Janice Burns & Jon Doran Festive Show

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A collection of traditional folk songs about Christmas, winter, and optimism for the new year.

Award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo Janice Burns & Jon Doran return to the House, this time telling vivid festive stories about the nature of life and our place in the world.

Janice and Jon’s "clever and uncluttered musical storytelling" (Songlines) comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and sensitive interplay between mandolin, bouzouki and guitar. Their arrangements have a spellbinding presence and an understated energy that transports songs from the pages of books and manuscripts into the imagination of the listener. With their relaxed and personable approach to performance, they are renowned for the warmth of their connection with audiences.

The duo's winter gigs have become something of a tradition over the last few years, and now they’re heading out on tour with their brand-new festive album, Great Joy to the New. People have always forged customs to survive the winter, with rituals that bring people together and bring light to the dark nights. These rituals have often been born of necessity. Beautiful, colourful, musical traditions, linked by the common cause of sustaining people spiritually, mentally, or financially through a harsh winter. Janice and Jon’s new album and live show explores these themes through a collection of traditional folk songs about Christmas, winter, and optimism for the new year.