CYPRESS SOUTH planetarium concerts
Decatur, Georgia, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | INDIE
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Georgia will be on the minds of the town's music fans this weekend when an acclaimed American songbird ensures that Warrington remains nothing but blue, The Sue G. Wilkinson band, straight from Atlanta, USA, descends on Warrington's Rhythm & Blues club tomorrow, Friday, to herald her unique brand of groove blues.
Fresh from a highly praised set at the Burnley Blues Festival, Sue G.'s vocals have been likened to the enchanting lilts of Sheryl Crow and Aretha Franklin, giving the listener a glimpse of real Americana music, with momentous lyrics and stomping acoustic accompaniment.
Sue was first discovered at the tender age of six, making her debut public performance in a downtown Baptist church when she moved the watching organist to tears. The evidently emotive crooner is now a regular in the Atlanta Arts Festival and has made serious sound waves over in Japan, with reviewers saying: "Wilkinson is entirely capable of slowing it down to create a fully emotive, beautiful ballad, channelling Carole King, Janis Joplin, and Bessie Smith in her soulful vocals.
GUTSY - "The band of drums, guitar and bass entwine with her gutsy vocals and stand out piano, as Sue G. Wilkinson has shown us what it means to be a woman of soul." Ray O'Hare if Warrington's Rhythm and Bklues club, added: "She's backed by a full American band and a voice that can go from Kate Bush falsetto, to deep gravely tones. And her piano solos are major highlight."
This virtuoso performer is currently in the middle of a hectic UK tour, with gigs recently wrung out in Aberdeen and Dundee, before moving to the northwest to give a big splash of female empathy.
This will be a great night for lovers of blues and R&B, so be early to avoid disappointment.
- THE WARRINGTON GUARDIAN
Georgia will be on the minds of the town's music fans this weekend when an acclaimed American songbird ensures that Warrington remains nothing but blue, The Sue G. Wilkinson band, straight from Atlanta, USA, descends on Warrington's Rhythm & Blues club tomorrow, Friday, to herald her unique brand of groove blues.
Fresh from a highly praised set at the Burnley Blues Festival, Sue G.'s vocals have been likened to the enchanting lilts of Sheryl Crow and Aretha Franklin, giving the listener a glimpse of real Americana music, with momentous lyrics and stomping acoustic accompaniment.
Sue was first discovered at the tender age of six, making her debut public performance in a downtown Baptist church when she moved the watching organist to tears. The evidently emotive crooner is now a regular in the Atlanta Arts Festival and has made serious sound waves over in Japan, with reviewers saying: "Wilkinson is entirely capable of slowing it down to create a fully emotive, beautiful ballad, channelling Carole King, Janis Joplin, and Bessie Smith in her soulful vocals.
GUTSY - "The band of drums, guitar and bass entwine with her gutsy vocals and stand out piano, as Sue G. Wilkinson has shown us what it means to be a woman of soul." Ray O'Hare if Warrington's Rhythm and Bklues club, added: "She's backed by a full American band and a voice that can go from Kate Bush falsetto, to deep gravely tones. And her piano solos are major highlight."
This virtuoso performer is currently in the middle of a hectic UK tour, with gigs recently wrung out in Aberdeen and Dundee, before moving to the northwest to give a big splash of female empathy.
This will be a great night for lovers of blues and R&B, so be early to avoid disappointment.
- THE WARRINGTON GUARDIAN
Please see www.suewilkinson.com press section for lots more! - Please see www.suewilkinson.com press section for lots more!
Please see www.suewilkinson.com press section for lots more! - Please see www.suewilkinson.com press section for lots more!
Atlanta's Creative Loafing:
"Sue Wilkinson has a gorgeous voice, no doubt, like some shimmering symphony of nature."
- creative loafing
Atlanta's Creative Loafing:
"Sue Wilkinson has a gorgeous voice, no doubt, like some shimmering symphony of nature."
- creative loafing
Muzikman's Sound Script:
"Wilkinson still reigns queen on this brilliant project... she adapts the lush linger of Tori Amos and Kate Bush, only to rise to a level above these youngsters. The title track [Sympatico] is at once piercing yet mellow, languid yet pulse pounding, and undoubtedly one of the most gorgeous cerebral pieces I've ever heard."
- muzikman
Muzikman's Sound Script:
"Wilkinson still reigns queen on this brilliant project... she adapts the lush linger of Tori Amos and Kate Bush, only to rise to a level above these youngsters. The title track [Sympatico] is at once piercing yet mellow, languid yet pulse pounding, and undoubtedly one of the most gorgeous cerebral pieces I've ever heard."
