Quote The Raven f. Chris Kirby w/ special guest Eric Stephen Martin

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  • April 24, 2022
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Newfoundland duo Quote The Raven, featuring Chris Kirby and special guest Eric Stephen Martin, return to play The Carleton on Sunday, April 24th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $25 + HST.

***If you want to sit with others who have purchased their tickets separately, please email reservations@thecarleton.ca with the names***

An impromptu trip to Nashville in 2019 set the wheels in motion for the sophomore record from Americana Folk duo, Quote the Raven. The sounds filling the Nashville airways reinvigorated the Newfoundland duo’s inspiration and they found a new home in the Americana genre. Their upcoming record titled Can’t Hold the Light, is a summation of the journeys that the pair have experienced over the past three years.

Quote The Raven marry smooth vocal harmonies with an, at times, haunting aesthetic that both bewitches and allures the listener. They draw influence from the likes of Joy Williams (Civil Wars), Brandi Carlile, and The Milk Carton Kids. The pair entertain audiences with their quirky, quick wit dynamic that glimpses into the daily lives of touring musicians.

If you’re into East Coast music, chances are you’ve heard Chris Kirby’s work lately. The 2022 ECMA-nominated producer has helped create new recordings by award-winning artists such as Quote the Raven, Andrew Waite, Ian Sherwood, and Yvette Lorraine. Lately, Kirby has been on a songwriting roll. He co-wrote many songs on The Trews’ 2021 album “The Wanderer”, including the top 10 hit “I Wanna Play”. He also co-wrote the single “How High” from Steve Marriner’s 2022 Juno-nominated album. This year, you will find Chris Kirby in the songwriting credits for upcoming releases by great artists such as Matt Andersen, Lucette, and more. Aside from writing and producing, you can often find Chris onstage; either playing guitar and singing his own songs, playing organ for Matt Andersen, or even playing accordion for Alan Doyle. Chris is originally from Newfoundland, and is now based in East Lawrencetown, NS, where he owns and operates Funk Island Lab recording studio. “He’s the East Coast music scene’s secret weapon!” – Colin MacDonald (The Trews)

When Eric Stephen Martin returned home to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia from a songwriting trip in late February 2020, he was exhausted. The world was shutting it’s eyes in the wake of a pandemic, and an unsuccessful creative journey left him disheartened and alone in his apartment for the first months of spring. It was these isolated conditions in which he wrote the eight songs that make up his first full length album, Dreamlike. Recorded in the dead of 2020, Dreamlike features fellow Dartmouth-area musicians Joel Plaskett, Mo Kenney, and Thomas Stajcer. Martin sings the entirety of the album without harmonies as the band creates warm folk and country inspired soundscapes. His meandering, stream-of-consciousness lyricism wades through the waters of heartbreak, redemption, and hope, being shamelessly self-reflective and heavily influenced by the beat poetry of Jack Kerouac and 90’s Bob Dylan. Dreamlike trades the humour and irony of modern indie art for a more serious and heartfelt approach.