ALDEBURGH: Jubilee Hall

Sunday 30th October, 2022

7:00pm

Event information

"Last year I met an amazing group of musicians. Individually they have remarkable musical histories, but they’ve come together to form The Gigspanner Big Band.

They had a suggestion, an idea of a collaboration.Their wonderful reimagining of traditional songs and tunes collected from the South West Coast Path, alongside some new words from me.

So I did what you do when faced with a big decision - I thought about it for 5 minutes, then said yes, absolutely yes. How could I turn down the chance to work with names that light up the folk music world?"
Raynor Winn, author, The Salt Path

Saltlines is an inspiring ‘Prose and Music’ collaboration between Raynor Winn and The Gigspanner Big Band, a collective of some of the most high-profile names on the British folk scene, including Steeleye Span’s Peter Knight, Bellowhead co- founder John Spiers and BBC Folk Award winning musicians Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin.

Together they celebrate the beauty, stories and traditions of the South West Coast Path in a seamless performance of old songs with their origins in the South- West, and new words…words which have been written by Raynor especially for this production.

This is an unmissable experience for anyone who appreciates beautiful words, inspiring music and above all, cherishes the social and natural history of one of the world’s most stunning trails along with our ever changing coastline.

“Simply perfect. Unbelievably emotional. One hell of an evening”

“Sublime; what an evening. We were taken on a journey through sound and words which wove a kind of magic around the auditorium. Crashing waves and quiet ripples, you could almost smell the sea”

“Quite simply one of the most exquisite, breathtaking, hauntingly beautiful and life- affirming performances I’ve ever seen. Thank you all so much”

The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music.Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’

Characterised by riotous inventiveness, technically gifted individual playing and subtle collaborative interaction, this coming together of several of the biggest names on the folk-roots scene, combines a deep knowledge of roots traditions with a ceaselessly boundary pushing approach.

Saltlines is produced in association with FolkEast.