Chris Green - vocals, guitar, mandocello: Jude Rees - oboe, vocals: Emily Sanders - vocals, fiddle
Isambarde
are a folk band with tremendous energy and enthusiasm. They are the unusual
and winning combination of Chris's driving guitar, Emily's incisive fiddle
playing and Jude's lyrical oboe coupled with great full on vocal harmonies.
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Harper
Nick Hennessey is a truly fine exponenet of both storytelling and song.A
true disciple of the ballad" Stanley Robertson
"A totally enchanting performer, full of warmth, imagination and skill. It’s wonderful to see a young artist able to move with equal ease from song to story to consummate musicianship. I strongly recommend anyone with a love of traditional culture to see him." Frankie Armstrong
“A fine voice, pure and unforced. His fluid style and engaging presence is a winning combination…a compelling demonstration of storytelling’s many faces.” The Times
Sam
Lee
“Sam
is the most accomplished and authentic interpreter of traditional English
song to emerge in years” fRoots
“I
think what put shivers down my back when I heard Sam sing was his attention
to the detail of decoration and the style of all those old singers. It
was like hearing the past and the future of traditional song all rolled
into one voice” Ali Burns
Sam will be appearing with Michael Wright (Jews harp) and Dogan Mehmet (percussion)
Sam is a singer, promoter, teacher,
researcher and confessed die-hard enthusiast of the folk arts. Swapping
his many careers including visual artist, teacher of wilderness survival
and performer on the burlesque cabaret circuit to work in folk music,
he has become one of the current leading lights of the folk revival taking
traditional song into a new direction and onto new platforms. Not just
a singer, Sam is also the creative force behind The Magpie’s Nest,
which under the banner of ‘New Folk, Old Folk, No Folk’ has
been hailed as “the torch bearing folk club for the new generation”.
He works part-time for the English Folk Dance and Song Society as the
London Links officer at Cecil Sharp house. Sam is apprenticed to the legendary
Scottish Traveller singer and storyteller Stanley Robertson, who is passing
onto Sam his vast and unique repertoire of ballads and songs. He is a
teacher at The Royal College of Music and is a tutor on the Newcastle
Traditional Music Degree
Sam and his songs have journeyed to many countries and venues including
a tour of New Zealand with Tim van Eyken, Concerts in Turkey, Sweden,
Ireland and across the UK. He has sung regularly in London’s National
Gallery, at the National Theatre, The Queen Elizabeth Hall and in 2008
at The Victoria and Albert Museum, the ICA and the Roundhouse.
Jen
Clark
Now based in Edinburgh, Aberdonian Jen is from
a famous folk music family. She is also a former member of top Scots folk
group, the Battlefield Band.
Jen Clark is a unique strings player, singer and performer. An accomplished composer and songwriter, she focuses on contemporary issues and reinterpreting her Celtic roots. Trademark evocative arrangements highlight inspired guitar work and delicious instrumentals on dulcimer, guitar and cittern. An outstanding multi-instrumentalist, Jen's performances combine rich vocals, driving rhythms ... and a touch of ironic humour.
Benny
Graham served his musical apprenticeship in the folksong clubs of North
East England.There was no better place in the late 60's for a young singer to develop a love of the vast musical culture of the North East which takes in rural songs, Tyneside Music Hall and the music which grew from the heavy industries of coal, steel and ship building
.
Having worked as a solo performer for several years Benny then formed a three part harmony band - Pegleg Ferret -touring both the UK and the continent. An opportunity to join one of Tyneside's premier theatre companies provided a change of direction and enabled Benny to work with company directors Gareth Morgan and Michael Bogdanov. Since then many companies have used Benny as a singer, actor, songwriter and also Stage and Production Manager.
Ben works in duo settings with Bob Fox, fiddler Chuck Fleming, continues working with Pegleg Ferret, runs the Tyneside Maritime Chorus, plays for dances with Tony Corcoran's Band. Above all Ben sings and there are few who do it better!
The
Lakeland Fiddlers formed in 2000, having grown from Adult Education
classes held at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal and in Ulverston.
Lakeland Fiddlers have evolved from being a class, to a community band,
appearing regularly at local festivals and fairs, playing for occasional
parties and weddings, and appearing at the Sage Gateshead where they had
the honour of playing for the “Fiddle Dance” at Fiddles on
Fire in April 2007.
The fiddlers will perform at the Sunday afternoon concert
Dominic
Kelly
Dominic
performs in schools, museums, libraries, arts centres and conservation
sites, and has performed at major festivals across the UK, including Glastonbury
Festival of Performing Arts, Lakeland Storytelling Festival, Larmer Tree
Festival, Sidmouth Folk Week and Whitby Folk Week.
Dominic traces his passion for folk tales and legends back to the rugged beauty of the Cumbrian Mountains where he grew up. The combination of wild uplands and old legends gave him a powerful sense of the relationship between land, people, story and imagination that would once have defined how we saw the natural world, each other and ourselves.
music for years (with The Ran Tan Band, Free Reed Band, Shake A Leg, One Foot In The Gutter, Slur et al.) - so this is one belting-good ceilidh band!
The music comes from all over Great Britain and other parts of Europe
and has strong melodies, subtle harmonies and traditional dance rhythms.