Dear Friends,
Its looking like this may be my only solo gig for a while. Do come down, up, across and see, hear me at Cecil Sharp House this coming day of 25th of September! The Feminist Folk Club is a fabulous initiative which highlights creativity amongst women in the world of folk music and beyond. The evening will also have performances from singer/songwriter Flo Perlin and folk duo Lucy & Hazel. I look forward to seeing you there.
Lisa xx
Amazing!!! Hack-Poets Guild, the band I’m in with Marry Waterson & Nathaniel Mann and myself (see previous posts), joined by Laurence Hunt on percussion and Barney Morse Brown on cello, have just had a pretty immense weekend of festivals and have scored a mention in reviews for both festivals…Yipee!! Here they are for your perusal..
Alright peeps.
A lovely thing happened on the last day of May this year and that was that my track ‘Padstow May Song’ from my ‘Till April Is Dead’ album was raised, braised, dissected, bisected and discussed in this weeks edition of the programme ADD TO PLAYLIST on BBC Radio 4.
Musician guests are invited to bring in tracks that lead them out of and into other tracks to make a playlist with some sort of linkage (can be quite random mind). Said pieces are broken down and explored in a myriad of intriguing ways. Folksinger, song collector and activist, Sam Lee, only went and put my track between Beyonce’s ‘Freedom’ (WHAAT!!) and Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’ (WHAAT!!). Well, I am more than overly chuffed to be the filling in a Beyonce, Fleetwood Mac sandwich and really I’ve got the people of Padstow to thank for that. So “thanks” people of Padstow, for your song and captivating traditions. And thanks to Sam Lee for bringing my version of this song to the programme. (Sam Lee’s latest release Song Dreaming is out now to great acclaim.)
Listen again here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001zmbr
Goes without saying the whole programme is rather cool and starts with a compelling delve into the legendary Dr Who theme music but my bit starts at 28:16.
G I G n e w s:
I have a few gigs coming up in various collaborative projects.
* First up Hack Poets Guild will be at Cambridge Folk Festival 27th July and Womad Festival on 28th July - Our album ‘Black Letter Garland’ was released in 2023 on One Little Independent - see previous posts for more info on HPG.
** Second up I announce “ ahem, ahem” I am part of a brand new duo project with multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and fiddle player extraordinaire partner Gerry Diver called (imaginatively) Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver. We are busy right now making our new album (Gerry is also about to release his 3rd studio album and its a delight- more on that soon) and we’ll be playing our launch gig at Hartlepool Folk Festival on 4 October.
I will be playing a small solo spot in London in September but Mum is the word on that till 4 July.
Bye for now. x
Greetings All,
I hope this finds you and yours well. Sorry for news absence of late, I’ve been a busy bee this last while and have just finished our last Hack Poets Guild gig for this year at the fabulous Manchester Folk Festival. More on that later. First this:-
I want to let you know about these two Christmas gigs I have coming up.
December 12th Cadogan Hall, London
I am looking mighty forward to opening for Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy as they bring their Wassail cheer to Cadogan Hall. The night will also feature Ewan Wardrop and Brass Band London and I will be joining Jon & Eliza on stage for a couple of numbers too. I will play a 30 minute solo set to start the night.
TICKETS HERE: https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/eliza-carthy-and-jon-bodens-wassail/
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Dec 16th Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds
I have the huge pleasure of being invited to take part in ‘THE FROST AND THE BOUGHS’
“an evening amongst the trees as the Howard Assembly Room is filled with glorious festive music performed by some of the UK’s foremost musicians, and BBC Folk Award Winner, singer Lisa Knapp.
Concert Master David le Page creates new folk-inspired arrangements of classic pieces from Vaughan Williams’ ‘Linden Lea’ to festive favourites such as ‘O Tannenbaum’. The Howard Assembly Room’s mid-winter concert is always a festive favourite. Whether your preference is classical, folk, jazz or a combination of all three, the songs, melodies and stories of this intimate soiree will bring festive joy and a warm glow. Expect a beautifully decorated space.”
I’m particularly relishing performing some new Christmassy and tree based material for this (A Day in The Life of A Tree by Beach Boys, The Trees Are All Bare by Copper Family and the stunning traditional song The Snow It Melts The Soonest for starters).
