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Newsletter 3rd October 2006 |
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Renowned
for her pure, powerful and clear voice, Beth Nielsen Chapman is one of the
pre-eminent singer/songwriters of her generation. Beth has released five
albums; including the groundbreaking Sand and Water after the death of her
husband from cancer in 1994. The record is often used as a tool for
healing through grief, and the title song was performed by Elton John on
his 1997 U.S. tour in place of Candle In The Wind to honour the memory of
Princess Diana. Just as she was putting the finishing touches on her
subsequent release, Deeper
Still, Beth herself was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Successfully treated over the next twelve months, she went on to release
the record and made it a point to speak about her experience and encourage
women to be vigilant in caring for their health. It was voted Album Of The Year by BBC2's Terry
Wogan. Saturday
27 January, Chequer Mead, East Grinstead
£15
(full price)
Box Office 01342
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But back to 2006,
we have some great music lined up for you in the next 3 months. Click on
the links below for more. Remember you can usually listen to samples from
our upcoming shows on the ‘jukebox’ in our MySpace website – there
are 4 songs playing right
now from Bob Fox and Billy Mitchell, all with the artists’ full
permission. Why not have a listen? Ø
Monday 16th October
- Billy Mitchell & Bob Fox, at The Ravenswood,
Sharpthorne Ø
Monday 6th November
– Pierre Bensusan, at The Ravenswood,
Sharpthorne Ø
Tuesday 28th
November – Tommy Emmanuel, at Chequer Mead Arts
Centre, East Grinstead Ø
Monday 11th
December – John Tams & Barry Coope, at Chequer
Mead Arts Centre, East Grinstead |
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Monday 16
October |
This
collaboration between Billy
Mitchell and Bob Fox
has been a long time coming. Both men learnt their musical
trade around Tyneside and have been delighting audiences at home and away
for many years. Bob
Fox has one of the greatest
voices on the folk circuit and is a wonderful guitarist too. Following his
nomination in 2003 as Best Folk Singer
and Best Traditional song (with The Hush) Bob gained
nominations in 2004 as Best Folk Singer plus Best Original song for his
version of Chris Leslie's "My Love is in
America" STOP
PRESS: The
release date for the new Bob Fox album, The Blast, is the same day as this
gig - so it should be on sale tonight!. Produced by John Tams, The album has already had
some great press reviews and is being tipped as a potential nomination for
a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Ralph McTell:
"At last, the record we've been
waiting for from Bob. It's the sound we hear in live performance – that
astonishing guitar technique coupled with one of England's finest
voices." Billy Mitchell spent eight years as front man of the legendary Lindisfarne, until their retirement in 2003. In the '70s he founded the seminal Jack the Lad. He has acted (himself) and sung all around the world and recently released his first solo album, 'The Devil's Ground'. They are both musicians of stunning ability who can bring magic into any auditorium. Now, after many years of mutual admiration, they will share a stage and pool the wealth of talent at their disposal. In concert Billy and Bob will perform alone and together, the material will be cherry-picked from their solo work and the combined back catalogues of Lindisfarne, Jack the Lad, The Hush and Bob Fox & Stu Luckley, to produce a memorable night of songs. Support for the
evening is provided by Nigel Bagge
& Eddie Armer. Nigel is a blues-based guitarist and singer
who has worked with many fine musicians including Peter Green and Chris
Farlowe. Eddie Armer, former frontman of the Lonnigans, is a wonderful
harp player whose recording credits include Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood, the
late Long John Baldry, Odetta and Pete Seeger. |
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Monday 6
November September |
French-Algerian
Pierre Bensusan is rated as
one of the top 10 finger-style guitar players in the world, and one of the
most eloquent and diverse musicians of our time, effortlessly moving from
classical to jazz to ethnic. In solo concerts that have been described as “a must-have experience“ sometimes lasting up to 3 hours), each performance is brimming with passion, drama, rich ornamentation, grace and sheer joy, along with some of the most dazzling acoustic guitar playing on the planet. "Pierre’s music
gives me the shakes. No other guitarist shares his strange gifts of sophistication,
accessibility and downright joy.
Even at its most complex, Pierre’s music only needs ears to be
enjoyed." Leo KottkeJoining
Pierre exclusively for this concert is Matthew Ord, a superb young guitarist
who combines an impressive picking technique with a feel for the blues
that's rare at any age and remarkable in such a young player, with echoes
of John Fahey and John Renbourn. We think Matthew will reach wider
attention very soon, so come and get an early
taster. This
is a fabulous double-bill that we cannot recommend highly
enough. |
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Tuesday
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The
late and great Chet Atkins (with whom Tommy Emmanuel shared a Grammy
nomination for ‘The Day Fingerpickers Took Over the World’) said of Tommy
"...one of the greatest players on the
planet...". No wonder, since he has amazed everyone who hears
him with his indefinable acoustic guitar style - a style which has led him
to working with Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Michael Bolton, Olivia
Newton-John, John Denver, Albert Lee, Leo Kottke, Hank Marvin, Joe Walsh,
and countless others. A
household name in his native Australia, Tommy’s music and his life have
become part of Australian legend. With countless awards including 4
platinum and 3 gold albums, he sets the standard for others to emulate.
Book early for this certain sell-out show. "I
think he’s probably the greatest finger-picker in the world today...
inventive, fearless and a flawless sense of rhythm... You can’t watch
Tommy perform and not feel happy.” Chet
Atkins "a
true colossus of the instrument in performance."
Brian
Miller, Celtic Connections In
support tonight is Gareth
Pearson, a young guitarist from South Wales. He was inspired to
play the guitar when he saw a video tape of Tommy Emmanuel in
concert. “There
will be an opening act that we met in England. He's a teenage acoustic
guitar player that knocked us all out. His name is Gareth Pearson. He
doesn't sing, he has no band, and he is mesmerizing. I love his music, and
you will, too...or else..”
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Monday
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Returning
to East Grinstead after their hugely popular show last year, John Tams, one of the country's
leading songwriters, with his colleague of many years, the widely
respected singer and keyboard player Barry
Coope. John
is considered by many to be one of our finest English songwriters. His
warm, tender-hearted and distinctive vocals are among the most expressive
and soulful in English music.
He won a hat-trick of awards in the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for
Folk Singer of the Year;
Album of the Year;
and Best Traditional Song.
He was also Musical Director for the acclaimed recent Radio Ballads series on BBC Radio 2.
John
will be remembered by many as Daniel Hagman in the ITV Sharpe series - a
role he played for five years alongside Sean Bean. He also co-wrote the
music for the series. Barry
Coope combines
his exquisite versatility as a singer with a deeply passionate mastery of
time and harmony as an accompanist.
The collaboration of these two extraordinary talents, who also
happen to be great friends, is a recipe for a wonderful evening of
entertainment with a fine mixture of traditional and original
songs. "They
confound expectations. Rich,
diverse, contemporary and utterly compelling. It simply does not get any better
than this" |
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For
your future diaries.. |
Future
dates in the 2007 Acoustic Sussex programme (some of them provisional)
are: Ø
19
January 2007, Acoustic
Strawbs (see
website) Ø
27 January 2007, Beth Nielsen-Chapman (see
website) Ø
9
February 2007, Keith James – Songs of
Nick Drake (see
website) Ø
26
February 2007, Anais
Mitchell (tbc) (see
website) Ø
12
March 2007, Clive Carroll
(tbc) (see
website) Ø
26
March 2007, Richard
Durrant (see
website) Ø
30
April 2007, Charlie Dore
(see
website) Ø
4
June 2007, Vin Garbutt (see
website) 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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