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Newsletter 6 October 2009 |
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album of joy, defiance, solidity and triumph" fRoots | |||
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Monday at
Chequer
Mead Support:
Luke Sital Singh
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The phenomenal Uiscedwr (pronounced "ish-ka-dooer") is one of
The band first came to public
attention when they won the BBC Young
Folk Awards in 2002. However, during 2005, band founder Anna
Esslemont was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia. Her illness meant the group
had to reduce its touring commitments and delay work on the second album.
Anna had a successful bone marrow transplant in December 2006 and Uiscedwr
resumed touring June 2007. Subsequently, Anna has been active in
fundraising for the Aplastic Anaemia
Trust charity (read News
Release for full story). She still
undergoes regular hospital checks but, with the benefit of some pioneering
photopheresis treatment, she feels reborn, both medically and musically.
The heartbeat of the band
remains, as ever, the intuitive partnership between Anna , who first
started playing violin at the age of six, and Cormac Byrne, one of Ireland’s
greatest bodhran virtuosos, who provides such a range of rhythmic
textures, the term ‘percussionist’ somehow seems hopelessly inadequate.
Joined for this tour by Nick
Waldock on guitar and bass, Uiscedwr are back - and in their
classic trio format they mean business. “Now I’m better, I’m like a loony on
stage” says Anna. “Over the last year I’ve come to terms with what
has happened, it’s only recently I went whoooo I was REALLY sick. Day to
day life is a big deal when you’ve been living on a knife edge for so
long. It’s just so great to be able to get on stage with Uiscedwr
and play our music
again.” Oh and in case you’re
wondering, that IS Anna playing on a TV commercial for John West
tuna… Support for the show comes from
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Don’t forget
that as well as our own shows, the Acoustic Sussex website has a
Regional Gig
Guide and links to
venues and clubs in the South East that offer folk, roots and acoustic
music – and our MySpace site
contains over 500 links to a variety of other MySpace ‘friends’ sites,
including musicians, venues, magazines and lots
more. |
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For
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Future 2009 dates in the
Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
9 November – Chris &
Kellie While + Joseph
Topping Ø
20 November – Dar
Williams Selling fast – please book
early Ø
23 November – Jez Lowe and the Bad
Pennies+ Lucy
Ward Ø
11 December – The
Unthanks Selling fast – please book
early Ø
27 January 2010 –
Kate
Walsh Ø
Other 2010 dates to be
confirmed shortly More
information on all up-and-coming artists can be found on our website:
www.acousticsussex.org.uk. You
can also find us on MySpace (with samples from some of the artists
appearing) at: www.myspace.com/acoustic_sussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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