MOJO gives They Promised You Mercy 4 stars!

Amelia Curran
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They Promised You Mercy

Blue Rose/Six Shooter CD/DL

Canadian folk queen gently kicks out the jams.

Newfoundlander Amelia Curran has got the seven-album itch. After six largely acoustic albums she’s pulled out an electric guitar and just about decided to rock. No matter what the setting, however, it’s the lyrics that you come to Curran for, and here she displays a new-found acceptance of her own frailty, but also an accompanying defiance, daring all to take on “the queen of the closing bar” at their peril. But for all the horns and strings and guitar solos, folk still underpins her music, and no better than with the delicate beauty of Time, Time. What sets Curran apart is an absence of whimsy, the harsh light of experience driving her songs rather than wispy, idealized fantasy, and that grit ensures this material remains timeless.

– Andy Fyfe

MOJO Magazine

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:

LONDON, ON: Aeolian Hall, Mar 5
TORONTO, ON: the Great Hall, Mar 6
WAKEFIELD, QC: The Black Sheep Inn, Mar 7+8
VICTORIA, BC: Upstairs Cabaret, Mar 20
CALGARY, AB: Festival Hall, Mar 24
EDMONTON, AB: Mercury Club, Mar 25
SASKATOON, SK: Village Guitar, Mar 26
REGINA, SK: The Exchange, Mar 27
WINNIPEG, MB: The Park Theatre, Mar 29
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Confederation Centre for the Arts, Apr 17
PICTOU, NS: DeCoste Centre, Apr 18