Live folk and alternative music night headlined by Amelia Coburn, with support from Domino Lewis, at The Horn.
Amelia Coburn plays The Horn on Wednesday 24 February, with Domino Lewis opening. Coburn is a voice in contemporary folk and alternative music, and she'll be performing with her ukulele. She describes her songs as blending theatrical storytelling, dark romanticism and spellbinding melodies into things that feel both timeless and otherworldly, drawing comparisons to centuries-old fairy tales. It's a sound that sits at the intersection of folk and something a bit more theatrical, and she's been taking it across the North East and increasingly beyond.
Her influences run wide. She cites classic pop and rock like David Bowie, Kate Bush and early Elton John, alongside punk, new wave and the first wave of indie — The Smiths, The Jam and Blondie — while constantly seeking out hidden gems. That mix of the melodic and the slightly jagged comes through in the way she's been described: one review likened her to Eva Cassidy if she'd spent the whole of 1976 in CBGBs, a nod to the New York punk scene that would've put a folk voice in a very different kind of room.
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She's picked up some high-profile support along the way, too. Paul Weller called her 'a great voice with great tunes' in Mojo magazine, and she's been championed by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2. With Domino Lewis on support, the night will be a double bill of folk and alternative music. The Horn is on Victoria Street in St Albans, AL1 3TE, and the music runs from 7:30pm to 11:00pm. Tickets are £15 in advance and £18 on the door, subject to availability.
