Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival 2012
Acoustic Roots Festival Barnsley
Program
6 April 2012
7:30 pm - 11:15 pm - Friday Evening Concert - Headliner Acoustic Gathering
Acoustic Gathering
The Gathering Britannia features a veritable Who's Who of key players, whose combined experience and membership have seen them record or perform with some of the most influential artists to grace stages and record collections across the world. Comprised of former and current members of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Lindisfarne, Magna Carta, The Albion Band, Jethro Tull, and Pentangle, never before (outside of the seminal festivals of folk-rocks' brightest and finest period) has such a line up drawn from the genres most influential bands come together on stage to celebrate their shared heritage of songs and performances!
www.myspace.com/thegatheringbritannia
Tarras
Tarras are a 6 piece band hailing from the north of England and the borders of Scotland. They play an exciting blend of self penned songs and traditional material, reworked in the bands distinctive way. Using instruments including accordion, violin, cittern and mandolin, Tarras have a traditional sound, but fused with drums, piano, guitar and bass, the songs and arrangements are contemporary in style and delivery.
www.tarrasmusic.com
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
See Saturday for further information.
www.staceyandmark.com
Fran Smith
A superb singer and pianist, she draws on a background in folk music blended with diverse influences such as Patti Smith and Kate Bush, whilst echoing the 'beautiful obscurity' of Leonard Cohen’s most poetic compositions. Fran has a growing reputation as a skilful and highly evocative young performer, with live appearances this year including Truck Fest, The Sage Gateshead, Gate to Southwell Folk Festival, and the Musicport World Music Festival.
www.fransmith.com
7 April 2012
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Saturday Afternoon Concert - Headliner The Shee
Venue: Kingstone School
The Shee
The Shee are an exceptional all-female band showcasing three powerful vocalists and an astonishing level of instrumental prowess. Their diverse range of individual musical influences combine to produce an adventurous brew of Folk, Scots, Gaelic and Bluegrass and has earned them considerable recognition along with high profile performances at festivals including Cambridge and Celtic Connections, as well as concerts across Europe and Canada. Their debut album A Different Season was released in 2008, followed by nominations in both the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards and the BBC 2 Folk Awards 2009. The release of their second album Decadence saw them receive a nomination for Best Folk Band in the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2010 and went straight in to the World Music Charts Europe for Best Album.
www.theshee.com
Walsh and Pound
Will Pound and Dan Walsh are two of the most exciting and unique young musicians on today's music scene. Labelled respectively as 'one of the most original harmonica players in Britain' and 'the UK's top Clawhammer banjoist', the two have joined forces to create a highly entertaining and astonishing live set which made its debut in May 2009 at Manchester's Chetham's School of Music to a rapturous reception. Since then they have gained critical acclaim for their live performances across the UK. Will Pound has been nominated in the Best Musician category of The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He is nominated alongside Andy Cutting, Martin Simpson and Tim Edey. Very illustrious company indeed !!. Will has had an incredible year.
www.walshandpound.co.uk
Miss Quincy
'Miss Quincy isn't just another pretty face with a guitar. Did I mention she can sing? Her voice is a welcome change from the overproduced, synthesized female drones filling commercial airwaves these days. It has character and bite, like a good cigar.' - The Calgary Beacon. Tipping her hat to earlier times and the rugged Northern beauty that has been the backdrop of her life, Miss Quincy draws inspiration from the pioneering women who came before, the blues ladies of the 1930's, dirty guitar licks, and sweet gospel harmonies.
www.missquincy.net
Seth Lakeman Rising Star Award
A performance from one or two of the Rising Stars will open this concert.
7:30 pm - 11:15 pm - Saturday Evening Concert - Headliner Brass Monkey
Venue: Kingstone School
Brass Monkey
A ground-breaking five-piece band incorporating trumpet and trombone as well as squeezeboxes, mouth organ, percussion and guitar, Brass Monkey had a short but glittering career in the mid-80s. A decade later the almost-original reunited to make Sound & Rumour, which heralded the start of the second phase of their career.
