16-18 Sept We Have a Kids Art Project on the Green Where All Are Welcome to Join in Making a Giant Priston Festival Is a Registered Charity
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free Chill stage a big thank you to our sponsors In the order of performance on Saturday & Sunday, see main timetable enclosed. Botanical Software Carter ELS priston Saturday Cathy Judge & Johnny Francis Cathy will be performing a mix of her own cleverly crafted songs and favourite covers. She has a rich, velvety voice and sings sensitive ballads as well as belting out the blues. Accompanied by long-time musical partner Johnny Francis on second guitar. Hannah McPhillimy Described by the Irish Times as 'a bit of a wonder' Hannah McPhillimy's debut E.P 'Seeing Things' was launched in 2013 to a string of sold out shows across N. Ireland. festival Hannah’s latest release showcases her unique brand of soul-searching, jazz-inflected indie-pop. Rob Lear Rob's music bridges Americana, Folk, Country and even good old pop. The songs take their inspiration from Rob’s experience growing up in a homestead dominated by motorcycles and motorcyclists and the unique characters and stories that flowed from them. Barry Lane & The Fridge Mechanics showcase Barry's lyrical folk rock songs. The band live programme 2016 and perform in Bristol and the South West, most recently supporting the late Ian McClaghan from the Small Faces at the Thunderbolt in Bristol. They have been part of the Party in the City for the Bristol Oil Fired Up International Music Festival. flamenco/folk/pop Saskia & the June Apples perform heartfelt atmospheric folk/pop, sung over classical and acoustic instruments. Engaging songs, captivating instrumentation and crystal clear vocals. classical/funk-rock Thirsty Jenny are a Somerset folk collective originating from Wells Blue School who thoughtfully Jon Fowle bluegrass/americana arrange both traditional and modern tunes and songs. blues/sea shanties Frobisher will be serving light refreshments and subtly blended cocktails of old and new classics with dashes of the unexpected. Neil Smith on guitar so the unexpected expectations are high. Lift the Bar jazz/country Sunday church concerts The Roaring Trowmen Four hearty men who sing sea shanties and songs of the salty deep! big sing workshop 'The Roaring Trowmen' celebrate the working songs sung by sailors around the world which have endured the test of time. Hear old favorites combined with original new songs, delivered with Sharky market stalls passion, energy and plenty of silly banter! morris dancing Jimmy Brewer If you are a fan of great songwriting and enjoy artists such as Neil Young, Ron simply carpets session tent Sexsmith and Ryan Adams, then Jimmy Brewer will sit happily next to them in your collection. Recently Jimmy has played several dates of Joan Armatrading’s final major tour culminating in a free saturday pub gig performance at London’s Barbican Hall. Samler sunday supper Jekyll & Hyde Since 2014, Jekyll & Hyde have been playing as a trio, flawlessly reworking traditional tunes and pieces to produce compositions and transform them into evocative and expertly Landscapes crafted musical journeys. Ant Noel & The Peabody Drakes Wells-based songwriter Ant Noel and his backing band The Timsbury Peabody Drakes play lively, upbeat original songs of coffee drinking, French love stories, ale, travel- ling and West Country rambles... a melting-pot of Celtic, Americana and Klezmer. Tunley Estate Pharmacy The Verandah Band From Balkan folk tunes to popular ballads of former times, you never know what they will come up with next. They are Rob Eyley on accordion, Simon Fossey on banjo, Lucius Wallmead Redman on clarinet and John Boston on guitar. Motors Church Helen James & Paul Barclay made their debut performance at last year’s Priston Festival. Expect anything from the beautiful melodies of the established folk repertoire through to the wicked humour of Jake Thackray’s classic songs. Ursa Helen Stanley is a well established and respected Bristol based musician. As well as We are also very grateful to: composing, songwriting, directing and arranging, she also performs with Bristol and Paris based The residents in Priston and locally who have made donations to the festival. A special BIG thank you to: Jo Sercombe - the Festival’s President, joins us for the eighth year to run the free for kids - puppets stories films songs & art project ?WHATIF! - The Innovation Company for printing the programme. Big Sing workshop which is open to all, regardless of age, skill or experience. Jo brings an informal, passionate style to her teaching. Reaching out to participants, beech tree cafe/cream teas/local food/bars/real coffee she not only gets them to connect with her, but also with each other in a quite We would also like to thank: unique way. Have no doubt, you will feel genuinely inspired, uplifted and buzzing. Greenhill House Cheshire Home for floral displays, the Village Hall, Saturday Cafe, Priston Parish Church, the Cricket Club, the Lippiatt family, Kate & Nick Keppel-Palmer, Richard Harris, Amanda Bayley and other SATURDAY & SUNDAY Childrens Art individuals who have offered the Priston Festival their support, time or equipment. 