TWICKENHAM: Twickfolk @ The Cabbage Patch Pub

Sunday 19th April, 2015

7:45pm

Event information

The harp ‘n’ banjo driven electro-folk-storytelling of Harp and a Monkey is imbued with a deep Lancashire sensibility that shines through in their beautifully crafted and sometimes spooky vignettes of northern life, love and remembrance.
The trio, who have been friends for more than 15 years, channel the ghosts of summers spent in municipal parks and winters walking on the moors. Ask them about their influences and they are as likely to cite Ordnance Survey maps and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission as they are Bert Jansch, “The Bolton Bullfrog” or Bellowhead.
Formed in 2008, Harp and a Monkey have become regulars on the North West festival circuit and have been featured on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, Folk Radio UK and more.
Harp and a Monkey’s self-titled debut album received critical acclaim on its release in 2011 and they collected excellent reviews for their contribution to the 2012 Weirdlore compilation which highlighted Britain’s most promising practitioners of alternative folk. They were also invited to perform at the inaugural Homegrown Festival 2012, hosted at The Bury Met to showcase the best “new” English folk music to an international audience.
The band have been described in the media as “an Incredible String Band for the 21st Century” and “the sons of the Oldham Tinkers locked in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with only the British Film Institute back catalogue and a handful of scratchy folk LPs from the early seventies for company”.

67 London Road
Twickenham
Middlesex
TW1 3SZ

www.twickfolk.co.uk