PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release - 6 March 2016
Universally Adored Country Troubadour Mary Gauthier
announces Sligo Date.
Regarded as one of the finest songwriters of her generation, Mary Gauthier will need no
introduction to her legions of fans across Ireland. Hawk’s Well Theatre is delighted to
welcome this legendary artist to its stage –supported by Irish Artist Ben Glover, Sunday
5th of May.
This popular folk singer is really a short story writer who can telegraph entire lives in the
matter of a few verses and intriguing chords, then deliver them with the kind of voice
capable of tearing our insides in two. Gauthier has chalked up a selection of unforgettable
songs in a career that has seen her universally lauded by critics and adored by fans all
over the world.
Her six albums have received countless accolades. The songs of Louisiana native-turnedNashville resident Gauthier (it’s French; pronounced Go-SHAY) have earned praise from
Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, and been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton, Boy
George and many others. Her stage repertoire contains renowned songs, such as ‘I Drink’,
‘Drag Queens in Limousines’ and ‘Karla Faye’ — which addresses the famous fate of that
convicted killer, but starts out with lines that undoubtedly reference their author as well: ‘A
little girl lost, her world full of pain. He said it feels good, she gave him her vein’.
“As a songwriter, I’m always trying to go to the deepest possible place inside of me. Past
the navel-gazing, past the self-conscious, to get to that ‘we,’” Gauthier explains. “’Cause
deep inside of all of us is the universal. And that is an artist’s job, to transcend the self. I’m
in there, but then hopefully, it goes past that and it hits something far, far bigger and more
important than me. That’s what I’m aimin’ for every time I write.”
Gauthier, a teen runaway who attended college in Louisiana and operated a Cajun
restaurant in Boston before getting sober, long ago learned how to go with the flow. “I find
the stories I want to tell are the stories of characters who may or may not make it,” says
Gauthier. Though she’s no longer dangling on that precipice, she adds, “I believe in
redemption. I needed redemption; I continue to need redemption.”
This tour brings her to Sligo with a good friend – Ben Glover, a fast-emerging talent from
Glenarm, Northern Ireland, now resident in Nashville and making a real name for himself
as a writer and performer.
Tickets for the show are priced at €20/18conc, and you can book your place to this
unforgettable concert by calling the Hawk’s Well Box Office on 071 916 1518 or by visiting
www.hawkswell.com
ENDS
For further information contact Deirdre Melvin, Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover), Hawk’s Well
Theatre, Sligo, deirdre@hawkswell.com 071 916 1518