'A fantastic colliery band/jazz folk fusion' Sunday Times
www.brass-monkey.squarespace.com
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
Few husband-wife musical duos provide audiences with the complete entertainment package that Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart dish out in a live performance. Armed with clever acoustic guitar interplay, autobiographical songwriting, lovely harmonies, and humorous storytelling this couple captivates your attention from the first moment they are onstage. Based out of Tennessee, Earle and Stuart draw from blues, pop, country, rock, and more in their heartfelt music. The years of touring the folk/Americana circuit (playing 170 concerts a year) have given them a knack for reaching out to the audience in an intimate 'come in to my living room' fashion.
www.staceyandmark.com
Walsh and Pound
See afternoon listing for further details.
www.walshandpound.co.uk
Jessica Lawson
Yorkshire based Jessica Lawson sings and accompanies herself on autoharp and acoustic guitar. Her original songs reflect a background in folk music and a love of Americana as she sings stories about the sea, love, loss, war, and a few fallen women. Over the past year Jessica has performed a number of high profile and exciting shows, supporting Eddi Reader and Barbara Dickson, as well as appearing on bills alongside Cara Dillon and Barbara Dickson. With the release of her debut EP 'Molly of the Tyne' and a number of festivals and shows lined up for the rest of the year, 2012 is proving to be another great year for Jessica and one that will prove her to be an exciting new presence on the folk scene.
www.jessica-lawson.co.uk
8 April 2012
1:00 pm - 4:30 am - Sunday Afternoon Concert - Headliner London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra
Venue: Kingstone School
London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra
UNIQUE is what we are !
To the LPSO, skiffle means "anything goes", as long as it is musical, entertaining and fun. Our performances are energetic, colourful, bizarre, tuneful, virtuoso and hilarious, incorporating a wealth of instruments, costume changes and numerous props.
And we are full of surprises ...
www.lpso.co.uk
Toy Hearts
The Toy Hearts are one of the UK's hottest acoustic acts right now, their style of music neatly placing them at the forefront of the resurgence of interest in folk and Americana music. 2010 saw this hard working band touring across the UK, Europe and the USA. The culmination of their work so far being the national release of their third album "Femme Fatale" in September, which was recorded in Nashville TN earlier in the year. Fronted by sisters Hannah (mandolin) and Sophia (guitar), accompanied by banjo/dobro, bass and fiddle, the band draws upon the genres of Bluegrass, Western Swing and Gypsy Jazz for inspiration. By combining original songwriting, sweet sister harmonies, hard driving rhythms and energetic performances, The Toy Hearts have developed a truly unique sound that leaves their audiences breathless and ready for more!
www.thetoyhearts.com
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin combine influences as diverse as English folk music, Indian classical and American blues to create a sound that is "textured, hypnotic and utterly captivating" (Steve Knightley, Show Of Hands). Using slide guitars, fiddle, banjo, vocals, and even beatbox harmonica, their debut album, Singing The Bones, has garnered warm praise from the likes of Mike Harding (BBC Radio Two), Fiona Talkington (BBC Radio Three), and fRoots Magazine. They have played everywhere from Maida Vale Studios to Nashville, Tennessee; and are regulars on the festival circuit, from Glastonbury Festival to the Ham Marquee at Sidmouth Folk Week.
www.philliphenryandhannahmartin.co.uk
7:30 pm - 11:15 pm - Sunday Evening Concert - Headliners
Edward II and Po GirlEdward II
Splicing dance tunes of old England with the sunny sexy grooves of reggae and lovers' rock, Edward II transcended superficial notions of 'crossover' to forge a truly original synthesis from their far-flung musical roots. Featuring a seven-piece line up that saw melodeon and sax, fiddle and trombone nestling snugly cheek-by-jowl, their repertoire strolled expansively from reworked folk standards like 'Wild Mountain Thyme' or 'La Russe' to Caribbean classics like Gregory Isaacs 'Night Nurse'. They were long renowned as one of the freshest, funkiest acts on the circuit, they sent crowds from Shetland to Sri Lanka, Brazil to Bangladesh into a jigging, skanking frenzy with their superlative live shows.
www.edwardii.co.uk
Po Girl
The interplay between Allison Russell, Awna Teixeira, Benny Sidelinger, and Mikey 'Lightning' August is truly something to behold. They are distinct voices with incredible harmonies; multiple instrumentalists who bring the perfect sound to each song and songwriters who pen poetic tunes you'll find yourself humming. Po'Girl showcases a wide array of instruments-from gutbucket bass, accordion, clarinet, banjo, dobro, guitar, to electric bass, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, bicycle bells, drums - and they all frequently trade off instruments with each song. Their fluid and joyous musicality is one of the group's most endearing and irresistible features. Impossible to put this band in a tidy little box-they're equally at home in Douala, Cameroon playing the Massao World Music Festival, as they are at the International Jazz Festival in Montreal, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Woodford Music Festival in Australia or just playing for fun for the people in Vondel Park, Amsterdam.
www.pogirl.net
Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills
Patsy and Becky both have a real pedigree in songwriting and live performance. Hailing from the mighty Waking The Witch, they will leave you spellbound, with songs that make you hold your breath. 'Becky Mills and Patsy Matheson make it all seem as easy as breathing and I suspect to them, this is precisely what it is'. -Allan Wilkinson, Northern Sky
http://www.barnsleyacoustic.co.uk
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