Bryan Ferry
With: Dawn LandesDate: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Start Time: 7:00 PM
Artist Bio
British musical icon Bryan Ferry has announced his first North American Tour in three years. This tour will feature an incredible set list of hits, favorites and rarities spanning 40 years of career highlights. The special west coast run includes Santa Barbara on Saturday, April 19th, and his Coachella debut in Indio on April 11th and 18th. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 24th.
Currently, Ferry is in the studio working on new material, having been inspired by last year’s release of the acclaimed album The Jazz Age with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra. In addition, his music is reaching a new audience with remixes and remakes of his classics by artists such as Groove Armada and Todd Terje.
From his earliest recordings with his group Roxy Music, at the beginning of the 1970s, Bryan Ferry has taken his place as one of the most iconic and innovative singers and lyricists to emerge in popular music. In his music you hear an original vocal brilliance which merges – with effortless, breathtaking elegance – the poise of Sinatra, the charisma of Gainsbourg and the intensity of Johnnie Ray. But then there was something extra – a quality of nuance, verve and performance which seemed so ultra-modern, and so refined, that it seemed to break wholly new ground.
Bryan Ferry’s vocal genius lies in his peerless ability to merge musical styles – from French chanson, through classic crooner to hard edged rock – creating that sheen of pure drama which has become his artistic signature. As also defined by his work with Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry’s solo work achieves a perfect tension between languor and melodrama, the results of which become a classic definition of high romance. Many of Ferry’s greatest songs describe the fate of the lonely, isolated romantic – always on the outside, even at the heart of the grandest party or the most exotic city. Ferry has said of himself, “I feel always to be on the inside looking out, or the outside looking in…” – the classic situation of the artist.
Don’t miss your chance to experience musical icon Bryan Ferry at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Saturday, April 19, 2014, plus special guest. Tickets range from $44.00 to $64.00, plus applicable service charges.