 Morehead St. Lambton Newcastle 02 4956 2066
Wed 27th The Brass Monkey, Cornulla
Thur 28th The Cat and Fiddle Balmain, Sydney. 02 9818 2390
Sat 30th The Clarendon Hotel, 68 Lurline Street, Katoomba 02 4782 1322
Sun 31st The Vanguard Newtown 02 9557 9409