The Magic Lantern

**The Magic Lantern** is the moniker of singer-songwriter and composer Jamie Doe, an artist blurring the boundaries between folk, jazz and contemporary music. Born in Australia before moving to the UK at 12, The Magic Lantern has released four full length albums and toured the UK, Europe and Australia alongside This Is The Kit, Sam Lee and Alabaster Deplume among others.

His fifth album ’To Everything A Season’ was written and recorded in the months following his daughter's birth and his father's death six weeks later. In their brief meeting in a dementia nursing home, two ends of the circle of life touched. Of that cathartic moment, Jamie says 'I saw myself in my father, and my daughter in me and I felt joy and grief in overlapping waves, beautiful and complicated, which continue to ripple outward' These songs are my attempt to make sense of this incredible time - ‘A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted’

Performing an intimate set featuring musicians from Australia's thriving alt-jazz scene, The Magic Lantern's live show captures a rare emotional immediacy through Jamie’s arresting vocal lyricism and piercing lyrics, crafting songs that examine the limitless depth of the human experience with devastating, joyous results. 

Opening the evening are songwriting duo Little Clouds AKA Emily-Rose Sharkova & Nick Henderson, who's debut album 'Quiet Life' has been described as 'the perfect balance of superb relatable songwriting'. They joined The Magic Lantern on his UK release tour of 'To Everything A Season' and this reunion on stage will surely be an unmissable evening for lovers of deeply felt song.

The Magic Lantern

Event Description

The Magic Lantern (Uk) + Little Clouds

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