Martha Wainwright added to WOMAD & Perth International Arts Festival

Martha Wainwright has been added to WOMADelaide and also adds a second show to her first visit to the Melbourne Recital Centre. Her performance is bound to dazzle audiences around Australia in February/March 2011.

The inimitable Martha Wainwright, with her fiery and breathtaking music is returning to her enthusiastic Australian fans in February/March 2011. Her show will feature the Brooklyn-based chanteuse in a newly conceptualised performance that pulls together songs from her own musical repertoire of several albums and EPs, as well as that of her critically acclaimed tribute to Edith Piaf: ‘Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, a’ Paris: Martha Wainright’s Piaf Record.’

As part of this famous dynasty (think Loudon Wainwright 111, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Rufus Wainwright), Martha Wainwright was always engulfed in a sea of music from childhood. But she has cemented her claim as a bona-fide artist in her own right. Further evidence has come from such startlingly good records as her eponymous debut album of confessional, fearless songs.  This was followed with a second record I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too that was tender and tough, beautiful and brutal, and simmers with intervention and confidence. Next came Martha’s exquisite live album of rare and acclaimed Edith Piaf songs which Australian audiences can experience in person for the first time on this upcoming tour. Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, a’ Paris: Martha Wainwright’s Piaf Record was warmly received everywhere as a remarkable record that captures a lesser known pooirtuton of the French chanteuse’s venerable catalogue, beautifully coupled with Martha’s incredible, evocative and characterful  voice.

Be enlightened as Martha Wainwright swoops and soars as she performs a selection from her growing musical catalogues, and stamps her own ‘je ne sais quoi’’ on Edith Piaf songs, passionately sung and romantically interpreted.  Don’t miss this work of an artist at the top of her game.

Martha’s signature emphatic and fierce vocals will send shivers down your spine at this highly anticipated performance. Her National tour dates are below:

• Thursday 17th & Friday 18th February - Lizotte’s, Newcastle
• Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd February – Beck’s Music Box, Perth International Arts Festival
• Thursday 24th February - Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney
• Saturday 26th February - A&I Hall, Bangalow
• Tuesday 1st March - The Tivoli, Brisbane
• Thursday 3rd & Sunday 6th March - Recital Hall, Melbourne
• Friday 4th March - Town Hall, Meeniyan
• Friday 11th to 14th March - WOMADelaide