A festival of finest English folk 15, 16 & 17 October 2015 Bury, Greater Manchester
www.homegrownfolk.co.uk
Welcome
“One of the most important live showcases of contemporary and traditional English folk, roots and acoustic music in this country, if not all of Europe” Northern Soul
Folk Festival
returns to Bury for three days of concerts by England’s finest folk musicians.
Festival Offer Book for any four different Homegrown events together and we’ll give you 20% off the ticket price.
Taking place alongside the festival is the English Folk Expo, a music industry event that will bring delegates to Bury from all over the world to experience the finest English folk. www.englishfolkexpo.com
Organised by The Met and now in its fourth year the festival features ten concerts from over fifty musicians between Thursday 15 and Saturday 17 October. Highlights include Mercury nominated duo The Unthanks, singer and multiinstrumentalist Seth Lakeman, singersongwriter and fiddle player Eliza Carthy, electric, guitar driven folk from False Lights, and Oysters3, featuring the three founding members of Oysterband. For the first time Homegrown has an international partner as this year Folk Spot Denmark brings three brilliant Danish bands to Bury. We are excited to welcome one of Denmark’s leading folk bands Habadekuk, duo Rannok and folk string band Basco. We look forward to welcoming you to Homegrown for an entertaining weekend of the finest English Folk.
Homegrown is organised by Bury Metropolitan Arts Association, a registered charity (no 701879). We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funders and sponsors.
Thursday 15 October
Seth Lakeman
Habadekuk Bella Hardy 7.30pm
Castle Armoury Drill Hall £22
Westcountry folk singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Seth Lakeman has successfully steered English folk into the mainstream with high-energy performances and a series of best-selling albums. His current album, Word of Mouth entered the charts at number 20 on release in February 2014 to rave reviews.
“His finest in years” Evening Standard His previous albums include Mercury-nominated Kitty Jay and the gold-selling Freedom Fields which features the song King and Country.
One of Denmark’s leading folk bands, Habadekuk are characterised by powerful horns, toe-tapping fiddle and contagious rhythms. With a vibrant mix of folk, rock, salsa and big band jazz they catapult folk melodies into the 21st century, creating an unforgettable live experience.
“Plenty of brass oomph to accompany Kristian Bugge’s fiddle and a rhythm section that could power a cruise liner, they roar through a selection of traditional tunes.” fRoots
Bella Hardy BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2014, Bella Hardy is one of the most creative, prolific and original singers in the UK. Her captivating voice inhabits her music and spins her narratives with an equal balance of strength and sensitivity. With roots firmly within the folk tradition, songs written straight from the heart and bold steps into a new world of sound and expression, this is a performer not to be missed.
Habadekuk
“…unveiled, committed, uncontrived, persuasive, passionate, empowering, and utterly wonderful” fRoots
Oysters3
Oysters3
Sam Carter
Maz O’Connor 7.30pm
The Met £16
Oysters3 are John Jones, Alan Prosser and Ian Telfer, the three founder members of folk-rock legends Oysterband. They invite you to an evening of fresh acoustic performance and not-entirely-discreet stories, providing an insight into their sometimes turbulent history, with great songs from every era of a unique career.
Sam Lee Rannok 8pm
The Met £14
An outstanding singer and song collector, Sam Lee was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize for his debut and won the 2011 Arts Foundation Prize.
“Wonderfully inventive” The Observer
Sam Carter is a BBC Folk Awardwinning singer, songwriter and guitarist. Mike Harding described him as “one of the most gifted acoustic guitarists of his generation.” One of English folk’s rising stars, Maz O’Connor performs a mixture of traditional folk songs and her own thoughtful compositions. She has been named Fatea’s Female Vocalist of the Year.
Danish band Rannok are known for their intense energy and unique interaction. With a passion for traditional melodies, they offer a new take on their ancestors’ music. Expect energetic polkas, atmospheric ballads and warm-hearted waltzes.
Rannock
Friday 16 October Belshazzar’s Feast
Stick in the Wheel 8pm
The Met £14
Belshazzar’s Feast are duo Paul Hutchinson (Hoover the Dog, Karen Tweed, the Playford Liberation Front) and Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Faustus).
“They can do things with a squeeze-box and an oboe that can break your heart.” Independent on Sunday Stick in the Wheel are a raw and uncompromising London folk band. Brought up in the thriving culture of working class East London, they’ve recently been nominated for the Horizon Award for Best Emerging Act and Best Traditional Track at the BBC Radio 2 folk awards 2015.
Eliza Carthyand the Wayward Band Kings of the South Seas
Basco 7.30pm
The Met £20
A truly inventive and innovative singersongwriter and fiddleplayer, Eliza Carthy is one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Recipient of Mercury Prize nominations, BBC Radio 2 folk awards and innumerable other accolades, she has revitalised folk with intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing performances. The Wayward Band is bursting with some of the finest players of recent times, including members of Bellowhead, Mawkin, Blowzabella, Edward II, Emily Portman Trio, Peatbog Fairies, Dreams of Tall Buildings and Tyde.
“...completely thrilling ...a joyful musical whirlwind” folkwitness.co.uk
Kings of the South Seas are Ben Nicholls, Richard Warren and Evan Jenkins, three artists who together create boundary crossing music that merges folk, jazz, music hall and rock.
