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An evening of sublime music courtesy of The Curator.
The Curator is Norfolk based musician, writer, arranger and composer Alistair Murphy, who released a new album, Living Space in September 2023. It is the sixth Curator album, following Sometime Soon (2010), Inside The Whale And Other Stories (2013), Where The Stars Will Give Way To The Morning (2018) Twenty-Six / 12 (2019), and All Lombard to a China Orange (2021).
The new album features his live band augmented by drummer Ian Burrage as well as performances from Pigbag’s Chris Lee on trumpet and flugelhorn and Gryphon’s Brian Gulland on oboe, recorder, and bassoon, He describes the new album as a lament for a lost future.
He has worked with many notable musicians in his career, in particular Judy Dyble of Fairport Convention, Terry Stamp of the proto-punk band Third World War and Tim Bowness of no-man.
His music is not easily classifiable (although he may be). He is inspired by music stretching across many times and genres. He tries not to repeat himself.
The Curator will be appearing with Mark Fletcher on Bass, Jez Salmon on Guitar and Steve Bingham on Violin
A Bold Creative Imagination – Classic Rock
Shifting Musical Ambiguities – Sid Smith (BBC Website)
A Unique vision that you take on its terms alone – Terrascope
Teeming with musical variety, flourishes, insight and warmth – Daily Mirror
Whip-smart, brilliantly melodic but off the wall too, with a nice shot of menace. Prog Magazine
Grown up music for infantilised times – Record Collector
Thought-provoking, reflective and explorative The Yorkshire Times
Murphy’s reserved voice evokes early Bowie and Peter Skellern – Hi-fi News
The Curator has assembled much curious loveliness in his aural museum – Hi Fi Choice
A genuinely talented artist – Prog Magazine
Murphy’s sensitive, delicate voice is beguiling – Record Collector
Sharp compositional tunes and stylistic backflips keep the listener engaged throughout – Hi Fi Choice
A missing link between Harry Nilsson, Robert Wyatt and Peter Hammill. Murphy’s fragile, almost pencil sketch of a voice is imbued with intense emotion – Mojo
A thoughtful, protean talent – Prog Magazine
Running time: 02 hours 00 minutes
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