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“Martin Simpson is a superb teller of a song. You just have to listen to the opener on this double album, his own composition, Trouble Brought Me Here, to appreciate how his articulation brings the substance of a song alive, borne on his flowing guitar or banjo accompaniment.” The Scotsman
"Hearing Andy Cutting play is like going through the wardrobe and finding Narnia. His music is glorious, joyful, moving, subtle, emotionally charged, a totally spell-binding experience that is never long enough". June Tabor |
Martin Simpson and Andy CuttingMartin and Andy have both played solo gigs at Wingfield Barns in the past, and we are thrilled to welcome them back, this time as a duo for what will be an extremely rare performance. With most of the planned tour cancelled, this will be the place to see them if you live anywhere this side of London.
The remarkable intimate solo performances Martin gives go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his playing. “What’s it like being the best guitar player in the world…?” Martin’s modesty and grace prevented him from answering this BBC Radio 4 interviewer’s question recently, but the facts speak for themselves. 40 years after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, in 1976, Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is consistently named as one of the very finest fingerstyle guitar players in the world. Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician's musician (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner Best Musician 2008, 2011 & 2016): a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon practitioner with an ear for a fine tune. Many of his tunes have been purloined along the way: some considered contemporary classics on the folk scene. But then, Andy is also a warm and emotive performer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. There are few melodeon players who put so much feeling into their playing, whether it is a set of dance tunes, or accompaniment to a slow English ballad. Saturday 21st May 2022, 7.30pm Tickets £20 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/511568/ |
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Winter WilsonSinging out for the underdog in glorious harmony. Original songs packed with punch and emotion that will get beneath your skin, and all delivered with great humour.
Pre-Covid, Winter Wilson had completed tours of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and most of Western Europe, in addition to the UK. Their eight studio albums had all received rave reviews, and 2019’s “Live & Unconventional” (recorded on tour with folk-rock icons Fairport Convention and on stage at Cropredy Festival) was no different. "If you need evidence of just how special the duo Winter Wilson is, then Live & Unconventional delivers in abundance." Steve Caseman, RnR magazine. Back in Lincolnshire throughout the pandemic, the pair streamed “Live from the Lounge” for 60 consecutive weeks and also wrote and recorded “The Passing of the Storm”, their tenth album, adding further to their reputation as superb writers, singers and musicians, and great all-round entertainers. Now performing stunning new songs alongside old favourites, Kip Winter and Dave Wilson are thrilled to be back on the road. You will laugh; you may cry. You will certainly want to see them again! Friday 10th June, 7.30pm Tickets £12 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/541081/ |
‘A show, full of humour and terrific songs, giving two fingers up to old age. Even if you hobble in, you’ll leave with a spring in your step.’ Virginia Ironside
‘Melodic, funny, and with a touch of melancholy.... You’re in for a treat.’ Craig Brown 'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.' Sunday Times, Top 100 Albums of 2020 |
The Shock of the Old
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Open Space Theatre Company presents
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Bob FlowerdewBob’s family have been tilling the land in the Waveney Valley on the Norfolk/Suffolk border since Tudor times, so he is a natural choice to share his wealth of horticultural experience with us in an evening of idiosyncratic chat, anecdote, verse & song.
Warning - may contain wry humour, sometimes witty, occasionally PC. There will be an intermission for Pimms (or other beverage) – included in the ticket price. Thursday 21st July, 7.30pm Tickets £15 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/541083/ |
He takes very real things that happen in life and makes you think afresh about them (Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2)
A bit different and kinda groovy too (Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 2) He's a fantastic musician, he's got a great voice and what a songwriter! What a glorious sound he makes (Frank Hennessey, BBC Radio 2) Everybody should be talking about Mark Harrison (Classic Rock magazine) Charismatic live performances (RnR magazine) Totally and absolutely original (Mike Harding) Fresh as morning sunshine and as sharp as a well-honed razor (Folkwords) Great stage presence … innovative …… if Top Of The Pops was still around, he might well be on it (Jazz FM) |
Mark Harrison BandAcclaimed national touring artist Mark Harrison brings his unique music and band to Wingfield Barns.
MARK HARRISON (National + 12-string guitars/vocals) Charles Benfield (double bass/vocals) Ben Welburn (drums/percussion) There is no one in music quite like Mark Harrison. With his unique and acclaimed rhythm section, he is widely considered one of the most original and interesting artists around. His highly individual, all-original music has taken him and the band to some of the top venues and festivals in the UK, attracting acclaim wherever he goes. Recent appearances on BBC Radio 2, as guest on Cerys Matthews’s show and on the Pick Of The Week show, have further added to his growing reputation. Mark is a songster, and his songs cover all manner of non-standard subjects. With catchy tunes, lyrics than intrigue and engage, and striking rhythms, they make you smile, think and move. He takes elements of roots music, including folk, blues and gospel, to create something new that is very much his own genre. Each song is a snapshot of life or has a story to tell, like a 3-minute film or novel. A thrilling, rhythmic, finger-picker and slide player, with a very distinctive style, Mark tours extensively. He has released six albums which have been unanimously acclaimed across a wide range of areas of the music world, receiving a very great deal of airplay and highly enthusiastic reviews in the UK, Europe and the US, the latest being the double album THE ROAD TO LIBERTY. Saturday 1st October, 7.30pm Tickets £14 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/542065/ |
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Blake Morrison with The Hosepipe BandTHE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET
and other East Anglian poems This is a performance of poetry with music featuring poet and novelist Blake Morrison reading from his collection Shingle Street and other more recent poems about East Anglia. Blake’s readings are accompanied by original music composed and played by the multi-instrumentalist members of The Hosepipe Band. Saturday 15th October 2022, 7.30pm Tickets £10 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538366/ |
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Christina Alden and Alex PattersonChristina Alden and Alex Patterson are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists from Norwich. They have been playing and singing together for the last seven years and have toured extensively in the UK and Europe – including a twenty three date tour with Show Of Hands, a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections and main stage performances at some of the UK’s most prestigious folk festivals.
‘A bright, lively collection of songs that plays so sweetly it evokes the sensation of a summer folk festival’ – The Guardian ★★★★★ – The Morning Star ★★★★ ‘Among the roots-world cognoscenti’ – RnR Magazine ‘Beautifully realised collection of songs and tunes’ – Folk Radio UK ‘Immensely talented musicians’ – fRoots Sunday 20th November, 7.30pm Tickets £14 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538991/ |
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India Electric Co.India Electric Company are perhaps best described as “a veritable musical magpie’s nest”, (BBC Radio 3). Blending traditional instruments, folk melodies and subtle electronic influences, they’ve extensively toured throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including UK shows at The London Palladium and Hammersmith Apollo.
After live sessions with BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, Glastonbury Festival appearances and BBC Introducing’s backing they released The Gap in 2020 with FRUK declaring them “one of the truly pioneering acts in folk music”. “Two of the most extraordinary musicians, a phenomenal duo” - BBC Radio 2 **** “Bursting with invention and full of surprises.” - The Telegraph **** “Classy pop” - The Scotsman Friday 25th November, 7.30pm Tickets £14 Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538987/ |
Drama is a crucial part of the programme of events and includes performances by professional companies. We are also delighted to host plays by local societies and are keen to promote events by students in local schools and by pupils of local music teachers.
Please call 01379 384505 if you would like to discuss Wingfield Barns hosting your community group performance.
Please call 01379 384505 if you would like to discuss Wingfield Barns hosting your community group performance.
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