RORY McLEOD
Touring Australia in March- April 2008
Rory
McLeod Website | Tour Dates
Rory Mcleod - ex-circus clown and fire-eater.
A one-man soul band, poet and storyteller, singing his own
unique upbeat dance stories. A modern traveling troubadour
using tap shoes, a cappella, harmonica, guitar, trombone,
spoons, finger cymbals, bandorea, djembe and various percussion
instruments!
Rory has traveled the globe for different reasons at different
times, from Asia to the middle-east from Gambia to Cuba, Central
America, Australia, North America, Canada, Europe and other
nooks and crannies of the earth.
"I've traveled to look for work, to mend a broken heart,
to be with someone I longed for. I'd travel to visit friends
and on the way I'd make new ones, I'd roam because I was curious
to see what was around the next corner, sometimes I traveled
to follow the warmer weather and migrate... like the birds
and the big whales and fishes do". Rory
Once seen never forgotten, a truly unique performer who never
gives less that his all no matter what the circumstances.
After an absence of nearly five years Rory returned to Australian
shores in 2007 headlining at Woodford, Illawarra, Port Fairy,
Brunswick, the Blue Mts Festival, he returns in 2008 to pick
up where he left off- performing at National Folk festival,
and Fairbridge Folk festival in West Australia and many points
in between.
"McLeod is one of the most energetic, most
generous performers ever I've seen."
Doug Spencer, ABC Radio, 2001
"The evening came to a close with Learning
To Walk Again, a perfect end to a perfect encore and another
reason why the crowd did not want him to leave."
Revolver, Sydney, 19 Feb 2001
" 'The charismatic British storytelling
troubadour, proved to be very entertaining as he tripped passionately
through highly original and distinctive self-penned material……
Beat Magazine, Melbourne, 21 Mar 2001
"...eloquently expressed ideas are set to vibrant, dynamic
music with bouncy rhythms, infectious riffs and nifty tunes.
McLeod transmitted a pure joy of music making ..."
St Louis Post-Despatch (USA)
"Atavistic peoples' music ... something uncommon and
most certainly an endangered species. You'll know Rory when
you see him - above all don't miss him."
Molly McAnailly Burke, Hot Press (Ireland)
"Rory is a dynamic live performer - never still or silent,
his shows radiate energy. All this dynamism does not obliterate
his songs which are always thought-provoking and well crafted.
Get hold of one of his albums and come and see one of the
folk circuit's greatest live performers."
Venue magazine, Bristol (UK)
"...he inspired both a standing ovation on the main
stage and widespread enthusiasm at his many workshops."
The Ubyssey, Vancouver Folk Festival (Canada)
"Rory McLeod has a profound disadvantage - for pigeon-holers
and hacks - that he is so original it's nigh impossible to
compare him with anyone else. Writing songs packed with streams
of words, often so dense that the casual listener could easily
let the craft, beauty and power of the content slip by. An
awe inspiring live performer who, you discover when you repay
his craft with the scrutiny it deserves, writes quite brilliant
songs."
Ian Anderson, Folk Roots (UK)
"Like a human organ-grinder..."
City Pages, Minneapolis (USA)
"Rory McLeod was another revelation ... He also proved
to be a risk-taking performer leaving the stage during a harmonica
piece to walk among the audience, completing the tune without
the PA system!"
Dirty Linen, Womad Festival, Toronto (Canada)
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