Tickets here: https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/the-frost-and-the-boughs/
These will be my final gigs for this year and already I’m looking forward to seeing what 2024 will bring.
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Well what can I say, it's been a stunning year for our Bodleian ballads project (featuring myself with Marry Waterson and Nathaniel Mann) and my huge thanks goes to soooo many people who helped get the record together and organise the tour and of course the musicians who played with us: fabulous cellist, Barney Morse-Brown and percussionist extraordinaire, Laurence Hunt, as well as Tim Hand, our dedicated sound engineer. Also, a big thanks to Gerry Diver who brought all our material together, played on and produced the album, Desdemona McCannon who did such beautiful illustrations, Steve Roud who made a brilliant short film for us (I will try to get hold of this at some point) and of course those at the Bodleian who guided us through their magnificent collections. Massive thanks to Sound UK who engineered the entire project and of course our record label, One Little Independent. The record is still available from One Little Independent store and lots of other places including Bandcamp. I believe the last few coloured vinyl versions (a marvellous inky muddy blue!!) floating around somewhere too!
Here’s what the press said about the album BlackHletter Garland.
Songlines
“Letting them (Hack-Poets Guild) loose in the broadsides collection was inspired. The three were bound to turn them into something ‘rich and strange’.
“Hugely distinct, atmospheric, innovative and compelling.”
Uncut Magazine Review of Blackletter Garland… “Rich, transportive beauty. Truly extraordinary.”
“…9/10…showcases how three idiosyncratic voices can create something truly extraordinary.”
Folk Radio FRUK. “Hack-Poets Guild features 3 of the finest musical minds that the British folk scene has to offer and on Blackletter Garland, an album that is more than the sum of its parts, they demonstrate the possibly futures of folk music, all of them varied and vibrant.”
“This lot was doing leftfield before it became popular, and anything they are involved in is always a breath of fresh air. So imagine what they are capable of together”.
Until the next time then,
Keep warm and safe and lovely,
Lisa xxx
“Ten Tongues” is the second single released (Jan 23) by Hack-Poets Guild (see previous posts). This time the song is lead by Marry Waterson who made this lush video as well! The stunningly gothic track is inspired by ‘eyewitness’ accounts from a collection of “Stray Notes of Oxfordshire” set down in 1905 found in the Bodleian Library: Would be robber and murderer, ‘Price’ was hanged from a gibbet for his crime, it’s said that birds made a nest in his skull and so the villagers rhymed “Ten tongues in one head, one went out to seek for bread, to feed the living and the dead.” AVAILABLE NOW ON ONE LITTLE INDEPENDANT RECORDS
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LISTEN TO TEN TONGUES HERE: https://hack-poetsguild.lnk.to/tentongues
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PRE-ORDER ALBUM ‘Blackletter Garland’ HERE: https://hack-poetsguild.lnk.to/blackletter-garland
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ARTWORK BY DESDEMONA McCANNON
“Marry’s voice is to the forefront of her compositions… which draw astounding poignancy as much from their source texts as from their mournful demeanour and lush, autumnal colourings.” David Kidman for Folk London
Daring Highwayman is the first single to be released (Nov 22) by Hack Poets Guild (Lisa Knapp, Nathaniel Mann and Marry Waterson). From a 19th century ballad found in Oxfords Bodleian Library this version has Lisa Knapp on vocals with driving production by Gerry Diver, percussion by Laurence Hunt and Pete Flood and cello by Barney Morse Brown. Video made by Marry Waterson. Single out now on One Little Independent Records.
