Lady Maisery and Jimmy & Sid present Wakefire: An Incantation To Summer
Lady Maisery and Jimmy & Sid present Wakefire: An Incantation To Summer at The Stoller Hall, Manchester
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Lady Maisery and Jimmy & Sid present Wakefire: An Incantation To Summer £25.00
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About the show
Having bewitched audiences annually with their much-loved wintertime show, two of the most engaging and inventive acts on the English folk scene return with their hotly anticipated next alchemic collaboration: an essential incantation to the summertime.
Award winning trio Lady Maisery (Hannah James, Rowan Rheingans and Hazel Askew) have for nearly a decade produced “some of the most exquisite, thrilling work in the English folk scene” (The Guardian). The beguiling musical partnership of Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith complete the powerful line-up. With more folk songs collected about the month of May than any other time apart from Christmas, the charismatic supergroup embark on a journey to mark this season in song.
There is of course morris, mayday and magic. There is also ritual, rave and cider with Rosie. There are countryside cuckoos and city foxes. There is fear for our warming planet alongside the promise of ripening fruit. As with their extremely popular wintertime show, the Awake Arise midsummer offering is a multi-layered, surprising and essential incantation to long summer days and effervescent nights.
Featuring - Lady Maisery
Lady Maisery comprises Hazel Askew (The Askew Sisters), Rowan Rheinagans (Fidola) and Hannah James (Kerfuffle, Demon Barbers)) – a striking trio whether singing spellbinding a cappella or accompanying themselves on accordion, harp and violin. They are also one of the first groups in the UK to have revived the tradition of “diddling” or singing tunes, nearly defunct in England but still prevalent in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe.
Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith
Jimmy & Sid marry the ancient with the modern, through superb multi-instrumentalist folk. Harnessing the tradition and simplicity of beautifully rendered folk music, the duo pair their sung storytelling with a deep integrity and sincerity that stems from their passion for the social themes within the music.
There is a common thread of political struggle, resistance, and justice as well as the occasional love song. Their shows manage to be both hard-hitting and uplifting, securing their reputation as two of the most exciting musicians and social commentators on the scene.