16-18 sept We have a kids art project on the green where all are welcome to join in making a giant Priston Festival is a registered charity. Registration number 1143394 dragonfly with amazing streamer tail, and small fish/dragonfly puppets to keep too. Car Park £4 - Free before 11am BA2 9EE www.priston.org.uk/festival performers performers performers performers performers performers performers The Bookshop Band are Beth Porter and Ben Please. Fat Stanley Nathan Ball & Friends is a UK-based singer, songwriter and They write songs inspired by books, and play them in book- Funk machine playing the greatest picks of funk, soul & guitarist whose unique blend of thought-provoking lyrics combined shops. Beth Porter is well-known to Priston Festival-goers. dance from the likes of The Herbaliser, James Brown, with funky and folky melodies have endeared him to many a festival She has her own band The Availables who have performed on The New Mastersounds, Speedometer, Spanky Wilson crowd. His beautifully written songs reveal depths of humanity and our Village Green Stage in previous years. Ben Please is a & The Snugs as well as many more. Features Will a keen eye for metaphor, while his intricate, fingerpicking style songwriter/guitarist. He often composes music for film and Angelou, Priston Festival's sound-man supremo! makes every note from his guitar shine. animation. He is co-founder of the Bath arts / music / poetry monthly The Bath Burp. Jez Hellard & Nye Parsons will be guest performing with Nathan. Many of you will have seen Jez and Nye at the launch of The Djukella Orchestra’s Heavy Wood album The Carrivick Sisters are at the forefront of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs is an exciting band headed the emerging American roots music scene in the UK in February in Priston. Jez on vocals, guitar and harmonica and up by two Keynsham brothers, Adam and Lawrence Purnell. Nye on upright double bass. Great skills will be on display. and Europe, and represent a revival of the string band The talented team give us a folky, pop sound all their own. They tradition in its most vibrant form. Their intoxicating style, played the Village Green stage in 2012 and since then have incorporating Appalachian, Blues, Gospel and early toured nationally and appeared on radio. Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin Bluegrass is punctuated with the stunning syncopated Priston audiences will require no introduction to this amazing duo step-dance that has become one of their trademarks. - it's about time we had them back! Widely regarded as one of the best slide guitarists in the UK, Lancashire-born multi Georgia Lewis & Friends instrumentalist Phillip Henry has been described as "one of the Georgia Lewis, winner of 'The Future of Young Folk Award' most extraordinary musicians around". A virtuoso on the De Fuego (Bromyard Folk Festival 2015) is a "young, exuberant & musically harmonica and beatbox harmonica. Brixham-born singer- De Fuego is a sensational guitar duo, playing adept" (R2 Magazine) folk singer and multiinstrumentalist with songwriter Hannah, is a skilled fiddler, viola and banjo player with energetic instrumental flamenco and rumba- "the stage assurance of a veteran ... she is fast becoming one of a real lightness of touch and distinctive vocal. based music. The duo has come a long way the most in demand artists on the club and festival circuit.” since forming in 2010, and their humble (Eastbourne Folk Club). She's joined onstage by guitarist Felix Reg Meuross & Lily Meuross Somerset-based beginnings as buskers in London’s markets. Miller, fiddler Rowan Piggott, double-bassist Tom Sweeney, and singer/songwriter, Reg (our patron artist) is an exceptional percussionist Evan Carson. This new line-up brings fresh teller of tales set to great melodies and delivered with a spell- arrangements and a bigger sound. binding voice. His songs include "And Jesus Wept" - the story of Private Harry Farr, a WW1 shell-shock victim shot for Doreen Doreen Formed in '82 when Duran Duran The Fantasy Orchestra is a 20+ piece Bristol and cowardice. Other songs interweave historical characters with hit the scene, Doreen Doreen are everything Duran are Paris-based orchestra. It is led by Jesse D Vernon. The eternal themes. Reg will be joined by singer-songwriters not. Dance away with some of the best (and funniest) repertoire grew from a project playing the music of Ennio Lily Meuross, his daughter and Emma Shoosmith. cover versions you will hear including Abba, Queen, Ian Morricone in November 2011 and since then they’ve added Dury, Britney Spears and Tom Jones. Flamboyant and works by Nino Rota, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, R.D Burman The Stringbeans Quartet highly entertaining, with skilled musicianship. DD (Bollywood) and Dominic Frontiere (American exotica from Often compared to both The Penguin Cafe Orchestra and wowed audiences three nights in a row at Glastonbury the 1950′s).