Maz O'Connor
Friday 11 February 2011 - Upstairs at the Mag.
The Mag, 211 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich SE22 8HA . Doors 8.pm . £ 6/£5 concs & floorspots (new floorspots always welcome).

Maz O'Connor is a 19 year old folk singer from Cumbria. She sings traditional songs, often unaccompanied and has also performed with Last Orders, previous winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.

She reached the final of the awards herself in 2009. She recently won the Fred Jordan Memorial Singing Competition at Bromyard Folk Festival, and the first TRAD2MAD competition run by Islington Folk Club.

While Last Orders are out of action (two of the band are studying abroad) Maz has been performing with Matthew Jones. She also writes her own songs, some of which can be found on youtube.

Listen to Maz at
http://www.myspace.com/mazoconnor

Maz will be accompanied tonight by her brother Joe O'Connor, a fantastic melodeon player.
You can check Joe out on:
http://www.myspace.com/joeoconnor


and you can check out Last Orders on:
http://www.myspace.com/lastordersfolk

a clip of Maz singing “The Unquiet Graveâ€쳌
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iv6lRCeOUU