A
gig
held at The Grain Barge
on Wednesday 31st October. The event starts at 20:00.
£7 Door Entry
Diane Cluck is an American singer-songwriter. She describes her music as"intuitive folk". She currently records in Virginia.
Cluck began performing her songs publicly in New York City in 2000.She self-released her first solo album, Diane Cluck, that same year. By 2001, she was appearing regularly at the Sidewalk Cafe in New York's Lower East Side, a venue has featured such artists as Jeffrey Lewis, Regina Spektor, and Kimya Dawson. Massachusetts-based record label Important Records distributed her second and third albums, Macy's Day Bird in 2001 and Black With Green Leaves in 2002. Also in 2002, her song"Monte Carlo" was included in a compilation of New York Anti-folk music, Anti-folk Vol. 1, released by British label Rough Trade Records.
Although known as a solo performer, she has often collaborated with others, including Jeffrey Lewis, CocoRosie, Toby Goodshank, Herman D ne, and recently with drummer Anders Griffen on tours in the US and UK.
"Diane Cluck seems like more of a force of nature than a mere singer/songwriter. She is the rare archetypal artist though whom something pure and true flows. '