{"id":18457,"date":"2016-02-29T19:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicbar.cz\/?p=18457"},"modified":"2016-03-28T22:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T20:29:21","slug":"charlie-winston-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/program\/charlie-winston-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Winston \/ UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie Winston is performing on the 24th<\/sup> of April as one of the concerts of the Prague International Bluenight series.<\/p>\n

Charlie Winston grew up, with his folk-musician parents and his musical siblings, in a Suffolk hotel through which passed an endless procession of itinerant artists, orchestras, actors and thespians. Such an environment had a great impact on Charlie giving him a deep love for the performing arts and entertainment whilst nurturing his musical talents.<\/p>\n

Singing or playing with many different bands on either bass, piano or percussion, Charlie wrote and arranged music for brass and strings including the London Symphonietta and the BBC Concert Orchestra and came to the fore of the stage as lead singer in an eight piece reggae band \u201cit brought out my strength as a front man<\/em>\u201d. In his early twenties he picked up the guitar for the first time \u201cit helped me focus on the beauty and simplicity of songwriting and storytelling once again – the precise things that had drawn me into writing in the first place when I was in my teens.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2003, when Charlie was recording bass for his brother Tom\u2019s album at Real World Studios, he was introduced to Peter Gabriel and became friends with Peter\u2019s daughter Mel. A year later, when he was babysitting for Peter\u2019s son, Charlie finally gave him his EP \u2013 in return Peter gave him a recording contract, produced his first album \u2018Make Way\u2019 and invited Charlie to open for him on his European tour.<\/p>\n

A Volkswagen television advert, in which Charlie was the voice of a dog who unleashed a mightily impressive rendition of the classic Spencer Davis Group song ‘I’m a Man’, became a global smash and is also now a YouTube classic.<\/p>\n

Charlie\u2019s story then moved to France where he had come to the attention of record label Atmosph\u00e9riques who introduced him to Mark Plati (David Bowie, The Cure, Louise Attaque) with whom Charlie recorded his second album \u2018Hobo\u2019. The “Hobo” sessions took place primarily in Paris, at the Pigalle Studios, with brass and strings added in London and the finishing touches added at Plati\u2019s New York studio.<\/p>\n

The resulting album is a collection of songs with soul inspired by the great \u2018soul men\u2019 – Ray Charles, Randy Newman, Richie Havens, Tom Waits. Thoughtful and captivating and musically witty the stories are at times serious, at others ironic but always profoundly human.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hobo\u2019 was released in France in January 2009. The single \u2018Like A Hobo\u2019 shot to number one in the iTunes chart within forty eight hours; the album followed suit within a week. \u2018Like A Hobo\u2019 was number one on all download charts for four weeks, a feat only ever achieved by four other artists. Certified platinum, the album CD has now been in the top ten of the physical charts since its launch in January and the single topped the French CD charts on its release.<\/p>\n

Featured in all the main French press, Charlie has performed on the influential TV show Taratata an unprecedented three times and on Le Grand Journal in both Paris and at the show\u2019s Cannes Film Festival opener. He is currently on an extensive sold out headline tour of France and has been invited to play at all the major summer festivals in France, Belgium and Switzerland. On stage Charlie the \u201csong-singer\u201d becomes Charlie the entertainer, one steeped in music, dance and theatre who puts on quite a show – \u201cBecause I am a songwriter with an album called \u2018Hobo\u2019 it can easily be misconstrued that I\u2019ll just be on stage with a guitar or a harmonica. But I\u2019m a performer and an entertainer and my experience with theatre and dance means that it\u2019s more about being an artist than just a songwriter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2011 he released another studio album \u201cRunning Still\u201d, which was also very successful. The song \u201cShe Went Quitely\u201d was used in the US series Grey\u2019s Anatomy. Last year he released the album Curio City, which is slightly different in the sound, but as same great as the previous albums.<\/p>\n

The first 100 tickets are available for 390 CZK!<\/p>\n

After that:
\nstanding \u2013 490 CZK
\nV.I.P. balcony \u2013 650 CZK<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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