Mark Oates: Touring Guitarist /recording technician!
The 'Mulcahey' band
The band includes Karen (Vocals and song writer) Mark Oates (Guitar)
Gary Solomon (Bass Guitar) and sameer ButtD (Drums/ percussion) Others in the pool include Dave 'the note' Timmons (The drums and his little red van!) and dan Sumption (part-time bass where he can and photographer!)
Influences
THE BEATLES - NEIL YOUNG - JANIS JOPLIN - QUEEN - STEVIE NIX - WHITE STRIPES - LEAD BELLY - RADIOHEAD - LEONARD COHEN - ROBERT JOHNSON - PETE SEEGER - VAN MORRISON - ANNIE LENNOX - THE KINKS - BOB DYLAN
Sounds Like
Everyone and no one! That is, it's an alien whose always felt like a friend. Like you hear and go 'wow, yes, I get it!'
Each song / album has it's own logic and it's own vitality. You decide.
New vibrant incarnation 'Mulcahey' back Singer-songwriter Karen Mulcahey and are ready to take on the music scene! Karen Mulcahey (pronounced Mull-car-hee) has taken time off to solidify her band and record the EP 'Morning after' which is now available by emailing Karen or her website at www.karenmulcahey.com You can also find her first album 'Find your way' on her website and via itunes or cdbaby.com and if you are lucky you can request her limited edition 2nd album and you just may get it!
'Mulcahey' has been described as havng an 'explosive, bitter sweet voice' and songs that 'grab you by the vitals and don't let go'...songs that are 'intelligent, subtle, poignant' she has been descried as 'angry, passionate, political' and she 'demolishes all the female singer stereo types'. (Phil Turner, Advertiser)
Her songs are unique and cross from rock'n'roll folk to country blues to swinging 60s, but most of all they have something to say and her fan base ranges from teenagers to those who lived through the 60s. The band are now experimenting with all genres and cultural sounds whilst keeping an undeniable melody, anger, wit and gut rawness that takes hold of you.
The band 'Mulcahey' give her the scope she needs:
We are here to provide music that will be remembered in 40 years time! We are here to write brilliant songs and to stand out vocally and musically from the 'in crowd' to create our own crowd belonging to those who are vital, those who spy change, those who don't fit in to one place or group, it's music for the soul and the brain so that both may grow!
The Band: songwriter and vocals: Karen Mulcahey, Guitarist Mark Khaladj Oates, Bass player Gary Solomon and Drummer Sameer Butt.
Catch karen's DVD of 'Doorway' on the big Screen in Rotherham!
Below see Karen's biography and reviews - for the latest review see her 'blog' on this site or check it out on 'news' www.karenmulcahey.com
'Find Your Way' is the arresting debut from Rotherham artist Karen Mulcahey.
She smashes into smithereens the clichéd myth of the female singer-songwriter as floaty, whimsical and romantically introspective. Her powerful voice - accompanied by guitarist Luke Pepper- resonates with passion, anger and defiance. Styles vary across the ten-track recording, from blues, to folk, to country, to rock. The subtle, intelligent lyrics cover a range of subjects, including journeys, disappointment in love and life, personal and political struggle. Ultimately though, the mood is uplifting. Find your way, sings Mulcahey hopefully at the end of the record, holding out a hand to all of us who know what it means to be lost.
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Karen Mulcahey's Biography:
Karen Mulcahey was born in Liverpool, raised on a council estate in Warrington, England. Even in these formative years Karens unholy voice and her obsession with music was obvious to anyone who met her. It was at this early stage in her life that Karen learned the basics of the guitar and began to write her own songs. She was brought up on RocknRoll / Blues and later discovered folk, jazz and early crooner tunes. As a teenager Karen could be found busking with her guitar by the markets in Warrington.
At 18 yrs Karen left home for Lancaster University where she studied theatre, wrote, performed and directed shows. Perhaps it is Karens experience of drama that makes her such an engaging and powerful performer with a presence that has been commented on much.
After university Karen co-founded a touring theatre company and spent the next few years alternating between odd jobs, the dole queue and touring original theatre nationally. Throughout all her adventures Karen continued to sing in bands and write songs.
Over the last few years her song writing has become unwieldly and Karen has gigged her original material around England and Scotland, featuring at The Endinburgh Festival and in Big note venues around London. Karen started by doing acoustic sets with guitarist Luke Pepper and has now extended to full band sets with the new band above!
Karens work has received critical acclaim from both musicians and audiences alike. She has been praised for her refreshing sound and thoughtful, gripping lyrics that suggest maturity beyond her years.
Its time for the world to discover this unique and inspiring talent.
check out www.karenmulcahey.com for her impressive list of gigs nationwide and watch out for her gigging at a venue near you! If you have vision - you will get it!
Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
Since the gig listing won't let me update: New Gigs for MULCAHEY: Fri 17th July 9pmish, Lucorum, Barnsley (Love music Hate racism event). Thurs 13th August The Pulse Bar, Barnsley (7.30pm onwards). Headlining at the Speigel tent for the final night of it's visit to Rotherham! Sun 11th Oct 7pm, All saints Sq, Rotherham. Come to that to cheer us on, hear new songs and just to enjoy the wonderful, magical Speigel tent!
Hello Gentle Fans,
Sending Card's is out Today! People in the masses are buying the single. If you haven't downloaded the single yet, it will hardly set you back for such a great track - barely £1!
Help the boys make history - you can be apart of this and throw the band into the limelight of the Music Industry.
You can download the track from these sites:
itunes (exclusive acoustic track also available)
play. com
7digital
Much love and appreciation x
Mulcahey band plays new gigs and booking tour! 16th Feb Rudi's blues bar, rotherham Headlining. 18th Feb The Troubadour, Old Brompton St, Earl's court, London. 25th April Thrybergh Golf Club, artist's bash!Keep em coming!
Mulcahey was played on Rotherfm sunday 16th Nov 7.30pm on the Steve Orchard show! 96.2fm. Check out their website - you should be able to go back ad catch it. He started the show with 'Tonight' and then followed with 'The Absence of friends' after saying that every song on the ep was good and it was a tough choice. We are booking gigs now and we'll see you at Rudi's blues bar i the new year! Watch this space!
Come along to the album launch gig... This Friday 7th September 8pm at the Lantern Theatre, Sheffield. Tickets available online at http://resound.bigcartel.com or from Jacks Records, Division Street,
Thanks for finding me Karen, I am enjoying your songs, hope you come down and gig in our neck of the woods (Cambridgeshire) likewise hope you enjoy my songs if you get a chance to listen
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