CORRINA STEEL A Fling with the King Album Tour
‘…this is road-house blues-rock with twang, like Bonnie Raitt in her prime or Lucinda Williams circa World Without Tears. Steel’s songwriting is assured and her lyrics show relaxed humour on tracks such as Capitalist System and the brash No Praises. Always a fine singer, Steel has become a vocal stylist of distinction.’ – Jeff Glorfeld, The Age
‘…the kind of force of nature that knocks down flimsy buildings and men… Steel owns this territory” - Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald
‘Steel’s authorative voice still bears the influences of singers like Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris; deep vibrato shimmering with undeniable conviction.’ – Martin Jones, Rhythms Magazine
‘She could be the love child of Tim Buckley and Janis Joplin’
– Chris Lambie, Forte Magazine
‘…A Fling with the King cast its bluesy spell and had me hooked…’
- The Dwarf
The woman that effortlessly tears up gospel, soul, country, swamp and blues has just dropped her third album. While her previous 2 releases, Blues is a Good Woman Gone Bad and Wayward, waltzed it about with country-rock ballads and blues notes, A Fling with the King takes the bull firmly by the horns, and steers the musical trajectory off the well-trod country road and deep into the murky blue woods.
Steel has never been one to listen to Top 40 charts or study at any fancy musical institute. Instead, she has always gone straight to the source; her experiences as an uncertain lover, a devoted friend and a confidant are brought to life and amplified by a palette of sounds born of Mississippi Juke Joints, Honky Tonk bars and long solo road trips though the vacant Australian landscape.
During her travels to the birthplace of roots music, the deep south of America, Steel forged an education in blues and soul in its most organic, pure heartfelt form. Impromptu tin shed moonshine jams with pawn shop guitars provided the soundtrack to a life of generational poverty and racial prejudice.
She was taught slide guitar by Kenny Brown, RL Burnside’s slide guitarist for 26 years, an experience that left an indelible impression on her development as a musician.
Taking the reins as producer for the first time and recording with Adam Pringle on guitars and Angus Diggs on drums resulted in a pure, honest sounding ‘beer and porch’ album; a Sunday morning soundtrack with a driving Saturday night hangover.
A FLING WITH THE KING IS OUT NOW THRU MGM
www.myspace.com/corrinasteel
Tour Dates
Friday 11th December
Northcote Social Club VIC
www.northcotesocialclub.com
with Kim Dellavedova & The Orbweavers
Ph: 03 9486 1677
301 High St, Northcote
Doors at 8:30pm $15 entry at door, no presales
Wednesday 13th of January
The Troubadour QLD
www.thetroubadour.com.au
With Andrew Morris
Level 2, 322 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
Ph: 07 3252 2626
www.thetroubadour.com.au
Doors at 8pm $8 entry
Saturday 16th of January
Palmwoods Hotel QLD
www.palmwoodshotel.com.au
with The Hipshooters
28 - 34 Main S, Palmwoods
Ph: 07 5445 0451
Doors 5pm, Corrina 7:30pm - 9:30pm Free entry
Sunday 17th of January
Bellingen Memorial Hall NSW
35 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW
Ph: 02 6655 9345
Doors 5:30pm, Corrina 6pm
$10 entry, children under 15 free
Sunday 24th of January
Wickham Park Hotel NSW
www.myspace.com/thewicko
61 Maitland Rd Islington
Ph: 02 4965 3201
Show from 5pm - 9pm
Free entry
