Jacken Elswyth
Jacken Elswyth is a London-based folk musician, banjo player, and instrument builder. In her most recent album, At Fairgrounds, Jacken combines traditional American clawhammer picking with drone accents and improvisation, forming masterful and moving interpretations of Appalachian and English folk tunes.
In her music making she is focused on exploring traditional tunes, developing extrapolations on folk styles and techniques, and investigating drone, ambience, and improvisation within and beyond folk music. She organises the Betwixt & Between tape series as one avenue of these investigations. She plays and records solo and in collaboration - with Shovel Dance Collective, Sullow, the Greater London Banjo Trio and others. She also builds and repairs banjos and other instruments, with a focus on folk craft and vernacular styles. This practice and these instruments inform and facilitate her music making.
'At Fargrounds is one of those albums that stops you in your tracks not once but twice: firstly, with the sheer excellence of Elswyth’s playing and then, if you dig a little deeper, with the breadth of its implications.' -KLOF Magazine
Fen
Fen are Emma Barnaby (cello), Evie Hilyer-Ziegler (fiddle/viola), and Francis Devine (piano). They draw on traditional folk, jazz, and ambient music to create uniquely beautiful and complex compositions.
Doors open at 7pm, on-stage at 7.30pm.
Promoted by EFDSS.
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