DONNA THOMPSON
SUPPORT FROM DOT NEVER
13 OCTOBER | OLD QUEEN’S HEAD
Drummer, vocalist, and songwriter Donna Thompson, key figure and collaborator in the increasingly legendary Total Refreshment Centre, comes to London’s Old Queen’s Head for the live debut of her EP Something True (PRAH Records).
In Something True, Donna offers up four tracks of swirling, cinematic jazz and meditative R&B that grapples with the importance of self-love, of community and the strength found within oneself and others. Alongside Donna, Something True features her friends John Atterbury (guitar), Hannah Miller (cello) and Alabaster Deplume (sax).
Joining Donna Thompson as support are collective Dot Never. Dot Never’s music combines visceral electronica with angular, alternative rock, created out of their South East London studio. Having met and performed together under various guises at university, the collective eventually took form as Dot Never as a conduit for their love of both experimental guitar music and the London club scene, and quickly gained a reputation as a formidable live band.
For fans of: Alabaster dePlume, Emma-Jean Thackray, Laura Misch
“There’s also a steady beauty in her songwriting”
– The Guardian
“An electric blend of R&B and pop with cinematic jazz and soulful melodies”
– Loud Women
Date: 11/11/22
Venue: The Old Queens Head (44 Essex Rd, London N1 8LN)
Door times: 7.30PM – 10.30PM
Tickets: £9.45
Earth Cruises donates 10% of profit from all shows to carefully selected causes. A portion of the profit from this show will go towards Hackney Migrant Centre, an organsisation that provides support for refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants in need through the provision of free advice on immigration, welfare, and health.