The Crossroads is a new concert series based in London presenting modern takes on folk music. For this first edition we welcome three exciting bands from across the country. Come and enjoy an evening of their innovative and unique approaches to tradition.
The Hop
The Hop are an exciting new trio recently graduated from the folk degree at Newcastle University. After meeting in the National Youth Folk Ensemble, they developed an impulsive approach to collaborative composition which has led to the creation of many original tunes. Their instrumental versatility allows the band to explore a wide soundscape that maintains their traditional roots with an innovative flair.
Not only do they play multiple instruments, including guitar, flute, recorder and fiddle, but their infectious presence onstage is greatened by the use of electric guitar and synthesizers that make for a compelling and complex performance. Combined with their compositional abilities, The Hop bring a new perspective to the folk tradition, with music that can appeal to all ages. They have taken their sound across the North East, playing at festivals such as Saltburn Folk Festival and Whitby Folk Week, and have performed at notable Newcastle venues.
Their debut EP, WHAT’S HOPPENING?, released in November 2024, ranges from ferocious fiddles and driving drumbeats, to luscious harmonies and sensitive melodies. A true demonstration of their new and unique sound, it's just a taster of what’s to come.
Weaver and Wood
Weaver and Wood are a York-based duo specialising in Early music and folk improvisation. Formed through a desire to celebrate the energy and vibrancy that improvisation can bring to live performance, their music ranges from new interpretations of existing Baroque repertoire, merging folk tunes with Baroque bass lines, improvisation on Mediaeval chants, and exploring the improvisatory possibilities of their own compositions. Their performances are often interactive involving the audiences in the creative process, asking for themes to improvise on, collaboratively creating new music in the moment.
Rebecka Edlund and Phoebe Harty
Rebecka and Phoebe take the listener with them as they stir up a warm concoction of original compositions alongside Scandinavian and British folk songs, free improvisation and stories found in the nooks and crannies of Nordic landscapes and human nature. This loony duo will croon until you swoon and dance away into the light of the moon.
Doors open at 7pm; gig starts at 7.30pm.
Presented by EFDSS.
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Sharper discount, Spring 2025
