Singer top of bill for folk and blues
ON Saturday, March 10, St Edmund’s Church will be the venue for a Night of Folk and Blues.
In this and stunning building, Katie O’Malley will be performing and hosting County Rats, Christian Greenhalgh and Café Mistits.
Katie is a Rochdale girl who is well known for filling venues with the raw emotion of her voice.
Katie’s music is clearly influenced the likes of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. She has been a regular favourite on the Manchester music scene since she began gigging at the age of 17.
Following the release of her single, Beg, she has supported Kal Lavelle and shared a bill with Reverend and the Makers.
Katie has just released her debut EP, Dawn Chorus.
She said: “We’re putting on a local gig in Rochdale in a beautiful venue that is Saint Edmunds Church Falinge (not too far from the town centre).
“The church is absolutely breathtaking and we couldn’t think of anywhere more fitting to put on a gig and at the same time raise some money for the church.”
Poet and photographer, Seamus Kelly said: “Katie is a brilliant young singer and songwriter from Rochdale who I have known since she started school. She is well worth looking out for.” The other acts on the night will be:
County Rats: Jake, Will and Tom are building quite a reputation, with recent gigs at Manchester Academy Club and Empire, Rochdale. They will soon be releasing their new EP, Cheltenham Street.
Christian Greenhalgh is a local young singersongwriter who has been compared to Arctic Monkeys frontman, Alex Turner. Christian is a left-handed guitarist, an exceptional pianist and a prolific storyteller.
Café Misfits is a folk band built around the music and picking style of Colin Cunningham. The band plays a style of music that, in their words, ‘transcends all age groups’. Café Misfits music is influenced by the likes of Leonard Cohen and Mississippi John Hurt. Tickets to the concert on Saturday, March 10, at 7pm, cost £6, £5 for concessions (under-18s, pensioners and students), which can be bought on the door.