Acoustic evening with Orphean Sprig and Mnatobi

With music from Kelly and Woolley, Les Ray, Vic Lennard, Rhys Wilson and John Meed

Presented by: Cambridge Acoustic Nights

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0	CAMBRIDGE: Thrive Café and Bistro
P	Saturday 2nd December, 2023
N	7:30pm

Event information

Originally crossing paths in the session scene of Cambridge, Orphean Sprig are an instrumental folk band with a shared passion for the traditional music of Scotland. Comprising Songyuan Zhao, from North East China, (guitar); Isobel Barber from Derbyshire (fiddle); Liam Cooke, from the Scottish Borders (fiddle), and Isaac Uden, from South East England, who occasionally plays viola as well as fiddle, they explore arrangements of traditional, contemporary, and self-penned tunes, creating a rich texture and original sound. As a nod to their beginnings, they like to include an element of spontaneity in performances, a characteristic of the sessions in which they met. See https://www.orpheansprig.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgt9Hs2NFHZZVX6GDE8ubFQ

Mnatobi are a Cambridge-based vocal group who perform songs from Georgia and a range of other backgrounds. Guided by James Eisner, a CAN regular, expect beautiful arrangements of haunting songs.

There will also be music from Kelly and Woolley, Les Ray, Vic Lennard, Rhys Wilson and John Meed – John will be joined by Matt Kelly on viola and Mnatobi on backing vocals