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LISTEN TO DARING HIGHWAYMAN HERE:
https://hack-poetsguild.lnk.to/daring-highwayman
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PRE-ORDER ALBUM ‘Blackletter Garland’ HERE:
https://hack-poetsguild.lnk.to/blackletter-garland
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ARTWORK BY DESDEMONA McCANNON
“Instantly gripping … there’s plenty of tease in Knapp’s delivery, as though she’s channeling the lascivious imp of Adam Ant’s Prince Charming.” TRADFOLK.CO
“You have heard nothing like this! With Gerry Diver on production, they (HACK POETS GUILD) have concocted an edgy lead single that grabs you from the off! …Totally awesome” FOLKRADIO.UK
Brand new project, brand new band, yes I’m in a band folks…
Some may remember, way back through the Covid vortex into a past world, I was invited to take part in a project looking at ballads in Oxford’s nay Britain’s jewel which is the Bodleian Library to look specifically at ballad collections with a view to making a live show from the material. It was up my street of course so I jumped at the chance with fellow singers/musicians Sam Lee and Nathaniel Mann. Just before lockdown the good news was that this project (organised by the amazing SoundUK) was going to have a second run. Nice! This time round featuring Nathan, myself and Marry Waterson - ace singer, songwriter and visual/video artist - off we toddled to Oxford and one of Britain’s jewels; the Bodleian Library. Just after our visit the plague descended putting the live project on a great big hold. However, it was this twist of fate which lead to us making an actual album while we were waiting. With uber producer Gerry Diver steering us along Nathaniel, Marry and I together with Laurence Hunt on percussion (Pete Flood as guest percussionist) and Barney Morse-Brown on cello we carved an album out of bones, sweat and 18th century pop songs into existence during that strange time. Now it is ready to be brought into the world and will be released on 10 March on One Little Independent Records. Also I must mention it contains the beautiful artwork of Desdemona McCannon.
Ladies, gentlemen, people of earth I give you…
‘B L A C K L E T T E R G A R L A N D’
PRE-ORDER HERE… https://hack-poetsguild.lnk.to/blackletter-garland
As Traditional Song workshop leader up at EFDSS/Cecil Sharp House these days this came in from fellow Camden organisation JW3. This looks to be an interesting evening drawing parallels between Jewish celebration Tu B’Shvat and the English tradition of Wassailing. I will be getting peeps to sing along to some Wassails and sing a song or two myself as will The Lost Chimes, and then in an urban twist some 'other things' may well be wassailed, hosted by storyteller Rachel Rose Reid.
Due to unforeseen circumstances I didn't get a chance to do any kind of end of year reflection or news or even say “Merry Christmas” as I usually do on here, my dear reader. Those circumstances, family stuff - all good now, have thankfully eased enough that I have started to get back to my desk and so update my adventures and ponderings to this here website. Several things happened in the last few months of 2022 which I didn’t want to pass by even if they have now passed, so here’s my roundup. Apologies if it’s a bit of a long one…
NEW PROJECT NEW SINGLE:
I am delighted to announce the release of ‘Daring Highwayman’ (Nov 22) the first single, vocals by yours truly, from my collaboration with Marry Waterson and Nathaniel Mann. We are now called Hack-Poets Guild and have signed to the mighty One Little Independent label. We recorded the album, Blackletter Garland, during lockdown gloriously produced by my own Gerry Diver and we are now able bring this project out into the world. Hooray!!
We have tour dates in March coinciding with the album release. I will do a fuller post of this next with the video and links etc. At time of writing the next single in our trio of releases prior to the album has just gone out, the fabulous "‘Ten Tongues” this time with vocals by Marry Waterson - again I will do a more detailed post of this on here as soon as I can.
BLOOD WEDDING:
Together with renowned folk singer, fiddle player and Bellowhead front man, Jon Boden, I was invited to write songs for a theatre production of Federico Garcia-Lorca’s play ‘Blood Wedding’ and teach the songs to the students on the MA in Classical Acting course at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. It was a delight working with translations of songs from another language, working out how to twist and turn the rhymes to make sense in English whilst being honest to the original Spanish text, imbuing them with melody and rhythm, atmosphere and breath, then imparting them to others to sing as characters in the context of the play with it’s own myriad complexities and intentions. An interesting quest which I very much hope to get to do again. Garcia-Lorca though! I wasn’t familiar with any of his work at all previously so must rectify that immediately. The production I worked on has finished, sadly, but if you see a production of Blood Wedding anywhere I would recommend it, also do let me know.
ARCADIALIVE:
I continue to perform with the utterly amazing ArcadiaLive film and ensemble which I feel so blessed to be a part of. We’ve had several gigs up and down the UK this year and a highlight was performing at the Amsterdam film festival. I look forward to two more dates in 2023 - March 3rd at Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds and March 4th in London’s Barbican Centre. See previous Arcadia post here for more deets.
