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News round-up
1. Fiddles on Fire April 11 & 12 at The Sage Gateshead.
2. Rachel Harrington in Peebles April 14.
3. Les Barker tour dates April and May
4. WOOD festival May 15, 16, 17
1. Fiddles on Fire - The Sage Gateshead
It’s certainly going to be an egg-citing Easter Weekend at The Sage Gateshead as Fiddles on Fire introduces a cracking collection of new events into the festival this year.
Alongside the usual concerts, workshops, dancing sessions, free performances etc. Fiddles on Fire 2009 brings four new things to watch out for: a new family Sound Bites concert; Harald Haugaard brings his blend of folk-fusion for the first time; The Big Fiddle storming of the stage and a world premiere by folk star Aiden O’Rourke
Sound Bites 11am - Saturday 11th April
Is it a fiddle? Is it a violin? Who are its cousins? This concert for children and their families is an exciting and entertaining exploration of the fiddle and the music it plays. There’ll be familiar tunes, new ones and some surprises and you’ll hear music to make the heart sing and the feet tap... maybe we’ll even find the answers to those questions along the way. Tickets: £8
Harald Haugaard Trio 4.15pm – Saturday 11th April
Harald Haugaard is constantly breaking folk music boundaries and is known for his work with folk-fusion and techno-folk. For this concert, we are delighted to welcome him to Fiddles on Fire for the first time with his new trio. Tickets: £8
The Big Fiddle 7.45pm – Sunday 12th April
Hundreds of fiddle players who are expected to take part in workshops and sessions over the weekend are invited to storm Hall One stage for The Big Fiddle!
Blazin’ Fiddles perform world premiere 8pm – Sunday 12th April
Scottish group Blazin’ Fiddles opens the concert with the world premiere of Aidan O'Rourke's new composition ‘Bridges’ - a large scale piece of music for around thirty fiddles! Bridges was commissioned by The Sage Gateshead, especially for the fiddle ensemble from the Folk and Traditional Music Degree run by Newcastle University in conjunction with The Sage Gateshead, plus members of Folkestra, one of The Sage Gateshead’s outstanding regional youth ensembles. Tickets: £16.50
The concert programme sits side by side with a workshop programme, inviting players of all abilities (including absolute beginners, beginners, intermediate, advanced, those new to folk fiddle music and children) to come and learn new tunes, styles and techniques; plus a unique opportunity for violin teachers to experience first-hand the revolutionary approach to string teaching in the Nordic countries.
Tickets start from £8 – book online at www.TheSageGateshead.org, or in person at The Sage Gateshead’s Ticket Office or by calling 0191 443 4661.
2. RACHEL HARRINGTON (with Zak Borden) at Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
Tuesday, April 14 7.30 pm Tickets £11/£9 01721-725777
Americana country singer-songwriter sensation Rachel Harrington performed for the first time at String Jam Club last year and received a quite extraordinary receptio. Now there's another opportunity to see her play, this time at the Eastgate Theatre in Peebles on Tuesday April 14. She will again be accompanied by her talented sideman, Zak Borden on mandolin, guitar & vocals.
From the crossroads of country, folk and bluegrass, Rachel’s debut CD ‘The Bootlegger’s Daughter’ reached No 1 on the Euro-Americana Chart and was hailed by Bob Harris as his ‘Album Of The Year.’ Her second album ‘City of Refuge’ went straight to the No 2 position of the Euro-Americana Charts and was described as “inspiringly original” by Q Magazine. Rachel is a roots musician in the purest sense whose unique artistry captures the deep link between country and soul.
3. Les Barker tour dates
Les Barker writes strange poems and comes originally from Manchester, but he's now Welsh. He was an accountant before he became a professional idiot.
His most famous poems include ‘The Shipping Forecast’, ‘Jason and the Arguments’, ‘Cosmo the Fairly Accurate Knife Thrower’, ‘Captain Indecisive’, ‘Spot of the Antarctic’, ‘An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables', 'A Cardi and Bloke', 'Up the Creek Without a Poodle' and ‘Have You Any News of the Iceberg.’
Les Barker is due to perform monologues, poems & parodies at the following culture emporia
APRIL 2009
Sat 25. The Davy Lamp Folk Club, Biddick Lane, Fatfield, District 7, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE38 8AB Tel: 0191 416 6999 Tickets £5.00 – From 7.30 p.m.
MAY 2009
Fri 1. Wath Festival, Montgomery Hall, Church Street Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7RD Tel: 07982 658467 Ticket £15.00 From 7.30 p.m.
Sat 9. Old Chapel, Hartpury Church, Hartpury, 01462 790860
Thurs 14. The Maudslay, 190 Allesley Old Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5 8GJ Tel 07983 590050 Tickets Price: £8.00 / £7.00 in advance From 7.30 pm.
Sat 16. Berwyn Festival, The Ceiriog Centenary Hall, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, LL20 7LD Tel: 01691 600310 Tickets £2.00 Entrance Fee -- All Day Festival Of Music, Art & Food
Mon 25. Chippenham Folk Festival, The Cause Music and Arts Centre, The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD Tel: 01249 657190
4. WOOD - a brand new eco-festival. May 15,16,17
A new kind of music event, powered by completely renewable energy sources including
bicycles, wood-burning stoves and the sun, is being stage in Oxfordshire next month. The aim of this festival is to celebrate music and nature, so naturally it’s called WOOD.
WOOD festival will be held at Braziers Park,Oxfordshire on May 15, 16 & 17. With a great line-up of great (mainly) acoustic and organic music, there'll also be a full programme of activities and workshops for all ages. Acts include SPIERS & BODEN, MEIC STEVENS, PO' GIRL, JIM MORAY, KARINE POLWART, THE WEEK THAT WAS, DANNY THE CHAMP, STORNOWAY, JONQUIL,CO-PILGRIM,with plenty more still to be announced.
The event runs entirely on renewable energy and aims to highlight green issues and through
participation promote an ecologically friendly lifestyle, with composting toilets, showers heated
by wood-burning stove and a solar-powered stage.
It's organised by the people behind Truck festival. Organiser Joe Bennett said: “We're aiming to use renewable energy sources as much as possible. So, the main stage , will be solar-powered, and the second stage will be bicycle-powered (which will require audience participation!). There are composting toilets (which are much nicer than portaloos by the way - I've tried them!), and the showers will be powered by a wood burner.There'll also be a sauna powered by
the same method."
Tickets forWOOD 2009 are now on sale from www.ThisIsTruck.com/WOOD.
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