Thursday 25th January
Chris Wood
£14/£16 [+ 10% booking fee]
Doors open 8pm – tickets available on the door
Chris Wood is an English songwriter and composer who plays fiddle, viola and guitar and sings. He is an ardent enthusiast for traditional English dance music with a background in English church music, including Morris and other rituals and ceremonies, but his repertoire also includes much French folk music and traditional Québécois material.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006 : Winner : Best Original Song with storyteller Hugh Lupton for One in a Million.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009 : Winner : Folk Singer of the Year and Trespasser as Album of the Year.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 : Winner : Folk Singer of the Year and Song of the Year for his song Hollow Point.
**** 4 Stars THE GUARDIAN
‘Unique… what makes the album so compelling is the power of his lyrics’.
fROOTS MAGAZINE
‘Chris Wood might be the Ken Loach of songwriting. Very political, but at the same time full of compassion and he grows sharper and more acute with each passing album’.
***** 5 Stars R2 Magazine
‘A master class of observational song writing’.
ACOUSTIC MAGAZINE
‘Steeped in tradition, yet always striving for a new day, this is a glorious album proving that, Chris Wood is a bit of a national treasure’.
chriswoodmusic.co.uk
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