TWICKENHAM: Twickfolk @ The Cabbage Patch Pub

Sunday 8th February, 2015

7:45pm

Event information

North East England songwriter Jez Lowe has performed, both solo and with the Bad Pennies, at concerts and festivals in North America, Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, Germany and Spain.

His songs have been recorded by Fairport Convention, The Unthanks, The Dubliners, The Tannahill Weavers, Cherish The Ladies, Gordon Bok, Tom McConville, The McCalmans, The Black Brothers, Liam Clancy and Bob Fox.

In 2008, Jez was nominated as Folk Singer of the Year in the BBC Folk Awards, following the success of Jack Commons’ Anthem (2007). His CD Wotcheor! (2010) surpassed that success, becoming his most popular album yet.

Jez has contributed songs to BBC’s award-winning The Radio Ballads, including The Ballad of the Great War, broadcast in 2014. With other special commissions like The Darwin Project and All Along The Wall, this has enabled Jez to expand his writing and performing styles.

na-maraDescribed as “elegant and skilled musicians” (Folk London), na-mara perform traditional songs and music from across the British Isles alongside their own songs and tunes, traditional songs from France and Quebec which they translate into English, and a wide variety of tunes from Asturias, Galicia, Brittany and northern France.T hey have performed their own songs about the Spanish Civil War at numerous events commemorating the commitment of Britons who went to fight fascism in Spain in the 1930s.

67 London Road
Twickenham
Middlesex
TW1 3SZ

www.twickfolk.co.uk