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MARYEN CAIRNS

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Electronic Press Kit

Short Biography

Maryen cairns

2021 feels like the dawn of a new era, and for Scottish born Australian Singer-Songwriter, Maryen Cairns, now based in Guernsey in The Channel Islands, the music technology she has been involved in for so long has truely proved its use - a remote collaboration with producer Chris Kimsey in his home studio has led to her new single The Haunted Lane (a tale inspired by local Guernsey folklore) being released 15 March 2021.

Maryen has worked for many years on her craft, which has taken her both across Australia and around the world. She was based in London for a decade playing shows both solo and with her band, including supports for FISH, The Troggs, Energy Orchard, UFO and Black 47.

In 2017 Maryen  worked with children in remote communities, helping them write their own stories into song, and wrote a show, Femina Australis, telling the stories of 12 Australian women, presenting it at the Somerset Celebration of Literature and taking it on the road with her family across 18,000 km.

 
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Live Videos

STEAM live 2020, GONE - 2019

Short snippets of The Wreck Of The Georgette, The Devil's Fly, Born Good

Maryen @ Festival of Small Halls

Maryen @ Festival of Small Halls

House Of Prog

17 November 2019

"she allows her vocals to soar and the electric guitar break is quite superb as it transforms the piece.

Overall this is a more varied album than ‘Femina Australis’, yet still manages to retain her roots, so she uses a steel when the time is right, or a violin, and plenty of piano and warm fretless bass. It is again the album of a mature artist who is confident in her ability and songwriting skills. She can put an edge on her vocals, or just lift them up showing her soprano range, or let it come down lower to provide more emotion. Lyrics are incredibly important to Cairns, and each song really is a story in its own right"

- Kev Rowland

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