Saturday February 13th 2010
4 Tickets left as at 10:00 am Sat Feb 13th Call 07771 745470
Double Bill
Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies In Concert
Support Act Stitherum
Tickets £10
The bar will be open.
Doors open 7:15pm for 8:00pm start.
For more info or to reserve tickets ring Les Worrall on 01673 843036 or 07771 745470 or email lesworrall@faldingworthlive.co.uk
Jez Lowe's band, The Bad Pennies, have been one of the high points of the
international folk scene for over a decade, frequently touring to the USA, Canada,
Australia and beyond! This time they are touring Jez Lowe's new studio album 'Jack
Common's Anthem' as well as a prestigious back catalogue of classics.
Jez Lowe was recently described as 'one of our best songwriters' by BBC Radio 2 and
his songwriting work for the BBC 'Radio Ballads' series was honoured by a SONY Radio
Academy Award. In December 2007 he was nominated for the BBC Radio Folk Awards
as ‘Folksinger of the Year’.
His lively, toe-tapping melodies and bittersweet lyrics are complimented by the excellent
band line-up of Kate Bramley (fiddle/ duet vocals), Tyneside champion Northumbrian
piper Andy May (pipes, whistles, piano) and fretless bass supremo David de la Haye
(bass/ vocals).
Recent album reviews:
"One of the folkscene's great unsung heroes... His best album for some time."
MIKE HARDING, BBCRADIO 2
"A profoundly impressive new album. Lowe has earned the right to be counted among England's finest
contemporary songwriters."
DAILY TELEGRAPH, UK"An affirmation, and a development! Quintessential Jez!"
FROOTS, UK"Another impressive collection from this very talented songwriter." FOLKING.COM
"You can't go wrong with this lovely album." PENGUIN EGGS, CANADA
Live reviews:
“One of the hottest acts around” DAILY TELEGRAPH
“Definitely a highlight of the year” NET RHYTHM
‘Some of the greatest contemporary English folk songs since early Richard Thompson are coming from
the pen of Jez Lowe’
BOSTON GLOBE‘An excellent matching of old and new’ Q MAGAZINE
‘the best songwriter to come out of England in a long time’ RICHARD THOMPSON
‘the work of a songwriter at the top of his game’ IRISH WORLD
‘first rate musicians combine to produce the special moments that are difficult to define but easy to
experience’
THE LIVING TRADITION‘musical variety, passion, intelligence, keen observation and instantly memorable tunes’ F-ROOTS
Support Act - Stitherum
Stitherum are Mike and Sue
Dewsbury, originally from Nottingham but now proud to be Lincolnshire
Yellowbellies- by absorption (mainly Batemans XXXB).
Although regular visitors to folk clubs in the 70’s, they didn’t get around to
performing in public until being persuaded to attend Gainsborough Folk Club in
the early 1990s. They eventually became involved in running the Club and were
instrumental in the organisation of the First Gainsborough Folk Festival in 2000
Their musical influences are wide with Mike having a deep affection for the
early blues and the playing of John Hurt, Blind Boy Fuller and of course Robert
Johnson.
Sue, however prefers a much more ‘melodic’ style and particularly enjoys the
singing of June Tabor, Artisan, Tom Bliss and Bob Fox.
Mike and Sue are equally comfortable taking part in a singaround, a folk club
floor spot or appearing as the booked artist and as such have appeared at a
number of festivals including Saltburn and Southwell.
They are regularly asked to provide the support act for local performances by
artists as diverse as Bert Jansch, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Emily Druce, Jez
Lowe and Bob Fox.
Stitherum’s repertoire is drawn from the full range of traditional and
contemporary folk and is always collected in the ‘aural’ tradition-
we hears it- we nicks it! (only with the writers permission though!)
A typical set will include something thing silly, something sublime, something
soppy and probably something slightly saucy interspersed with a fair bit of
domestic harmony!
A word of warning though- it is generally thought unwise to encourage Mike to
delve into his joke book- (for instance “ Did you kow that a recent survey
showed that six out of seven dwarves weren’t happy…… )..... you have been warned
!
“Stitherum” is actually a Lincolnshire dialect word meaning a convoluted tale or
rigmarole- some would say it 'does what it says on the tin...."
When the muse is on her, Sue has ventured into song writing and was successful
in reaching the final of the ‘BBC Write a Song for Lincolnshire Competition’ in
2002, 2003 & 2004.
Her song ‘Woven Threads of Linen’ (about a tablecloth?!) was the winner in 2003
and became the title track of their first CD- "Threads"
This was soon followed by oddly titled second CD: "oh look there’s an aardvark"
which features this Boulton/Parton classic as one of their most requested songs