Michael Malarkey Live at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen | FESTIVALPHOTO
Michael Malarkey Live at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Actor turned musician Michael Malarkey (https://www.facebook.com/mkmalarkey) will be playing his second London show on 28th April 2015 at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen.
Michael is most famous for his lead role in the American hit series Vampire Diaries, where he plays the notorious vampire Enzo. Following up from his first sell-out London show at Wilton’s Music Hall back in January, this will be Michael’s second show on UK soil, his first gaining great feedback and support from Q Magazine, Hunger and MTV Iggy to name a few.
“A voice that’s capable of transmitting blood and tears, of carrying the flesh and bone...In his songs, Malarkey makes use of his histrionic abilities to infuse life into his lyrics” MTV IGGY
“his ebb and flow of tone is well paced. With an ability to adapt his voice Malarkey reflects a vast array of cultures...A portrait of what it means to be human” NUIT MAGAZINE
“Inspired by such greats as Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and Jeff Buckley, Malarkey’s first offering is starkly honest and full of emotive imagery, quirky metaphors...Feed The Flames comprises five tracks of soothing acoustic folk” HUNGER MAGAZINE
Born in Beirut, Lebanon to an Irish-American father and an English mother of Italian/Arab descent, Michael grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio before moving to London to study at the prestigious acting academy LAMDA.
Malarkey’s focus was always music, singing in various punk and hardcore bands he eventually became engrossed with teaching himself guitar and working on self-penned songs, developing a style that merged his punk roots to narrative based and intricately picked acoustic songs. Through these songs he was able to channel angst, humor, love and betrayal in equal measure, all contained within a beguiling guitar style and an accomplished and seductive vocal delivery.
With his acting career aggressively in the assent, Malarkey has simultaneously and relentlessly cultivated a body of music that will forge both creative worlds and establish him as a mainstay crossover talent, winning over audiences in both the music and acting arenas.