- muzikman
Gregory Nicoll, Southeastern Performer:
"... a breathtaking synth track where Sue Wilkinson's fine voice keeps sounding like it's gonna burst into the title theme from some '60's James Bond movie. [describing Sympatico]"
- Southeastern Performer:
Gregory Nicoll, Southeastern Performer:
"... a breathtaking synth track where Sue Wilkinson's fine voice keeps sounding like it's gonna burst into the title theme from some '60's James Bond movie. [describing Sympatico]"
- Southeastern Performer:
Discography
TREASURE, full-length CD
Little Crimes full-length CD
What's up in the Attic Eddie's Attic Compilation
Sue Wilkinson Live at Eddie's Attic DVD
MP3. com's Downtempo Trip-Hop Lounge Music Compilation
Nophi Presents: Compilation Four
Tantara Records Great New Rhythm & Blues European Release
Shut Eye Records No Y CD, a nationally released all-female compilation
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Bio
Cypress South the musical duo had a dream! The premise was this: What if they took their lush, powerful, vocal ambient music reminiscent of Pink Floyd, Sade, and Hearts of Space and paired it with a mesmerizing, one of a kind imagery created to sync in perfect real time with their music. Then carry that unique experience to venues seeking a thought provoking, positive, sophisticated performance.. With a little research and stroke of luck they heard about the new full dome projectors in planetariums around the world and knew immediately that THIS was the perfect place to bring their live shows!! Their contact with Minolta lead to integrating Cypress South's technology with the new full dome projector technology to create an exciting new way to experience music! And that is the way dreams morph into reality!!
The Music- Cypress South is an immersive multimedia experience involving ambient, vocal driven music, combined with live digital imagery. While Cypress South's music has an ambient quality; it is not purely meditative in content. Being vocal driven, there are actual songs with verses, choruses, and engaging lyrics to stimulate the listener. The music is performed by the duo of Sue Wilkinson and Michael Cady. However, the instrumentation, and the use of a loop station, conspire to generate much more music than would ever normally be associated with a duo Sue Wilkinson uses her keyboard to create drum tracks, recurring motifs, and sonic beds, over which she will then play other parts, including solos. Even more striking are her vocals. She sings with an incredibly clear and powerful voice, and with the help of the looper, will create live and on the spot, one or more vocal tracks; which she then will harmonize along with in real time.
Michael Cady's main instrument is a 7-string bass which Michael helped design and custom. He records a bass line and then plays the melodies or solos when the created loop is replayed. He may bang on the strings to create a drum loop. Michael also used an Ebow, or electronic bow to create a bowed string instrument effect, and will layer looped tracks to create a string section Michael sits on a Cajone, a box drum, and uses it to create percussion loops as well. The music that transpires is all original and unique to Cypress South with a few choice covers that work well in a planetarium setting. A couple of their favorites are a rousing version of 2001: A Space Odessey as well as Don McLean's Starry Starry Night. You might also hear CS's version of Bob Marley's Stir It Up.
The Imagery- Cypress South uses various video clips; which are ethereal, color shifting, and geometrical in nature, and brings them in at opportune moments in concert with the music. While the clips are playing, we manipulate them live to create a mesmerizing visual experience, that is unique to each performance! We can tailor the raw clips to the specs of any planetarium to create the optimal visual impact inside the dome!
LIVE:
Valby Culturehouse, Copenhagen Denmark
Agnes Scott College Bradley Observatory
Burnley International Blues Festival , England
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Scotland
The Yokohama Hotel, Japan
The 12 Bar Club, London England
The Musician, Leicester, England
The Studio, Hartlepool, England
Yokohama Hotel, Yokohama Japan
The Bluebird Cafe Nashville, Tn.
The Variety Playhouse (opened for Acoustic Alchemy)
Center Stage Theater Atlanta (opened for Kansas)
Lakewood Amphitheater
Eddie's Attic, Atlanta Ga.
Smith's Olde Bar (opened for Hem)
Mable House Amphitheater (opened for Art Garfunkle)
Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston South Carolina
Dogwood Festival, Atlanta, Ga.
Folk Alliance Conference, Austin Texas
Chandler Park Festival Atlanta, Ga.
Inman Park Festival, Atlanta Ga.
SHARED STAGES WITH:
Red Hot Chillipeppers
Pearl Jam
Art Garfunkel
Grateful Dead's Bob Weir
Hem
Indigo Girls
Acoustic Alchemy
Michelle Shocked
Kansas
AWARDS ETC.:
TOP 20 FINALISTS in the Unisong International Songwriting Contest Performance category
HONORABLE MENTION AAA/Americana Unisong International Songwriting Contest
INTERNATIONAL TELLY AWARD for a documentary original instrumental score Sue co-composed with former STEVE MORRIS bassist JERRY PEEK.
NOMINEE BEST ROCK BAND IN GEORGIA: Coca Cola Music Awards
FILM & DANCE
Sue's work has been choreographed for dance and licensed to several independent films including Pocket Full of Posies starring Gregory Smith Everwood/Rookie Blue/Dream House and Shantel VanSanten Final Destination/ One Tree Hill.
In the new year Sue will be scoring the Documentary "What Men Want"
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