There are flickerings, scratches and scritches echoing and haunting Christ Church this evening. As late July sunlight pours into the place, blinding those on stage, things half forgotten, less than half remembered, sit, patiently, and wait. Owen Spafford and Louis Campbell are young, their brilliant debut album just released, and are right at the forefrontContinue reading “Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell – Downend Folk & Roots – July”
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Jon Wilks – Downend Folk & Roots – May 2023
There’s something so wonderful about listening to someone who just knows stuff. Just hanging out while they spin stories, digress, mine fact-y nuggets. While they find truths in the everyday and fashion magic from mere words. It’s just the greatest thing. Jon Wilks knows stuff and hanging out with him brings you more stories thanContinue reading “Jon Wilks – Downend Folk & Roots – May 2023”
Harbottle & Jonas – Downend Folk & Roots – April 2023
“What a great space this is”, says Dave Harbottle, “it’s like the perfect combination of the old and the new”. He’s right too, Christchurch is looking at its very best tonight. The sunset streams through the open doors, blue lights gently uplight the mullioned windows, the woodwork painted subtle shades. It’s an old place castContinue reading “Harbottle & Jonas – Downend Folk & Roots – April 2023”
The Haar – Downend Folk & Roots – March 2023
There’s a story that, on March 8th 1890, Bram Stoker, Dublin-born author of Dracula, contracted food poisoning from a dressed crab in a fashionable London restaurant. The ensuing vivid nightmare about blood-sucking creatures was direct inspiration for his Goth Count. If that dream had had a soundtrack, then it could have been provided by TheContinue reading “The Haar – Downend Folk & Roots – March 2023”
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