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Thu 21 Jan 7:30pm at Town Hall
The Imagined Village line-up
Englishness is the final frontier of world music! The Imagined Village is a stunning project interweaving traditional folk with the sounds and voices of today’s multicultural England.
An outstanding line-up includes Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, and Chris Wood backed by a band featuring Grammy Award-winning musician and producer Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Ali Friend, Andy Gangadeen, Simon Richmond, Sheema Mukherjee and Barney Morse Brown.
Traditional instruments are interwoven with the sounds of today. Fiddles and squeezebox sit alongside electronica and ambient effect, with the line-up completed by members of world beat troupe Transglobal Underground and live electronic band, The Bays.
This tour marks the release of the second Imagined Village album Empire & Love due for release in early 2010, recorded in Emmerson’s garage, converted to a studio by the band. The basic concept remains the same: traditional material interpreted by a band who are not the usual suspects and a front line of English folk musicians. The album includes famous tracks like Scarborough Fair alongside little-known gems such as Ewan MacColl’s Space Girl.
Praise for the first album:
Winner- ‘Best Traditional Song’ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008
Nominee- ‘Best Album’- BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008
“There was a sense of being in on the birth of something new and exciting” The Telegraph review of the WOMAD live show July 2007
“It’s mischievous and tender, wry and wise, sad and surreal, but a folk that could only have been made in the 21st century” Observer Music Magazine
“A swirling, English ceilidh, stitched together by electric guitar and Indian drums and angry lyrics about current rural life, has righteous fire.” The Independent.
Supported by Moseley Folk Festival
Watch clips from songs featured on Empire and Love
Watch the fully animated version of Space Girl
£16.50
Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Chris Wood, Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Ali Friend, Andy Gangadeen, Simon Richmond, Sheema Mukherjee, Barney Morse Brown, plus members of Transglobal Underground and The Bays
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