From: Hugh
Crabtree [Hugh_at_Farmex_dot_com]
Sent: 28
August 2015 15:09
Subject: Advanced
Notice of Feast of Fiddles Spring Tour 2016 Dates
Greetings!
All the 2016 Spring Tour dates have now been confirmed so please check out if
there's one near you as we'd be delighted to see you during the tour. There are
new venues included in Ulverston and Masham and we finally get to the south
coast in Wimbourne. Welcome returns to Southport and Bury St Edmunds and our
second appearance at the Union Chapel in London. We think this is going to become
a regular gig as we had so much fun there this year.
The usual heady mix of new, not so new and old favourites will comprise our
23rd annual outing as a band!
We have once again taken the opportunity to inform you of some UK dates in
October by our friends from Finland - FRIGG. The information follows below. In
particular, you might be interested in the workshops that are being arranged at
three of the venues.
All the best,
Feast of Fiddles
www.feastoffiddles.com
Feast of Fiddles Spring Tour April 2016
DATE |
TOWN |
VENUE |
BOX OFFICE |
WEBSITE |
4th |
Nettlebed |
Village Club |
01628 636620 |
nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk |
5th |
Nettlebed |
Village Club |
01628 636620 |
nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk |
6th |
Exeter |
Corn Exchange |
01392 665938 |
exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange |
7th |
Wimborne |
Tivoli Theatre |
01202 885566 |
tivoliwimborne.co.uk |
8th |
Haywards Heath |
Clair Hall |
01444 455440 |
placesforpeopleleisure.org |
9th |
Ulverston |
Coronation Hall |
01229 587140 |
corohall.co.uk |
10th |
Masham |
Town Hall |
01765 680200 |
mashamtownhall.com |
11th |
Southport |
The Atkinson |
01704 533333 |
theatkinson.co.uk |
12th |
Worcester |
Huntingdon Hall |
01905 611427 |
worcesterlive.co.uk |
13th |
Tewkesbury |
Roses Theatre |
01684 295074 |
rosestheatre.org |
14th |
Bury St Edmunds |
The Apex |
01284 758000 |
theapex.co.uk |
15th |
Wavendon |
The Stables |
01908 280800 |
stables.org |
16th |
London |
Union Chapel |
On Line Only at |
unionchapel.org.uk |
17th |
Chatham |
Brook Theatre |
01634 241108 |
tickets.medway.gov.uk/ |
FRIGG (Finland)
FIZZING FINNISH FIDDLE SEPTET
Wed 14 - Sun 18 Oct'15
Hot fiddles from cool Scandinavia
?high-energy, full force fiddle attack to pastoral
chamber-folk ? a thrilling performance from start to Finnish and the audience
Lapped it up!' Peter Cowley, Fatea
Magazine
Wed 14 Oct'15 DIDCOT Cornerstone 8.00pm tix 01235 515144
Thurs 15 Oct LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall, The Music
Room 8.00pm tix
0151 709 3789 + workshop
Fri 16 Oct SETTLE Victoria Hall 8.00pm tix 01729 825718
+ workshop
Sat 17 Oct WHITBY Musicport tix 01947
603475
Sun 18 Oct MALVERN Colwall Village Hall 7.00pm tix 01684 540366 + workshop
Songlines' Top Of The World choice 2014
Folklandia's Folk Album of the Year 2012
Fiddling but not as we know it?
Musicianship of the highest quality with more than a hint of mischief &
wonder. Frigg, a leading act on the Nordic scene, played their first tours here
in 2013. They played several main-stages and there's now a steadily
growing appreciation of their blistering Nordgrass, fiddle-founded sound.
Possibly the most exciting, uplifting, gut-wrenching & hip-twitching band
in the Northern Hemisphere. Don't miss this blizzard of jigs, reels &
bluegrass inventions! Scandomusic as good as it gets.
?Embracing everything from Nashville to Nordkapp,
Salzburg to Stornoway, this Helsinki septet manages to sound like a polka band,
a rock group, or a Riverdance ensemble, while remaining purely acoustic and
firmly string-powered. Four fiddles, an upright bass, guitars and mandos:
that's all there is, but Frigg fill the air, live or on CD.' Alex
Monaghan, Folkworld
Reeling
from their UK debut year - they dazzled Celtic Connections, The
Scots Fiddle Festival, Fiddles On Fire, Bury Met, Bury St Edmunds Apex,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Cambridge Folk Festival & many more? -
this international fiddle septet return for more. Featuring the premier talents
of a young generation of folk musicians, Frigg has developed a blend of their
own called Nordgrass, a mix of Nordic folk and American bluegrass. A
hair-raising, voice-losing, heart-burstingly beautiful gig full of traditional
Finnish tunes with Norwegian detours. Energy, fun, humour and interaction are
Frigg's most important virtues on any gig. Powerfolk and perfect! Cd Polka V
www.frigg.fi and Facebook
?You can put me down as a fan' Simon Nicol, Fairport Convention
?five-star' Fiona Talkington, Songlines
?irresistible' The
Herald
?Nordgrass rocks!' Alex Monaghan, The Living Tradition
Antti J?rvel? double bass
Einar Olav / Esko J?rvel? fiddle
Alina J?rvel? fiddle
Tero Hyv?luoma fiddle
Tommi Asplund fiddle
Tuomas Logren guitar
Petri Prauda mandolin, cittern
Shetland www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xm1a35mJt4
Cambridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWEqDuMBkfo
?This is Blazin'
Fiddles on steroids!' Jim Byrne
Now,
with five successful albums, a folk music "Album of the Year" nomination and
?Top of the World' features in Songlines magazine, Frigg have firmly
established themselves as the leading act on the Nordic scene.
Fast, furious and fun, the innovative combo features the virtuosic talents of three members of the famed Jarvela family from the central Finland village of the same name in the municipality of Kaustinen - siblings Alina and Esko Jarvela and their cousin Antti, the band's frontman. The three are from the family's fourth generation of famous fiddlers though Antii turns his hand to the double bass in this unstoppable, high-energy line-up. Boasting several multi-instrumentalists, the four front-row fiddles and double bass are complemented by Petri Prauda's cittern & mandolin and Tuomas Logren's guitar. Drawing first and foremost on the folk music heritage of their homeland, their fjord and forest-imbued Nordic tunes are peppered with innovative infusions of world music styles from Celtic to Balkan and Americana, making for a truly distinctive, irrepressible and life-affirming sound.