TRADSONG TEACHING @ EFDSS:
I will be leading the Traditional Song Class again this term at the Saturday Folk Music Workshops for EFDSS at Camden’s Cecil Sharp House. We had a great time wassailing at the end of last year and actually wassailed our way into this year too, we are only one class in so far, so still time to join, it’s a great way to start the weekend - with a good sing!
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE…
Joining Gerry Diver and a host of artists to perform at Shepherds Bush Empire with Tom Robinson + Band!
Recording the song Rowan Tree with composer Jim Barne for the end credits on the film ‘Living' staring Bill Nighy, directed by Oliver Hermanus released in UK in December.
In autumn I had an absolute blast playing in a garden high, high up on top of a massive building in London’s Fenchurch Street with artist Jony Easterby and crew as part of his continuing Remnant Ecologies Installations. With a particular emphasis on blackbirds Jony installed a multi-speaker recording of a song I wrote to very spooky effect all round the site - I then joined The Mighty Jungulator on liveloops, Pippa Taylor on violin and drones + Jony on guitar to spend a crisp October afternoon improvising on songs about birds whilst facing out across miles of the South and East of London.
Last but not least, thanks to the Nest Collective I got to sing with the nightingales yet again down in beautiful Sussex with singer, promoter and author Sam Lee. I have had the privilege of doing this several times now and can’t compare it to any other gig, it is truly magical engaging with these incredible creatures in this way.
Good memories all.
SAD NEWS - COLIN IRWIN RIP - MUCH MISSED:
A very sad loss in November was the sudden passing of music journalist, author and writer Colin Irwin. Colin generously championed so many musicians in his work particularly in the area of folk music. He interviewed me several times for various papers and magazines including, fRoots, Mojo, Uncut, the Guardian etc, over the years and gave both Gerry and I so much encouragement in our music careers. Writing for mainstream press he pushed folk music into areas it often gets shut out from. I have to admit to feeling a bit lost in regards to the folk scene without him around. Gerry and I also worked with him, pre-lockdown, on a stage piece he’d written about the inimitable Irish singer, Margaret Barry, which was so much fun to do. He died so suddenly I can’t imagine how shocking it must have been for his family - he leaves a great legacy of writing and will be remembered for his warmth and humility. He was a generous, kind and fun soul and I miss him. RIP dear Colin and thank you xxx
OK 2023 HERE WE COME:
Sooooo thank you and goodbye 2022 with all your successes and your sadnesses and your weird Christmas (I just couldn’t get there this year - don’t know why). Looking back its been a pretty good year for me as far as work things go, I started out very tentatively, coming out of lockdown as well as my own health issues - awful dose of Covid in spring, and by the years end I feel I’m now firing on, well, most cylinders anyway and I’ve had the opportunity to do a whole bunch of amazing things I haven’t done before.
Meeting and working with new people has been thrilling as has re-connecting with some I haven’t been in touch with for ages. God, there really are some lovely people around, good to remind myself of that when I’m down in a social media induced slump.
Hello 2023.
Take care people
Love you. Lisa xxxx
I’m very privileged to be singing as part of this nine piece ensemble of musicians playing a LIVE soundtrack to the brilliant film Arcadia directed by Paul Wright. The evocative (and wonderful!) score composed by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) features strings, synths, beats and percussion, vocals and traditional and original songs from British folk legend Anne Briggs - I get to sing Bonnie Boy, Lowlands Away and Anne Briggs’ own The Time Has Come every time we perform it. It’s a dream project…
Do come and see…
30 November, The Old Fire Station Sunderland TICKETS
3 March, Howard Assembly Room Leeds TICKETS
4 March, Barbican London TICKETS
Full list of ensemble:
Will Gregory – lead synth, Mellotron, Korg MS-20, soprano saxophone
Adrian Utley – electric & acoustic guitar, Moog, Mellotron, baritone guitar
Ross Hughes - Musical Director, Microkorg, Circuit, clarinet, flute, baby bass & drums
Lisa Knapp – lead vocals
Victoria Oruwari – vocals
Emma Smith – violin, whistle, guitar, vocals
Francesca Simmons –violin, microkorg, Roland SPD, vocals
Zami Jalil – viola, Juno Alpha, Korg Microsampler, vocals
Ivan Hussey – cello, bass guitar, vocals
Guardian review of the film here… https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/22/arcadia-review-paul-wright-british-countryside
From the BFI website “Scouring 100 years of archive footage, BAFTA-winner Paul Wright constructs an exhilarating study of the British people’s shifting — and contradictory — relationship to the land. The film goes on a sensory, visceral journey through the contrasting seasons, taking in folk carnivals and fetes, masked parades, water divining and harvesting. Set to a grand, expressive new score from Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) alongside folk music from the likes of Anne Briggs, Wright’s captivating film essay captures the beauty and brutality, and the magic and madness of rural Britain.”
