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An evening with Tamsin Elliott at Cafe#9

Presented by: Cafe#9

0	SHEFFIELD: Cafe#9
P	Saturday 11th June, 2022
N	7:00pm

Event information

FREY is the debut solo offering from Tamsin Elliott, folk musician, composer and film-maker, and co-leader of fusion project Solana. In this work, Tamsin explores themes of limbo, pain, healing and acceptance, reflecting on the microcosm of her personal experience of chronic illness alongside wider themes of societal disconnection and environmental grief.

The album comprises compositions for accordion, harp, whistle and voice, creating a mesmerising conjunction of sonic textures. Written during a period of rest and uncertainty, she began to create music and sounds that reflected her need for sanctuary, and provided an outlet to process grief. FREY inhabits a soundworld true to her English folk roots, with modal and rhythmic echoes of time spent in Egypt, and moments of experimentalism using effects, drones and field recordings. With a magnetic sense of tension and release, the collection imbues a sense of spaciousness, and ultimately communicates a strong message of hope and healing through art and connection.

FREY is due for release on 30th June on Penny Fiddle Records. The first single, double A-side "Lullaby // I Dreamed I was an Eagle", will be premiered on Folk Radio UK on 23rd May.

In this performance, Tamsin will be accompanied by long-time collaborators Sid Goldsmith (cittern, voice) and Rowan Elliott (viola, fiddle, voice, effects). Special guests Rowan Rheingans (fiddle, voice), Soufian Saihi (oud), and Ricardo de Noronha (percussion) feature on the album.

Tamsin is grateful for the support of Sound and Music's 'New Voices' artist development programme, and PRS Foundation's 'Women Make Music' funding in creating this work.

"There is a rich thread of collaboration throughout [Tamsin's work], one which both celebrates and highlights the coming together of cultures and music... The results are always refreshingly inventive and exciting"
- Folk Radio UK

"Tamsin's accordion recreates the thrill of the casbah whilst [her] flute and whistle take us on spellbinding, almost mystical, journeys which soar with unexpected twists and turns" - Outline Magazine