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LORRAINE LECKIE er en New York City basert artist og låtskriver. Her tar hun med seg sine tsjekkiske “demoner” Pavel Cingl og Jaroslav Kestranek
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MARK STEINER er en Oslo & Nesodden basert artist og låtskriver som ofte spiller i lag med ODDRUN VALESTRAND i fra Fjellstrand.
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LORRAINE LECKIE

Lorriane Leckie was born on a horse in Northern Ontario where Neil Young was God. In the seventies she converted to punk rock, married Steve Leckie of the Viletones and started her career as a makeup artist in the fashion industry. After a decade living in Europe, she put down roots in New York and began working with celebrity clients such as Paul McCartney and Heidi Klum.
It wasn’t until the age of 37 that Leckie decided it was time for a change, got a guitar, and by 40 was performing all over the city.
Leckie earned her title as the Lower East Side folk noir troubadour playing venues such as Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall & Mercury Lounge, often joined by her gothic rock band the demons which are Hugh Pool on guitar, Paul Triff on drums and Charles DeChants on Bass.

Lorraine Leckie & Her Demons released Four Cold Angels in 2008, a deeply rooted rock album with grungy guitar and heavy-hitting drums.

Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre collaborated with Leckie on a cover of the Pogues’ “Dirty Old Town” for the album. This track went on to become the featured title track for the acclaimed 2011 film Dirty Old Town directed by Jenner Furst—an ode to the Lower East Side starring Billy Leroy, Leckie’s current husband and proprietor of the infamous Billy’s Antiques and Props.

Lorraine’s latest full-length album, Rudely Interrupted (2012), is a collaborative project inspired by the verses of legendary bon vivant/journalist/poet Anthony Haden-Guest.
Leckie and Haden-Guest had their first encounter at Rockwood Music Hall.

Leckie was performing songs from her first solo EP Martini Eyes (2010), proclaimed the ‘Best Album of the Year” by Tom Semioli of The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop 2010 list. Haden-Guest is known for his contributions to Esquire, GQ and Britain’s Observer Magazine, and books such as The Last Party: Studio 54, offered his latest collection of cartoons and poems, In The Mean Time, as the inspiration for Rudely Interrupted.

Lorraine Leckie & Her Demons released an album, Rebel Devil Devil Rebel, produced by George Jackson on November 13th 2014 at Mercury Lounge in NYC. This release followed a Gothic Southern Gothic Tour of the U.S in October.

The brand-new album The Raven Smiled produced by Leckie´s violinist Pavel Cingl was released in autumn 2015.

www.lorraineleckie.com

MARK STEINER & HIS PROBLEMS (N/US)
nytt album “Saudade”
CD – Plug Ugly Records, USA (plugly01)
VINYL (2×12″, 180g gatefold, 200stk!) – Rabben Records, Norge (rabb01)

“Liker du Paal Flaata og Madrugada, eller for den saks skyld Tindersticks eller Nick Cave, bør Mark Steiner være opp din gate.” – Svein Andersen, AFTENPOSTEN

“I Norge er det et relativt stort marked for mørk og melankolsk musikk, et fenomen som har gjort at artister som Nick Cave og Leonard Cohen har solgt ufattelige mengder skiver her til lands. Madrugadas suksess er også en del av dette mønsteret. Hadde verden vært rettferdig, kunne Mark Steiner nå også vært velsignet med samme tilbedelse, for her har vi å gjøre med en artist av et meget høyt kaliber. Eksilamerikaneren er bosatt i Norge, og mange tror nok også han er norsk, da han med sin imponerende, flytende norsk har frekventert musikermiljøet i Oslo i mange år… Mark Steiner høres ut som ei optimal blanding av Nick Cave, Stuart Staples (vokalisten i Tindersticks) og kultfiguren Kim Salmon. Det er mollstemte, fordrukne og mørkeblå kulisser, men det er samtidig råsterke låter og en artist som fremstår med hauger av troverdighet og autoritet. Broken er Mark Steiners steg opp til den musikalske rockeliten her til lands (hvis vi er litt bryske og freidige og regner han som en av våre egne). La oss bare håpe at også publikum får det med seg. Fy fasan, for et stykke mørk magi vi her har å gjøre med.”
- Egon Holstad, NORDLYS

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