The Rowan Tree - featuring inventive British folk artist Lisa Knapp will be released on November 4th via Filmtrax.
This new arrangement of the timeless traditional Scottish ballad was commissioned for upcoming film LIVING starring Bill Nighy and Aimee Lou Wood. The original folk-song also appears in the film, but for the end credits director Oliver Hermanus approached Lisa directly to record a new version, co-arranged and produced by composer Jim Barne.
AVAILABLE NOW ON iTunes. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/living-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1649409006?i=1649410224
The film will also be released on November 4th. After debuting at Sundance earlier this year it was swiftly picked up by Sony Classics, and currently has a 95% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
SADLY I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO COVID!!!!
I am delighted to announce my participation in this immersive, outdoor project & film. Yours truly features in one of the film installations, my voice is also to be heard on the accompanying recordings instigated by Nathaniel Mann celebrating all things woodland and seasonal, I have taught 3 songs to the Mere Singers, a community choir who will be performing throughout the event (11 - 3.30pm Comer Woods, Dudmaston) and I myself will also be performing during the day. Postponed from 2 years ago it will be great to finally see this magical project happen.
In association with the National Trust film maker, Ben Wigley, has created a multi-layered celebration: ‘Hart of the Wood' is a folkloric, visual journey through Comer Woods, part of Dudmaston's woodland. Through song, film and live performance, the artwork will explore the practices and traditions of woodland workers, as well as the presence of the mystical Green Man. Plus its free.
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID!!!!
I can’t tell you how exciting it was to see that my ‘Till April is Dead’ video was Tweeted by none other than Mike Scott of the Waterboys. It was an unparalleled moment of shere omigodness in so many ways for so many reasons - most of them on Fisherman’s Blues but also from plenty others. Then I can’t tell you how exciting it is that I was asked if I would like to open for two of Mike Scott and Brother Paul’s concerts in the UK in June. ‘Yes’ I said, ‘I would love to’…gulps. If you’re anywhere around Stroud (Sub Rooms) on 16th
and / or Milton Keynes Stables on 20th
https://stables.org/event/the-waterboys-an-acoustic-evening-with-mike-scott-brother-paul
…do pop along. x
SADLY THIS WAS CANCELLED AS I HAD COVID!!!
Sometimes being a musician is, at times, not easy (you’d never have guessed!) Since the pandemic I admit to feeling more than a bit wierded out about some just ordinary things, there is still a strange atmosphere ‘out there’ at times don’t you think? Perhaps undoing the process of the pandemic, ie, staying in so long, is taking a little time to, well, undo.
Sometimes things come along which make me feel so lucky. Last Friday, 28 May 2022, Gerry & I were asked to join Tom Robinson and his band at Shepherds Bush Empire for his 70th birthday celebration concert, postponed from two years ago because of you know what. Over the years at BBC6 Music Tom Robinson has given so much support to so many new bands and up-coming artists as well as long established independent musicians and self-releasers so it was an absolute pleasure to be asked to join in. We got to play a couple of songs and also to join in on a couple of TRB’s songs (Mighty Sword of Justice and Power In The Darkness) and one of TV Smith’s (The Thin Green Line). I have to admit, until recently I hadn’t really known TV Smith’s work but what a great writer, songsmith and performer he is-proper punk legend. I also got to meet Emily Barker and Lukas Drinkwater whom I’ve seen all over the socialmediasphere for some time so it was fabulous to finally meet and hear them both in real life. Ian McNab played a small solo set too and was brilliant and not forgetting the inimitable Lee Forsyth-Griffiths who plays in the TRB band and is a beautifully soulful singer and songwriter himself.
