BLOWZABELLA DAY @ CECIL SHARP HOUSE

Event Information

Saturday 21st March 2015.
Cecil Sharp House. 2 Regents Park Road, London. NW1
Guests: CIAC BOUM (Poitou, France), Gaorsach Rapper (UK).
Doors 9:30am. Workshops 10am-5pm. Evening gig 7pm-11pm.
Good food, bar, sessions.
Queries? 0788 794 8853 paul@pauljames.eu

ABOUT BLOWZABELLA
Blowzabella is Andy Cutting – diatonic button accordion; Jo Freya – vocals, saxophone, clarinet; Paul James – bagpipes, saxophones; Gregory Jolivet – hurdy-gurdy; David Shepherd – violin; Barn Stradling – bass guitar; Jon Swayne – bagpipes, saxophone. The band make an inimitable, driving, drone-based sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling. They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional dance music. All the band members compose and many of their tunes are “standards” in the modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world. Bands across Europe who experiment with folk music often cite Blowzabella as a major influence.

Blowzabella have been staging folk music and dance workshop events in Britain and abroad for 30 years. All the members of the band are highly experienced at teaching people of all ages and abilities. The band make a point of inviting up and coming home grown talent as well as staging many debut appearances in the UK for the best European folk dance bands around. Organised for the band by Paul James, the aim of their workshop events is always to encourage people of all ages and abilities to participate at whatever level they are comfortable with. There’s plenty for people with previous experience to enjoy and add to their knowledge and skills, but you don’t need to know anything about folk music or dance to participate. Many participants have gone on to form bands and dance groups as a result of attending these workshops.

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