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About the show
One of the UK’s most respected and quietly influential songwriters, Charlie returns to the road in 2026 with Still Curious, a tour that celebrates a lifetime of sharp observation and musical craft.
For this leg of the tour she will be playing with the multi-talented Gareth Huw Davies, master of 5 string Double Bass, Cello and Piano and singing too. Since their last visit to the Ale House Charlie has released another album, Like Animals and 3 EPs, including last year’s Still Curious, which features the first ever recording of MercuryWings, a lost song by Elvis Costello, written in 1976.
Charlie has written songs recorded by artists as wide-ranging as Tina Turner, George Harrison, Céline Dion, Martha Wainwright, Ricky Ross and Paul Carrack.
She loves songwriting but says “I still have the touring bug, in spades We've always had a great time at the Ale House - it’s a unique atmosphere and it’ll be a treat to return. “
'Knowing, worldly, delicate...oddly timeless. ' - Independent on Sunday
'Charlie Dore continues to make wise and beautiful records.' - Daily Telegraph
'...beguiling...perfectly crafted songs' - Roots Album of the Week, Independent on Saturday
'...beneath the wit and melody there's grit'. - Uncut
'File under treasure' The Observer
'...impressive, personal, beautifully crafted... a joy' - Maverick *****
Featuring
Charlie Dore
Charlie Dore’s songs have been recorded by the good and the great including George Harrison, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Jimmy Nail and Ricky Ross, but her live shows reveal that actually she keeps the best songs for herself.
As one of the UK’s most respected songwriters her own albums, described as ‘eclectic contemporary folk with crunchy lyrics’ continue to win awards both sides of the Atlantic, most recently Female Vocalist Of The Year (FATEA, 2020) and Best Lyrics (Like Animals ,US Indie Acoustic, 2021). Charlie has also played major festivals including Glastonbury, Celtic Connections, Cropredy, Shrewsbury Folk and Ventnor as well as appearing at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues including Kings Place and Liverpool Philharmonic.
Recent sessions for Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2) and Ricky Ross (BBC Radio Scotland) as well as an inclusion on Ken Bruce’s final BBC show, prove Charlie’s relevance and ability to capture the imagination of increasing and new audiences.
For her 10th and most recent album Like Animals she turns away from the expansive science and space metaphors of 2017’s Dark Matter to focus on the internal landscape of the human brain and just what makes us tick. Sewn-through with Dore’s trademark dark wit, lyricism, and distinctive melodic voice, Like Animals explores some of our most basic instincts and how we’re often hi-jacked by our emotional responses.
December 2021 saw the release of her Christmas EP The Man Who Built Christmas - which she plans to include in her 2023 tour sets on the basis that a good song isn’t just for Christmas. Meanwhile 2023 UK touring will feature Charlie with long-time collaborator, the multi instrumental singer/writer/actor Julian Littman (Steeleye Span), ‘my other brother’.
“A voice like Kate McGarrigle meets Dory Previn. Wonderful.”
Mike Harding
“This sublime album…earnest and witty, tender and cynical all at the same time… profound, moving and oddly haunting.”
RnR Magazine
“Reaffirms her place as one of our most intelligent and erudite singer-songwriters”
Fatea Magazine
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