To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake tour in January 2010

Krystle Warren will be appearing alongside Green Gartside, Lisa Hannigan, Teddy Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott Matthews and Vashti Bunyan in Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake tour in January 2010.

Nick Drake's obscurity during his lifetime now seems in inverse proportion to his influence and fame today. Only after his death, age 26, in 1975, did his music begin to reach a substantial audience. This concert, curated by Drake's original producer Joe Boyd, brings together renowned contemporary singers with many of the string arrangements from Drake's songs and a band led by Kate St John and anchored by bassist Danny Thompson, who played on many of Drake's recordings.

Singers interpreting Nick's songs on 'Way To Blue' include Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Lisa Hannigan, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott Matthews, Teddy Thompson and Krystle Warren.

>B>Way To Blue - The Songs of Nick Drake:

Wed 20 January - Glasgow Celtic Connections - Glasgow Royal Concert Hal
Thurs 21 January - Brighton Dome
Fri 22 January - Barbican Centre
Sat 23 January - Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick

Preceding the tour Krystle will be playing a free solo showcase in London, in the intimate coffee shop at Ray's Jazz Café, above Foyles.

Tuesday 19th January - Ray's Jazz (above Foyles) , 113-119 Charing Cross Road

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Krystle Warren hails from Kansas City and learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul and Revolver. Her tastes range from Rufus Wainwright to Betty Carter, Willie Nelson to Nina Simone and she's toured the US with Martha Wainwright, Zap Mama, Rodrigo & Gabriela and Erykah Badu. Krystle is signed to Because Music, the label that brought you Amadou & Mariam and Manu Chao.