From: Hugh
Crabtree [Hugh_at_Farmex_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 25
September 2017 17:29
Subject: FEAST
OF FIDDLES - NEWS SEPTEMBER 2017
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Greetings!
The 2018 Spring Tour is now fully
sorted, here are the APRIL dates for your diaries:-
|
DATE |
TOWN |
VENUE |
BOX OFFICE |
WEBSITE |
|
9th |
Nettlebed |
Village Club |
01628 636620 |
nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk |
|
10th |
Nettlebed |
Village Club |
01628 636620 |
nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk |
|
11th |
Exeter |
Corn Exchange |
01392 665938 |
exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange |
|
12th |
Wimborne |
Tivoli Theatre |
01202 885566 |
tivoliwimborne.co.uk |
|
13th |
Worcester |
Huntingdon Hall |
01905 611427 |
worcesterlive.co.uk |
|
14th |
Eastbourne |
College Theatre |
01323 841414 |
|
|
15th |
Chatham |
Brooke Theatre |
01634 241108 |
tickets.medway.gov.uk |
|
16th |
Bury St Edmunds |
The Apex |
01284 758000 |
theapex.co.uk |
|
18th |
Leeds |
City Varieties |
0113 243 0808 |
cityvarieties.co.uk |
|
19th |
Alnwick |
The Playhouse |
01665 510785 |
alnwickplayhouse.co.uk |
|
20th |
Kendal |
Brewery Arts |
01539 725133 |
breweryarts.co.uk |
|
21st |
Southport |
The Atkinson |
01704 533333 |
theatkinson.co.uk |
|
22nd |
Tewkesbury |
The Roses Theatre |
01684 295074 |
rosestheatre.org |
|
23rd |
Chippenham |
Neeld Arts Centre |
01249 446699 |
neeld.co.uk |
|
24th |
Milton Keynes |
The Stables |
01908 280800 |
stables.org |
This
will be the 25th outing of Feast of Fiddles and none of us can quite believe
we've got to this important milestone.
We had a fantastic time at Fairport's Cropredy Convention in August and I am
sure those of you able to be there will agree it was a very special festival to
be part of celebrating as it was Fairport's 50th anniversary. Certain members
of the band were particularly busy with Mr Mattacks playing in the Morris On
set, with Richard Thompson and of course with Fairport themselves. Mr Knight
was also delighting the crowd with the augmented Gigspanner Big Band.
The new album Sleight of Elbow has been getting some great reviews. You
can order a copy on line at www.feastoffiddles.com
if you haven't yet got one. It marks something of a watershed moment for the
band with it's significant original composition content and lack of traditional
tunes being given the FoF treatment. However, we think you'll enjoy it and
expect it to bring a smile to your face - especially during String of Pearls
and Siamese Kashmir!
During the 2018 Spring Tour we rather think we'll head back to a bit more
traditional territory and perhaps even consider making the whole set full band
ensemble material - with individuals featured of course. It's the 25th tour
after all and we've amassed a fairly large back-catalogue to select from.
With your kind indulgence we'll also take this opportunity to tell you about
our Finnish friends FRIGG who are doing a short tour in November. We know some
of you have been to see this band having heard about them from us and they are
so good we want to make sure you have every opportunity to either see them
again or get introduced for the first time. All the details are below.
Thanks for your wonderful continued support. It is very much appreciated.
All the best,
Feast of Fiddles
***
FRIGG (Finland) are back!
?those fearless
Scandinavian sultans of string' Tony Hillier, The Weekend Australian
?the playing is spectacular' Alex Monaghan, Living Tradition
New album Frost On Fiddles out in the UK on 5 Oct
#5 World Music Charts Europe and #9 Transglobal World
Music Charts
Songlines' Top Of The World choices 2017
& 2014
Folklandia's Folk Album of the Year 2012
Finnish Ethno Gala 2017 nominations for
both Artist of the Year and The International Act of the Year
categories. Awards will be announced on Nov 7th
fizzing Finnish fiddle septet
- Scandomusic as good as it gets
Mon 20 Nov
CAMBRIDGE Junction 7.30pm 01223 511 511 + Finnish fiddle
tunes workshop 5.00-6.00pm
Tues 21 Nov
CARDIFF St David's Hall 8pm 029 2087 8444 + Finnish fiddle tunes workshop 5.30-6.30pm
Wed 22 Nov
BURY The Met 7.30pm 0161 761 2216 + Finnish fiddle
tunes workshop 5.00-6.00pm
Thurs 23 Nov
NOTTINGHAM Lakeside 7.30pm 0115 846 7777 + Finnish fiddle tunes workshop 4.30-5.30pm
Fri 24 Nov
MALVERN Colwall Village Hall Mill Lane WR13 6EQ 8pm 01684 540366 + Finnish fiddle
tunes workshop 5.30-6.30pm
Sat 25 Nov
BRADFORD ON AVON Wiltshire Music Centre 7.30pm
01225 860100 + Finnish fiddle tunes workshop 5.00-6.00pm
Sun 26 Nov
HORSHAM The Capitol 7.00pm 01403 750220 (show only)
FRIGG (Finland), a leading act on the
Nordic music scene, has dazzled Rainforest World Music Festival, WOMADelaide,
Celtic Connections, The Scots Fiddle Festival, Fiddles On Fire, Cambridge Folk
Festival, Orkney Folk Festival & many more. There's an enthusiastic
appreciation of their fiddle-founded Nordgrass sound - a mix
of Nordic folk and bluegrass. Possibly the most exciting, uplifting,
gut-wrenching & hip-twitching band in the Northern Hemisphere. Don't miss
this swirling blizzard of jigs, reels, polskas & bluegrass inventions!
?five-star'
Fiona Talkington, Songlines
?A wonderful outfit - seven artists and when they combine
their talents the music is stunning. Amazing - I can't help but sit back and
throw up my arms in admiration - fabulous stuff' Frank Hennessy, BBC Radio Wales
?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
?You can put me down as a fan' Simon Nicol, Fairport Convention
?Great fun! Great bounce!' Mark Radcliffe, The Folk Show (R2)
?really hot' Spencer Leigh, BBC Radio Merseyside
?This is Blazin' Fiddles on steroids' Jim Byrne
FRIGG's new album Frost On Fiddles is
released in the UK on 5 Oct.
?extraordinary fluency, energy and excitement' fROOTS Andrew Cronshaw
?sixty five minutes of astonishing music that covers all
the bases' **** RnR magazine
?the Finnish fiddle wizards are back?' World Music Central
?a wall of strings ? swaps classical with ceilidh and
trades Appalachian with Hebridean'
Folk Monthly
Esko J?rvel? fiddle
Alina J?rvel? fiddle
Tero Hyv?luoma
fiddle
Tommi Asplund fiddle
Anssi Salminen
guitar
Petri Prauda mandolin,
cittern
Juho Kivivuori
double bass
?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
?Their superbly matched four fiddle frontline, buoyant
string rhythm section and dynamic arrangements, complete with humorously
choreographed movements, proved irresistible' The Herald
FRIGG's Finnish Fiddle Tunes workshop offers string
players the experience of Scandinavian tunes - jigs, reels, polkas,
schottisches, waltzes - taught by ear but with the offer of scores
for future reference.
