Marblehead folk-pop singer and songwriter Hayley Reardon was joined by Barcelona’s Pau Figueres on flamenco guitar and Arnau Figueres on acoustic bass as a part of Folk Meets Flamenco, an immersive live art event presented by Starseed Studios in Essex.
A concert album featuring 13 live tracks from the intimate performances was released on Feb. 1, which was followed by the concert video premiere on Atwood Magazine on Feb. 7.
“Playing with Pau and Arnau is a great joy for me and I’ve wanted for a long time to capture these special trio arrangements,” Reardon said. “It was a gift to get to do just that in a beautiful space filled with dear ones. The Folk Meets Flamenco event concept and design was carefully curated and brought to life by my friends at Starseed Studios. These unique and intimate performances felt like a chance to take the musical magic and friendship I found during my time in Spain and bring it home to New England, another corner of the world that is so dear to me.”
Reardon will play a series of co-billed Northeast U.S. concerts with acclaimed Catalan singer and songwriter Judit Neddermann from Feb. 29 to March 10, with the phenomenal Pau and Arnau Figueres accompanying both performers. Visit HayleyReardon.com for tickets, venue details and updates.
➢ Thursday, Feb. 29 – New York
➢ Friday, March 1 – New Haven, Conn.
➢ Saturday, March 2 – Northampton
➢ Saturday, March 9 – Portsmouth, N.H.
➢ Sunday, March 10 – Cambridge
“Through the gift of her beautiful music, Judit Neddermann has become a dear friend and inspiration to me and I am honored to share the stage for what will be her first-ever American concerts,” Reardon said. “Judit has one of my very favorite voices and I am eager for new audiences to discover her here. It will be all the more special to perform alongside her with Pau and Arnau as our shared band.”
Neddermann has released six albums, and appears courtesy of Universal Music Spain in the title track of Reardon’s latest release, “Changes.” The song is an uplifting, bilingual duet in both Catalan and English.
It’s been a busy year for Reardon, who recently returned to Massachusetts after recording new music with Pau and Arnau Figueres at the Sound of Wood studio near Barcelona, Spain, where her past two releases, “Changes” and “In the Good Light,” were also recorded. Reardon also co-wrote and was featured on Seth Glier’s haunting new single “My Body Remembers,” and was a Boston Music Awards 2023 Vocalist of the Year nominee.
“The Hayley Reardon: Live at Starseed Studios” concert album and video were recorded, mixed, and mastered by Aniol Bestit Collellmir, and the video was filmed and edited by Joe Angelini.