Charlie Dore & The Hula Valley Orchestra
- Genre
- Americana | Contemporary
- Country
- UK
biography
Charlie Dore`s enduring radio classic, 'Pilot of the Airwaves' was the first of many successful songs that lead the way for an impressively diverse list of artists to record her material, including Tina Turner, George Harrison, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Carrack, Ricky Ross, Sheena Easton (US No 4), Celine Dion and Jimmy Nail, for whom she wrote "Ain't No Doubt" a UK No 1. Although her solo albums favour her more eclectic, acoustic side, Charlie continues to court diversity with collaborations, notably with Souled Out, who remixed her single "Time Goes By" to produce a European club hit (Italy No 6, Israel No 1), British underground dance dons, Slacker, ("Space County") and Pete "Boxta" Martin, whose forthcoming album "Slide" features her as guest vocalist.
Although best known as one of the UK's most respected singer-songwriters, Charlie Dore enjoys a multi-faceted career that includes acting in film, TV & radio, screenwriting and composition for film and TV and even comedy-improvisation. She has made five albums of her own songs, the last two of which, "Sleep All Day" and "Cuckoo Hill", saw a return to her acoustic folk-country roots and won her excellent reviews. In 2008 Charlie won the International Acoustic Music Awards Grand Prize as well as First Prize Folk with her song "Looking For My Own Lone Ranger".Charlie released a new album in July 2009 "The Hula Valley Songbook" - a collection of American hillbilly, swing and popular favourites of the 1930's. These are songs originally recorded by artists such as Jimmie Rodgers, Milton Brown and Al Bowlly. Named after her first band, Hula Valley, the album features several guests, including Beth Nielsen Chapman, who duets with Charlie on the Rodgers classic, 'Roll Along Kentucky Moon'.
The current live show features these songs with band members Julian Littman (guitar, mandolin, lapsteel) Steve Simpson (slide guitar, mandolin) and Dudley Phillips (double bass).
"File under treasure` - Charlie Gillett, Observer Music Magazine
"`A dream of a voice that glides from folk and country to jazzy cabaret` The Telegraph
""Playful and clever- a wonderful kind of bittersweet pastoral Englishness` - Americana UK
"The surety of Dore`s singing helps highlight the elegance and candour of her songs` The Observer
"Charlie Dore takes artistry to a whole new level` - Maverick
Agent:: Chris Wade - chris.wade@adastra-music.co.uk. Tel 01377 217662
http://www.myspace.com/charliedoremusic
forthcoming dates
| date | venue/website link | venue phone no |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct '10 | NEW MILTON Forest Arts Centre, Old Milton Road, BH25 6DS | 01425 612393 |
| 27 Oct '10 | CANTERBURY Festival, The Festival Club, St Alphege?s Lane CT1 2EB | tbc |
| 28 Oct '10 | MILTON KEYNES The Stables Theatre, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon MK17 8LU | 01908 280800 |
| 29 Oct '10 | ALNWICK Alnwick Playhouse Arts Centre, Bondgate Without, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ | 01665 510785 |
| 27 May '11 | IREBY Festival, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 1EA | 01697 371645 / irebyfestival@gmail.com |