Friday 9th July 2010
Cara
Dillon
Lau
Jim
Moray
Bemis
Gates open at
6.00pm
Cara Dillon has one of those rare talents you
only come across a handful of times in your whole life. Her
staggeringly beautiful voice has the ability to reach inside the
soul of a song and imbue material not only with profound sweetness
but also poignancy and depth. Her ability to interpret traditional
songs, as well as the strength of her own material makes her one of
the very strongest of all folk performers around today. You will be
hard pressed to find a more emotive and captivating performer.
Cara has been at the heart of UK folk music for the past few
years, but the release of her 2009 album ‘Hill of Thieves’ has been
a real breakthrough with it being recognised as one of the finest
albums of the last decade and was the deserved Winner – 2010 BBC
Radio 2 Folk Awards ‘Album of the Year’.
"A beautifully balanced production.
It’s impossible not to be held spellbound... an artist this good
deserves to be savoured." BBC
www.myspace.com/caradillon
Lau
.
Three times winners of BEST
GROUP at the Radio 2 Folk Awards LAU are a formidable trio
of three of the finest & most innovative exponents of modern
traditional music in Britain today. Their now infamous live
shows are a must-see experience with an energy and musicianship
which is spellbinding. Highly regarded musicians in their own
right, the combined talents of Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan
O’Rourke make for a fantastic and all-conquering trio. A Lau live
performance will be an explosion of both traditional and
self-penned songs which highlight their unique take on folk
music.
“…quite frankly the best band in the world
right now” Channel 4 Music
www.myspace.com/laumusic
One of England’s most innovative young
folk artists
Jim Moray is a massive talent and has been
hailed as the saviour of folk music by just about every broadsheet
and monthly magazine up and down the land. You could be forgiven
for taking all the hyperbole about Jim Moray with a very big pinch
of salt. The thing is though; he really is every bit good as they
claim.
Jim has taken songs from English traditional
music and re-worked them to create some of the most startlingly
original, contemporary recordings to come out of the folk world. He
illustrates his trademark inventiveness combined with
life-affirming freshness and confidence with his new album “Low
Culture”, which is another high point in an already ground-breaking
and fascinating journey that won him BBC Folk Album of the Year
Award in 2004. Jim offers up a set of songs from his latest album
that will delight folk traditionalists every bit as much as to his
growing fan base.
“One beautiful melody after another hauls
you in, hook, line and sinker” BBC Album
Review
www.myspace.com/jimmoray
Bemis
Bemis are an acoustic harmony band from
the South - winners of Breakthrough Artists for Forest FM - for
reputation in the Dorset/Southampton area in 2009 and Portsmouth
Guide award winners for best folk/roots act in 2008.
Known for our successful appearances
at the 
Bearded Theory Festival last year (booked again this year)
and events like the Secret Garden Festival in Farnham, The Longest
Day Festival in Lewes and the Coalition Peace Festival at the
Spitbank Fort - we have played many other festivals and appeared at
venues like the 100 Club in Oxford Street, Cyder House Inn in
Shackleford, the Boiler Room in Guildford, Halfmoon in Putney, The
Brook in Southampton, the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth and sellout
headline nights at the renowned Cellars at
Eastney.
Their first album got a 4 and a half
stars out of 5 glowing review in Maverick magazine - and their next
album, that features 2 members of The Men They Couldn't Hang and a
member of The Ukrainians,was given the same in May this
year.
Known for their lyrics, the vocal
harmonies and the attack they bring to the acoustic scene, Bemis
are well worth checking out.
www.myspace.com/bemisuk
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