Jacken Elswyth
Jacken Elswyth is a London-based folk musician, banjo player, and instrument builder. In her most recent album, At Fargrounds, 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 is a project led by Evie Hilyer-Ziegler, Francis Devine and Emma Barnaby. Formed in 2018, the trio draw upon their interest in improvisation to create original electroacoustic chamber music with violin, cello, live electronics and modular synth. Their approach to playing focuses on textural sonority and blending the timbral qualities and traditions of their instruments.
Doors open at 7:30pm, on-stage at 8pm.
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