Alasdair Roberts at the Star & Shadow

New Wired Folk at the Star + Shadow
Alasdair Roberts / Nathalie Stern / Bridie Jackson / Emily Portman
Star + Shadow Cinema
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Saturday, September 6 at 7:30pm

Inspired by the Carter Family, Moondog, Harry Partch and the Elliotts of Birtley, New Wired Folk is our fourth evening of challenging roots and folk musics.

Featuring Drag City recording artist and Will Oldham collaborator Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman (back by overwhelming demand), Swedish electro-folk rounds from Nathalie Stern and Bridie Jackson.

Alasdair Roberts
“While there are echoes of Incredible String Band’s motley eclecticism, the pained isolation of Nick Drake, and British traditional music, this music is original in every way” – BBC

Rubus featuring Emily Portman
“Songs of the English tradition with invigorating energy and grace” – Martin Carthy

Nathalie Stern
“Traditional Swedish folk songs chopped up, glued back together and stashed in a loop pedal” – NARC

Bridie Jackson
“A voice as raw and beautiful as the young Karen Dalton” – CP Quarterly

Alasdair Roberts: alasdairroberts.com
Emily Portman: myspace.com/121645002
Nathalie Stern: myspace.com/nathaliestern
Bridie Jackson: myspace.com/bridiejackson

Tickets: £6 in advance from alt.vinyl / £6.50 on the night

New Weird Folk at the Star + Shadow

New Weird Folk at the Star + Shadow Cinema

New Weird Folk at the Star + Shadow Cinema
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Friday, July 11 at 7:30pm

Inspired by the Carter Family, Moondog, Harry Partch and the Elliotts of Birtley, New Weird Folk is our third evening in a series of successful and challenging roots evenings.

Headlining will be Cath + Phil Tyler, who, said Amazon, are “a very welcome antidote to much of the current tide of fey/faux folk”.

Support is from Sheffield’s Winter North Atlantic, disturbing electro-folk with hints of movie soundtracks and who Wire magazine praised for ” duvet-snug melodies … sculpted as a space for reminiscing, the beats and layers a comfortable bed of memories”. Reference points have been Boards of Canada and Prefuse 73.

Emily Portman also returns to the Star and Shadow, and by popular demand after her star turn at the Murder Ballads evening, Emily is gaining plaudits with every performance and is set to be a major talent.

For those who can get there early, a special bonus will be a screening of Dust to Digital’s documentary on Joe Bussard and Fonotone Records, Desperate Man Blues (2003).

This documentary chronicles the amazing life in music of legendary record collector, Joe Bussard (founder of Fonotone Records). Blues. Gospel. Jazz. Hillbilly. The late 1920s was the big bang of the music industry. King of record collectors Bussard tells the story of “America’s real music” with passionate enthusiasm in his own inimitable style.

The film has an outstanding soundtrack featuring artists Charley Patton, Son House, The Carter Family, Uncle Dave Macon, Blind Willie McTell and a roster of other roots musicians.

Cath and Phil Tyler
Winter North Atlantic
Emily Portman

Desperate Man Blues

And all this for a fiver! You just have to be there!