For all the difficulties in music right now there are some occasions where people are just so kind, generous and well….nice, that one feels such gratitude for music, for those in it who are kind and supportive and for what it can do to spread warmth and power. Thank you, Lisa x
Pictures courtesy of Mark Dyed.
Come and join me via Live To Your Living Room on 2nd May for my first solo gig this year!!!
I’ll be playing lots from ‘Till April Is Dead’, my last full length release from before the world went completely bonkers. Apart from binging in the summer I will also be airing a few brand new self-written pieces and songs I’ve been singing over the last couple of years. I’m really looking forward to seeing you all. For more info on how Live To Your Living Room do this have a look here Lisa Knapp Live To Your Living Room 2nd May
Here is my brand new recording of Cherry Tree Carol and my first release in a while.
This is a traditional Christmas carol that I developed a few years ago and which Gerry and I performed for BBC4’s Christmas Session: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pcnsp.
What I love about this story is its humanity, that it is both earthly and celestial, supernatural, cosmic and yet human: Joseph with his jealousy, his temper and still-in-the-womb baby Jesus precociously demanding the cherry trees to bend so that his mother, weary from travel and heavily pregnant (in the song though not in the original tale), may quench her thirst.
The story is first found in 9th century apocryphal manuscript, Pseudo Matthew, where Mary asks Joseph to pick her some dates as she is tired. In years of telling the story has been modified and changed. It turns up next in a nativity mystery play in 15th century England, (called the N-Town plays) the fruit changing from Mediterranean dates to the more Northern European cherry.
The actual ballad was first collected in England in the 17th century with the added drama of Mary being pregnant and Jesus commanding the trees from within. This particular text is Appalachian and the music is from a beautiful version of 'Mistress' Health' which I heard Shirley Collins sing.
What I love about the story is its humanity, and that it is both earthly and celestial, magical, supernatural, cosmic and yet human: Joseph with his jealousy, his temper and still-in-the-womb baby Jesus precociously commanding the cherry trees to bend so that his mother, weary from travel and heavily pregnant (in the song though not in the original tale) may quench her thirst. How wonderfully stories mould and change yet something essential has remained here over vast amounts of time.
I hope to put this onto a new solo album in the new year.
Available from https://lisaknapp.bandcamp.com/track/cherry-tree-carol
Merry Christmas all
Lx
I am mighty, mighty humbled and very grateful to have been asked to record the folk song ‘Sweet Nightingale’ for this wonderful brand new project ‘Songs of England’. The charity, English Heritage, and folk singer/song collector Sam Lee & The Nest Collective team have created “a digital collection of 12 traditional folk songs and videos paired to historic sites in the care of the charity from Dover Castle to Hadrian’s Wall.” Featuring some stunning performances as well as beautiful footage I feel very proud to be a part of it. My song has been paired to Tintagel Castle. Woohoo!
All the videos are available to view from the English Heritage web page here…https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/songs-of-england/
HERE’S THE SOUNDCLOUD LISTING OF FULL LENGTH SONGS…
Read more about the project from the Nest Collective here…
https://thenestcollective.co.uk/english-heritage-songs-england/
Pleasant Month of May, from the album Till April Is Dead, features amongst this months selection of tracks on this regular podcast curated by Ian Anderson (former editor of fRoots magazine) - amongst some splendid company too.
https://www.podwirelesswords.com/2021/02/podwireless-21stc-english-folk-1.html
Dear Friends and Supporters,
I hope this finds you well.
Myself and Gerry are taking part in Folk On Foot’s ‘Festival of LOVE’ 2021 to be broadcast this coming Sunday 14 February. Donations are optional and again 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the hugely important Help Musicians fund which has been crucial over the past few months, particularly as many within the music sector have been completely left out of other government financial schemes over the course of this pandemic.
The long list of performers is inspiring and Gerry & I are proud to be among them. Find out more about the festival here, hope you can tune in…
As much as one can given current circumstances, have a great Valentine’s Day.
Lx
Access Folk On Foot Festival of Love 2021 here https://www.folkonfoot.com/
Just to let you know I’ve got a Patreon in place now. I may well jiggle the ‘tiers’ around at some stage but its up now anyway. I invite you to come along, its the first place to hear new news, snippets of recordings, live streams, tunes, recommendations, thoughts and chit chat.
https://www.patreon.com/LisaKnapp
