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SUMMARY:Old Songs\, Stories of Love and Death: A musical afternoon with Amy Jeffs\, Gwen Burns\, and Natalie Brice
DESCRIPTION:Amy Jeffs\, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Storyland and Wild\, artist Gwen Burns\, and musician Natalie Brice combine forces to create a rich compendium\, singing of mystery\, magic and\, above all\, humanity. \nThe three celebrate their illustrated and music-infused book\, Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads\, which fuses short stories\, histories\, lyrics\, and illustrations in an enthralling reimagining of traditional folk ballads. \nFeaturing iterations of fairy tales and sinister descendants of Greek myths and bible stories\, Old Songs threads a tapestry of Britain’s landscape\, history\, and cultures. \nDr Amy Jeffs is an author\, artist\, and medievalist. She worked in the British Library’s department of Ancient\, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts. \nGwen Burns has a background in costume design and social history. Her work is informed by fine art\, western symbolic traditions\, historic artefacts\, and nature. \nNatalie Brice is an actor-musician\, composer\, and teacher – she’s sang with The English Touring Opera and arranged music for film\, theatre\, commercial voiceover work\, with collaborations with various artists. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/old-songs-stories-of-love-and-death-a-musical-afternoon-with-amy-jeffs-gwen-burns-and-natalie-brice/
LOCATION:Coliseum Centre\, Victoria Place\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1EZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music,Poetry & Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Sea Here: North Yorkshire Women Poets and Music by The Marigolds
DESCRIPTION:Three poets from the Yorkshire coast – Wendy Pratt\, Rowena Somerville\, and Charlotte Oliver – perform a selection of their poetry as a dynamic group. \nWendy Pratt is the founder and editor of Spelt magazine\, dedicated to celebrating rural life. She runs short courses and workshops through her Substack writing community\, Notes from the Margin. Her latest poetry collection is Blackbird Singing at Dusk. \nAn Ilkley Literature Festival New Northern Poet\, Charlotte Oliver is published widely\, with commissions for the BBC and North Yorkshire Moors National Park. She has appeared on R4’s Front Row and is Resident Poet at Scarborough’s South Cliff Gardens. She is one of the Poetry Society’s Poets in Schools. \nRowena Sommerville is a writer and singer who lives on top of a cliff. She has written and illustrated books for children. Her first adult collection of poetry\, Melusine was published in 2021. Rowena was the Visual Artist in Residence for the quarterly review of poetry The High Window in 2022\, and she regularly reviews poetry for the magazine. \nLocal group\, The Marigolds (flowers of beauty\, with a hint of washing up) perform a variety of harmonious female Acapella music. From trad to weird\, their songs always have a distinctive edge. \nThe Marigolds are Fay Gillanders\, Gillian Edwards\, and Rowena Sommerville. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/north-yorkshire-women-poets-and-music-by-the-marigolds/
LOCATION:Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre\, Haggersgate\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 3PP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music,Poetry & Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Between the Covers: Paul Armfield
DESCRIPTION:The folk-singing bookseller from the Isle of Wight has been compared to Nick Drake and Cat Stevens. \nA veteran performer with a legion of celebrity fans including Mark Radcliffe\, Elbow’s Guy Garvey\, Lauren Laverne and Caitlin Moran\, Paul’s latest album celebrates the collision of the literary and music world: Between the Covers: 9 Songs for Bibliophiles. \nPaul brings his UK-solo tour to Whitby playing guitar and musical saw\, peppered with plenty of anecdotes from his 30-year career as a bookseller. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/between-the-covers-paul-armfield/
LOCATION:Eighteen91\, Brunswick Street\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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