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Coope, Boyes and Simpson
David Gibb & Elly Lucas
Presented by: TwickFolk| 0 | TWICKENHAM: Twickfolk @ The Cabbage Patch Pub |
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| P | Sunday 6th February, 2011 |
| N | 8:00pm |
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The radical sound of English acappella roots. Traditional songs reworked so they shine and strong, original songs with memorable tunes, soaring harmonies and words that strike a chord.
Since their first appearance in 1993, Coope Boyes & Simpson`s powerful and distinctive unaccompanied singing and songwriting have taken English roots into radical new directions. Described as "quite simply the best purveyors of acappella song on these Islands", their first CD, Funny Old World, was the rock magazine Q`s Roots Album of the Year. Subsequent releases have led to numerous awards and outstanding reviews - the BBC Folk Website simply listed all their albums as recommended listening. Tours have already taken the trio throughout Britain, to the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, France and America. "Their voices weave through and bounce off each other with a powerful elegance," wrote an American reviewer, "it`s nice to know that, even with the numbing array of technology available, the human voice is still one of the most expressive instruments around."
What the trio does seems simple at first glance: just three blokes who stand and sing in three-part harmony. Their songs, mostly written by Jim Boyes and Lester Simpson, deal with social and environmental issues and the words are clever and sharp. The harmonies are in the folk-country tradition, but with a twist that mirrors the barbed lyrics, a wide pitch range and In Coope Boyes and Simpson's repertoire there is a hinterland of music and culture that makes their work more multi-dimensional than that of the other acts on the bill. Polemical reports of injustice and inequality are woven into tales of everyday lives, told in plain words and distinctive tunes."
"As passionate a tour de force of unaccompanied singing as you can imagine." Mojo
". If there were such a thing as postmodern folk music, this might be it." The Guardian
"Quite simply the best purveyors of acappella song on these Islands." Rockn'Reel
"Impassioned acappella" The Daily Telegraph
"Tunes sung with natural, unfettered energy - isn't it fabulous." Classic FM
Venue information
TWICKENHAM: Twickfolk @ The Cabbage Patch Pub| 0 | 67 London Road Twickenham Middlesex TW1 3SZ |
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| > | www.twickfolk.co.uk |
