All Things Considered

Devon Sproule
Posted by Kate Sullivan

Enchanting, talented and cool - Devon Sproule's compelling personality is captured throughout her songs, instantly grabbing the audience's attention at The Norwich Arts Centre last weekend. Joined on stage by her singer songwriter husband Paul Curreri (before he embarks on his own UK tour in November) they amused us by singing, dancing and laughing in perfect unison.

Her latest folksy-bluesy-country compilation "Don't Hurry To Heaven" wasn't written in her native Virginia as with her previous albums but instead written here in the UK with her touring band. Sproule's songs are whimsical, witty and charming - perhaps a result of of her upbringing on a rural hippy commune in Virginia.

"...growing up with 80+ adults (many of whom I was very close to and spent lots of one-on-one time with) creates a need for versatile communication. That's what I see in people who have lived at Twin Oaks - a desire to communicate and a willingness to do it not only on their own terms, or in their own personal language, but in whatever manner will get the job done . . growing up in an income-free environment, the lack of money never bothers me much... So yes, on the whole, I'm proud of my alternative upbringing."

Devon Sproule's UK tour dates.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on October 20th, 2009