There is some good music coming up locally over the coming weekend and the following days.
Cambridge Junction are leading the way by hosting Talisk on Saturday 20th May. Talisk feature virtuoso concertina player Mohsen Amini, who, together with guitarist Graeme Armstrong and fiddle player Benedict Morris produces a high energy fusion of traditional folk and Celtic rock. Amini is also a member of the band Ímar and you can find a review of their latest album, ‘Awakening’, on the main Unicorn Folk website under ‘Music’ then ‘CD Reviews’ on the top menu.
At the Junction on Sunday 21st are Lady Maisery who are Hazel Askew, Hannah James and Rowan Rheingans. All of them have their own solo careers and projects but have been playing together for around 12 years now They play a variety of instruments including harp, melodeon, harmonium, accordion and electric guitar. You can also read a review of their latest album ‘Tender’ on the main Unicorn Folk website and you can also find out where both Talisk and Lady Maisery and many other artists are touring by checking details in the ‘Gigs & Tours’ listing which appears on the top right of each page on the website.
If you are quick off the mark you can also see Alden & Patterson at Cambridge Folk Club tonight and yet again a CD Review is available on the on the main Unicorn Folk website.
Katie Spencer endeared herself to Royston audiences back in 2017 when she was the very close runner-up to The Trials of Cato in (then) Royston Folk Club’s Young Artist Competition which was also supported by Creative Royston which runs Royston Arts Festival (and Royston MusicFest) – I even presented Katie with her prize! On Friday 26th Royston Live host Katie who has since acquired a growing reputation on the folk circuit but funnily enough there isn’t yet a CD review on the website, though as I possess a couple of Katie’s CDs I should probably rectify that! Katie is supported on the 26th by Chris Wright and Faradena Afifi.
As well as the above you can find many more events in the Unicorn Diary on the main Unicorn Folk website (under ‘Listings’) which has been updated to the end of July now and that is supplemented by the other ‘Listings’ – the Festival Finder; Gigs & Tours, and the Dance Diary.
There are more CD reviews to catch up on the main website and if all goes to plan ‘Filby’s Folk’ will be launched on Royston Radio this coming Sunday in its regular slot of 7pm and the show will be sponsored by Unicorn Folk. It will be a mixture of folk music from the days of the original folk revival in the late sixties and early seventies, plus tracks from the latest albums by artists such as Talisk, Lady Maisery and Katie Spencer.
For the next blog we will look at reviewing the forthcoming festival scene which starts in earnest with the late May bank holiday.
In the meantime, enjoy your music and the warmer weather that has hopefully arrived to stay – at least for a few months!
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