Sarah Jane Morris: The Sisterhood
Tickets: £24.50
Students: £7.50
The Sisterhood is a representation of Sarah Jane's roots, inspirations, and indefatigable love of contemporary music-making and its iconic pioneers ‘The Sisterhood’ celebrates twelve female stars who dominated the singing and song writing of the 20th century
Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Rickie Lee Jones, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush and Sinead O Connor.
Sarah Jane Morris has been one of Britain’s great song interpreters since first finding fame in the 80s with bands like The Republic, Happy End and The Communards, singing on their chart-topping hit ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way.’
Since then she’s released 15 solo albums winning acclaim for her octave-vaulting contralto range which stretches from sonorous, reverberating low tones to a searingly soulful falsetto.
Adding to her sweeping vocal palette she has developed an original lyricist's expressiveness fuelled by a profound grasp of popular musical history. Stirred into that is an unflinching personal-political drive that has made social and sexual liberation and human rights issues the life-blood of many of her songs.
"An album full of hope and nourishment in the face of hard times"Record Collector
"A highly enjoyable, original and entertaining set of songs – her ability as a songwriter really shines on this album. Highly recommended."Jazz Journal
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