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Newsletter 20 March 2010 |
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A
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Tuesday 23 March |
2010 BBC FOLK AWARDS
BEST GROUP |
Chequer
Mead |
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Thursday 1 April |
Martin
Simpson |
Chequer
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Monday 26 April |
Emily
Smith |
Ravenswood,
Sharpthorne |
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Wednesday 26 May |
GRAMMY NOMINATED |
Chequer
Mead |
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Monday 14 June |
Eliza Carthy
(band) |
Chequer
Mead |
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Tuesday at
Chequer
Mead Support: Matthew Ord £15 (£12
conc) Click
here for News Release (PDF) |
Three times
winners of Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
(including the 2010 awards announced on 1 February), Lau are a formidable
trio of three of the finest and most innovative exponents of modern
traditional music in Highly regarded musicians in
their own right, the combined talents of Kris Drever, Martin Green and
Aidan O’Rourke make for a fantastic and all-conquering trio. It is no
surprise they were once again triumphant at this year's BBC Folk
Awards. “…quite
frankly the best band in the world right now” Channel
4 Music "Creative
and genre bursting" **** The
Scotsman "Balancing
frenzied hi-octane moments with those of aching beauty. Album of the Year"
FROOTS "Lau's
explosive live performances have been generating a major buzz around the
UK folk circuit, and this brilliant debut confirms their standing as one
of the most exciting new acts in years'" Songlines
5/5 "A
combined sense of style, adventure and fun that turns the album into an
utter corker'" Telegraph "Lau are so special’ ****
The
Guardian Support for this show is from
the brilliant guitarist and singer, Matthew Ord, described by |
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Thursday at
Chequer
Mead Support: Emily Slade £15 (£12.50
conc) Click
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There is no doubt that after 35
years as a professional musician Martin is, right now, better than ever.
Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players
in the world, his interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of
storytelling. His solo shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and
deeply moving. There is no-one who has more
successfully combined the diverse elements of British, Afro- American and
old-timey music than Simpson. His 15 years living in the
His career includes
collaborations on stage and record with June Tabor, Kelly Joe Phelps,
Jackson Browne, Danú, Martin Carthy, Cara Dillon, David Lindley, Roy
Bailey, Martin Taylor, David Hidalgo, Steve Miller, Dick Gaughan and many
more. Simpson is a very regular
nominee in the BBC Folk Awards having received Musician of the Year in
2002 and 2005, album of the year in 2002 and, most recently, Best
Traditional Track in the 2010 awards (in which he received an
unprecedented 6 nominations in 5 of the
categories). Whether playing American
old-time music, blues, a Dylan song or his own material, Martin Simpson is
unpredictable, individual and a guitarist of immense
subtlety. Although
it’s his guitar virtuosity that’s frequently lauded, it’s as an
interpreter of song that Martin Simpson really scores. Simpson delivers
narratives with colour and conviction. Fittingly be-gonged several times
at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Martin Simpson is taking his place, not
just as a hero for guitar-besotted acolytes but as one of the national
treasures of English traditional music." BBC
Radio 2 Support for this show is from
the delightful singer-guitarist, Emily Slade, who last played for Acoustic
Sussex way back in March 2005 (you can read a review of that show on our
website here). |
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Monday at
The
Ravenswood £11
advance only or ‘book now,
pay later’ on 01342 714810 |
IF
YOU VALUE LIVE MUSIC, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS SHOW – OUR LAST AT THE
RAVENSWOOD UNLESS WE CAN BE CONFIDENT OF FUTURE AUDIENCE NUMBERS – SO TELL
ALL YOUR FRIENDS! Scots Singer of the Year 2008/9
Emily Smith has firmly
established herself as a leading light in the folk scene. Since winning
the 2002 BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award, she has now
released four critically acclaimed albums, toured extensively with her
band on the international folk circuit and is recognised not only as one
of Scotland’s finest interpreters of traditional song but also as a
talented songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist. Her songwriting has not gone
without recognition – She became the first ever winner from Scotland in
the USA Songwriting Competition in 2005 after winning the folk section
with her song ‘Edward of Morton’, another of her songs ‘Always a Smile,’
about the life of her Polish grandmother, was short listed in the final
ten. Alongside her solo career Smith
has written, recorded and toured with artists from the folk scene and
beyond including Eddi Reader, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Karine Polwart, John
McCusker, David Scott and Phil Cunningham. She also appeared on the most
recent series of BBC’s Transatlantic Sessions (Series
4). In this short Spring tour,
Emily will be performing material from her current release 'Adoon
Winding Nith' (featuring Jamie McClennan) - a collection of lesser known
songs by Robert Burns. She will also perform songs from her forthcoming
new solo album scheduled for release in the
Autumn. “As
far as I’m concerned she can walk on water” Mike Harding, Radio
2 “Smith
could become to Scottish folk what Joni Mitchell is to its Californian
cousin” Q
Magazine “Smith
deserves to become yet another new folk celebrity”
The
Guardian |
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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
your
future diaries...
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Future 2010 dates in the
Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
16 September – Show of
Hands + Ella
Edmondson Ø
October (date tbc)
Thea
Gilmore More
information 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/acousticsussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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