"COME ALL YE MERRY APRIL FOOLS"
Original and Traditional Folk Music performed by
Pamela Wyn Shannon, In Gowan Ring and Rebecca Hall

Thursday, April 1st at Middle Earth Music Hall, 8:00 pm; $10
Barton St. Just off Main St. Bradford, VT 05033 802-222-4748 www.middle-earth-music.com

PAMELA WYN SHANNON www.girlhenge.com Pamela Wyn Shannon has attracted international attention with her "mesmerizing Celtic-influenced folk" music. Pamela’s vocal style ranges from lilting sensitivity to urgent callings and her inventive modal guitar work has been described as "a tiny chamber orchestra working in unison at the end of her hands." There’s an "elliptical quality to her Celtic-influenced compositions which create its own time frame, rules and kingdoms and "is reminiscent of the magic found in UK artifacts and psychedelic folk music". Amazon.com writes, "The songs on Nature’s Bride contain the chill up the spine essence that lay behind the finest of Celtic songsmiths." In addition to performing her original compositions, Pamela has also performed, accompanied and recorded with traditional Irish musicians from Solas, Kila, Lunasa, Whirligig, Cherish The Ladies and the Afro-Celt Sound System. Tonight she will be accompanied by the cellist Gideon Freudmann.

B’eirth of IN GOWAN RING www.ingowanring.com Bobin J. M. Eirth (otherwise "B'eirth" or "Bee") has conducted the sounds and songs of In Gowan Ring for over a dozen years; Recording over eight full length albums, appearing on numerous international compilations, and performing throughout North America and Europe in veritable itinerant fashion. Variously dubbed "Archaic Surrealism", "Wyrd Folk", or "Psychedelic Song-Telling", In Gowan Ring extend roots into Indo-European poetic-folk traditions while channeling a living, self-attuned imaginal experimentalism. As well as composing the original material for In Gowan Ring, Bee collects renditions of traditional songs and builds many of the acoustic instruments featured in performances and recordings. Though largely self-taught, he has didactically studied the music of the Trouveres and Troubadours, the counterpoint of the High Renaissance, and modern orchestration. Accompanied by Michael Moynihan (bodhran) and Annabel Lee (violin).

REBECCA HALL www.rebeccahall.com A relative newcomer to the music scene, Rebecca Hall has managed in only a few years to develop a reputation for concise, classic songwriting. Her compositions echo the folk tradition, but deal with everyday concerns that are timeless. Writes Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald, "Rebecca Hall is a true rarity: a new folk classicist." "Rebecca Hall’s songs are uncannily like the timeless traditional songs that inspire her. Indeed, Hall’s debut brings to mind recordings of the late-‘50’s and early ‘60s, with its spare, heart-felt simplicity."—Sing Out! magazine, Winter 2003. Beautifully produced and orchestrated by Ken Anderson, Sunday Afternoon, Rebecca’s second album, maintains these core influences while coming to life with a rich, full sound. Some songs are couched in lush strings, reminiscent of Nick Drake or the Left Banke. Tonight she will be joined by Ken Anderson.

 

'With the heart of a fool and a spryng in your step,
Come out the dark season where silence was kept.
As the snow melts and the rivers do swell,
Come all ye merry fools and ring out the bells!'

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