“Uproariously rousing and darkly disturbing” The Guardian
Edward II
CoCo and the Butterfields Habadekuk 7pm
Castle Armoury Drill Hall / Standing / FREE
Edward II uniquely blend the rhythms of the Caribbean with traditional songs from the British Isles. Enjoy rocksteady rhythms, blazing horns, fabulous harmonies and fiery melodeon melodies.
Danish band Basco have captured the hearts and minds of audiences from all over Europe with their infectious energy, virtuosity and inventiveness.
CoCo and the Butterfields express all the fun and vibrance of a village folk fair, throwing in powerful vocals and a beatbox to deliver catchy songs resonating in a stadium-filling pop and urban rap vibe. Denmark’s Habadekuk mix folk melodies with rock, and jazz.
Eliza Carthy
This free Homegrown concert is presented in association with Bury Light Night. Tickets can be booked online for collection at the venue, or will be available on the door.
Saturday 17 October
Emily Portman Trio
Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party Moore Moss Rutter 1.30pm
The Met £16
David Gibb
Letters Through Your Door 11am
The Met £8
Letters Through Your Door is a fun and exciting show for children aged 3 and over from David Gibb, an award-winning songwriter and storyteller on a mission to make great music for families.
False Lights
Keston Cobblers’ Club Jess Morgan 7.30pm
The Met £15 / Standing
Emily Portman is a singer, writer and concertina player hailed as “one of British folk’s most beguiling presences” (Uncut). She is joined in the Emily Portman Trio by the equally talented Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton. With beautiful harmonies, oom-pah tuba, accordion, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica and mandolin, Keston Cobblers’ Club make music to make you dance until your shoes wear out.
Fay Hield seems to have been born knowing how to carry a tune but also with the rarer gift of knowing how to go straight to the heart of a song. She is joined in The Hurricane Party by Andy Cutting, Rob Harbron, Sam Sweeney and Roger Wilson. Moore Moss Rutter rework English tunes into soundscapes of mellow and precisely engineered beauty. Jess Morgan sings bold, inventive songs peppered with influences from British and American folk, country, blues and world music, all driven by warm and distinctive vocals.
False Lights are a moshpitinducing, ear-ringingly dynamic, blast-in-your-face explosion of loud, electric folk for the 21st century. The brainchild of guitargenius singer-songwriter Sam Carter and folk revolutionary Jim Moray, the band debuted at FolkEast in 2014, and have since gone on to great acclaim.
False Lights
The Unthanks
The Unthanks
Andy May Trio Gren Bartley 7.30pm
Castle Armoury Drill Hall £22
The Unthanks is a family affair for Tyneside sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank, with Rachel married to pianist, producer, arranger and composer, Adrian McNally. Using the traditional music of the North East of England as a starting point, the influence of Steve Reich, Miles Davis, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Wyatt, Antony and The Johnsons, King Crimson and Tom Waits can be heard in the band’s eight albums to date, including Mount The Air, released to huge acclaim earlier this year.
“The Unthanks seem to regard folk music the same way Miles Davis regarded jazz: as a launch pad for exploring the wider possibilities.” Uncut
Three award-winning musicians from Newcastle – Northumbrian piper Andy May, guitarist Ian Stephenson and fiddler Sophy Ball – come together as the Andy May Trio to play high energy instrumental folk, inspired by the music of their native North East. Enjoy traditional tunes from Northumberland delivered with warmth and humour.
Gren Bartley
Gren Bartley has released three albums in the last three years, each one revealing an increasingly prolific and exceptional writer and musician. His new album Magnificent Creatures has been described as “A superb piece of work” by FATEA Andy May Trio Magazine.
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band with Lucy Ward at the Castle Armoury for Homegrown 2014
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How to Book
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Online via homegrownfolk.co.uk
Bookings online or by phone include a one-off transaction fee of £2.50. There is no transaction fee for bookings in person.
In person from The Met Tue-Fri Noon-7pm Saturday 11am-5pm
We are unable to offer refunds. Ticket exchange may be possible, but fees apply.
By Phone from 0161 761 2216
Festival Offer
Book for any four different Homegrown Folk Festival events together and we’ll give you 20% off the ticket price.
Timetable
Bury’s Army Reserve drill hall, the Castle Armoury has been converted into a 700 seat venue for Homegrown.
The Met
Market Street, Bury BL9 0BW
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THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 7.30pm 1 Seth Lakeman / Habadekuk / Bella Hardy 7.30pm 2 Oysters3 / Sam Carter / Maz O’Connor 8.00pm 2 Sam Lee / Rannok
Friday 16 October 7.00pm 1 Edward II / CoCo and the Butterfields / Habadekuk 7.30pm 2 Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band / Kings of the South Seas / Basco 8.00pm 2 Belshazzar’s Feast / Stick in the Wheel
Saturday 17 October 11.00am 2 David Gibb Letters Through Your Door Bury’s music venue, The Met is noted nationally for its folk music programme.
1.30pm 2 Emily Portman Trio / Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party / Moore Moss Rutter 7.30pm 1 The Unthanks / Andy May Trio / Gren Bartley 7.30pm 2 False Lights / Keston Cobblers Club / Jess Morgan