Carol Keogh & The City Fathers + Cat Dowling, Upstairs @ Whelan's, Sat March 3rd

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Whelanslive.com presents

Carol Keogh & The City Fathers

with support from

Cat Dowling

Saturday 3rd March

Upstairs At Whelan’s

Tickets €9 available to buy online now from Whelanslive.com or call the WAV Box Office [1890 200 078] or call into 39 Camden Row (Beside the side entrance to Whelan’s)

After many years writing, recording and performing with bands such as The Plague Monkeys, The Tycho Brahe and Autamata, Dublin-based singer and songwriter Carol Keogh is forging a solo career, backed by her band The City Fathers. In 2008, Keogh began recording and performing as a solo artist, with band members Colin Morris (guitars/keys), Martin Moran (guitars), Elton Mullally (bass) and Dave Hingerty (drums).


Keogh is currently recording her debut solo album Mongrel City. She is also half of experimental electro-acoustic collaboration The Natural History Museum with composer Dunk Murphy (AKA Sunken Foal). They will release their debut album Attenborough early in 2012.


Previous releases include two albums with The Plague Monkeys (1997's 'Surface Tension' and 'The Sunburn Index' in 1999), two albums with The Tycho Brahe ('This Is' in 2002 followed by double album 'Love Life' in 2003). Keogh also collaborated with Ken McHugh on his Autamata project, co-writing more than 15 tracks over the course of three albums (2003's 'My Sanctuary', 'Short Stories' in 2005 and 'Colours of Sound' in 2008).



Past live performances have included New York's CMJ in 1997 with The Plague Monkeys, Oxegen in 2003 with The Tycho Brahe, Oxegen in 2004 and Electric Picnic in 2007 with Autamata, the Austin City Limits Festival, Texas, again with Autamata, in 2007, and, more recently, Electric Picnic in 2009 with The Natural History Museum.


While with The Tycho Brahe, Carol Keogh was nominated Best Female Singer at the 2002 Meteor Awards. The band was also nominated that year in the Best Irish Band category. Keogh/McHugh compositions from the Autamata project have been widely used: The Dublin Gospel Choir recorded a version of 'Liberty Bell' from 'Short Stories'; 'Postscript' from 'My Sanctuary' was used as the trailer music for Woody Allen's 'Matchpoint'; 'Out of This', also from 'My Sanctuary', featured in the film adaptation of Maeve Binchy's 'Tara Road' (starring Andie McDowell).


Additional co-writes include 'Shifting Summer Sands' with Sharon Shannon, which appeared on her 'Saints and Scoundrels' album (2010), 'Step Out' with The Dudley Corporation from their 'Year of the Husbands' album (2008). Keogh also duetted with Jerry Fish on 'Back to Before' and 'Rogue Melody' from his 2009 album 'The Beautiful Untrue'. 'Back to Before' was a hugely successful radio single and was selected for use in a 2010 TV advertisement for the Spanish supermarket chain, El Corte Ingles.


Cat Dowling

As the front woman and main songwriter with Alphastates, Cat Dowling gained many adminers for her energy on the live stage and for her hushed and raw deliveries. Comparisons to Liz Frazer from Cocteau Twins and Beth Gibbons from Portishead have followed Cat throughout her career, which has seen her develop into an exceptional songwriter and passionate performer. Her songs have featured in everything from major Irish and American dramas to independent European movies to computer games, all the while displaying a rare versatility and gift for melody.


She is currently putting the finishing touches to her first solo album. It’s a bare, stripped down affair of funeral pop revealing the depth of Cat’s songwriting ability whilst showcasing the textures and beautiful crackles in her voice.