Young Folk Showcase featuring NE3Folk at Ropery Hall
NE3Folk are a band on a mission. Intricate rhythms and dissonance intertwine in subtle and detailed arrangements to sensitively deliver a wide array of traditional and original tunes. Also featuring Hull’s own Emily Moulton
Bronwynne Brent at Ropery Hall
Mississippi native Bronwynne Brent’s songs blend shades of country noir, Southern gothic and spaghetti Western soundtracks, dusted with blues and honky-tonk. With a tough yet tender voice that’s been likened to Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and Amy Winehouse, she cemented her rising-star status with glowing reviews for her second album Stardust.
Marcus Bonfanti at Ropery Hall
After spending his youth as a trumpet player in brass bands, working 12 hours a day in a kitchen to buy his first guitar, dropping out of a prestigious music college and touring the world with different artists for almost 10 years, Bonfanti has become the sum of all the great music he was exposed to growing up in North London. In 2012 he received the British Blues Award for Best Songwriter and in 2013 and 2014 for Best Acoustic Performer as well as nominations in Guitarist, Vocalist and Album categories for the past four years.
Women Folk at Ropery Hall
‘Womenfolk’ returns with another triple bill featuring three of the UK’s outstanding female singer-songwriters. Since her self financed debut in 2000 Kathryn Williams has released 10 critically acclaimed studio albums that have quietly established her as one the truly distinctive voices of UK music. She will be joined by two relative newcomers who’ve spent 2014 garnering critical acclaim and new fans – Welsh harpist and singer Georgia Ruth described as ‘one of British folk’s discoveries of the year” by The Guardian and Maz O’ Connor, whose second album ‘Willowed Light’ was described by The Observer as ‘Folk album of the year thus far’, mixes traditional and self penned songs combining gorgeous melodies and exquisite vocals.
Burden of Paradise at Ropery Hall
Legendary saxophonist Snake Davis returns to Ropery with his brilliant acoustic quartet, Burden of Paradise. As anyone who has already experienced a Burden of Paradise gig knows, you can expect breathtaking skill, warm co-operation and witty anarchic banter which are all features of Burden of Paradise. Snake is joined by world class singer, Helen Watson along with talented musicians Dave Bowie on double bass and Mark Cresswell on guitar and is sure to delight the audience with a sublime mixture of soul, jazz, blues and folk.
Jim Moray at Ropery Hall
Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in English traditional music today. Winner of five BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, after five ground-breaking albums he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians. Moray’s career has been a continuous avowal of folk’s relevance to contemporary life and its total indivisibility from the impulses which shape the very best rock and pop. He deploys beatboxes and melodeons, electric guitars and thumb pianos, mandolins and rappers. He sings with the kind of English soul which has no home century.
www.roperyhall.co,uk
Babajack at Ropery Hall
Babajack is a band that is fast becoming one of the most sought after acts on the UK and European gig and festival circuits! Their unique blend of roots/blues/folk fusion described by Classic Rock magazine as “an intoxicating brew of blues, folk and roots music” make for a scintillating show combining great musicianship, passion and energy that is guaranteed to wow any audience.
Barb Jungr at Ropery Hall
A new collection by the leading interpreter of song and worldwide acclaimed performer of Bob Dylan’s work; Barb Jungr brings together her hardest hitting set to date of these two great music icons, featuring their political and philosophical songs in her contemporary arrangements.
Mark Morriss at Ropery Hall
Can it really be twenty years since Mark Morriss first shimmied into our lives as singer with The Bluetones? Apparently so. But 13 hit singles, three Top 10 albums and a collaboration with a national treasure later his ability to sieve poetry from the colander of everyday life remains unique. Mark says the album title refers to that moment when you’ve just turned off the light and everything remains semi-lit for a split second. Whisper it, but Mark Morriss’ light bulb moment might just have resulted in his best album yet.
The Jaywalkers at Ropery Hall
One of the most exciting, virtuosic and entertaining young bands working on the British folk scene, BBC Young Folk Award finalists 2009, The Jaywalkers has a deluge of festival appearances behind them. Creating a unique sound based on their collective and individual musical backgrounds, the band takes influence from folk, bluegrass, country and western swing music in the form of virtuosic instrumentals, three part harmony and occasional slap bass. Add good humour, tasteful arrangements and exceptional musicianship to the mix and they are guaranteed to put a smile on your face
Kris Delmhorst at Ropery Hall
Simply, one of the finest female singer songwriter in existence. Kris Delmhorst grew up in Brooklyn New York, but her musical home is in Boston, Massachusetts where she cut her teeth on open mics, bar gigs, and subway busking before embarking on her life as an internationally touring songwriter. She has released six albums on respected indie label Signature Sounds. Delmhorst now lives in the hills of western Massachusetts with her husband, songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, with whom she occasionally performs as part of the collective Redbird.