Eliza Carthy played last year to a capacity Hailsham Pavilion audience with the Ratcatchers.....
This year she brings a brand new set of musicians that include Willie Molleson on drums, Emma Smith on double bass and Phil Alexander on keyboards, to showcase original material from her new album that features powerful rhythms absorbed from her travels around the world... "Dreams of Breathing Underwater"
A truly inventive and innovative singer and fiddle-player, Eliza is a gifted musical conceptualist confirming her position as arguably the most impressive and engaging performer of her generation
She is a winner of two Mercury Prize nominations, an unrivalled seven BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and innumerable other accolades, and has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists from Paul Weller to Nick Cave to Joan Baez......
Seats £18.50 - booking opens 12/02/08 - 01323 841414
Bookings for Animals & Friends : Albert Lee : Strawbs (Electric) also open on Tuesday 12th February
All seats sold for Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (02/02/08) Just a few remain for Kenny Ball (09/02/08) Oysterband (9/03) Feast of Fiddles (5/04) Bellowhead (19/04) selling fast
see the website www.spyboy.co.uk
Eliza Carthy "Dreams of Breathing Underwater"