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Edward II & Jim Moray
16 February 7:30 PM
Four Four Time 09
Splicing dance tunes of old England with the sunny sexy grooves of reggae and lovers’ rock, Edward II transcended superficial notions of ‘crossover’ to forge a truly original synthesis from their far-flung musical roots. Featuring a seven-piece line up that saw melodeon and sax, fiddle and trombone nestling snugly cheek-by-jowl, their repertoire strolls expansively from reworked folk standards like Wild Mountain Thyme or La Russe to Caribbean classics like Gregory Isaacs’ Night Nurse. Edward II are long renowned as one of the freshest, funkiest acts on the circuit, sending crowds from Shetland to Sri Lanka, Brazil to Bangladesh into a jigging, skanking frenzy with their superlative live shows.
At the age of 21, Jim Moray was hailed ‘…the greatest leap forward in folk for 30 years’ (Daily Telegraph). His debut album Sweet England was called ‘a revolutionary experience’ (HMV Choice). Critics worldwide fell over themselves to tip Moray for great things. Combining traditional melodies with sampled electronic music, Moray now delivers on that promise with Low Culture, an album of ten songs that defines exactly where English traditional music is at in the early 21st century. Moray weaves a cohesive whole that links traditional song seamlessly into modern popular culture rather than discriminating between the two.
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Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana
16 February 8:30 PM
Four Four Time 09
A composer, an instrumentalist and a researcher: these are the aspects of the complex and multifaceted musical personality of Riccardo Tesi, a true pioneer of ethnic music in Italy and a master of his instrument, the diatonic accordion (melodeon), a forerunner of the accordion. From his debut in 1978 with Caterina Bueno, strongly rooted in the folk tradition, leading him to compare his Tuscan heritage to the Italian, Basque, English, French and Madagascar traditions, as well as to jazz, liscio (Italian popular dance music) and songwriting.
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Legrand Jazz - Michel Legrand with his Orchestra and special guest Alison Moyet
17 February 7:30 PM
Four Four Time 09
Michel Legrand has charmed audiences for generations with his music. He is the winner of three Oscars, five Grammy awards, and two Palmes d’Or. He has written the scores for numerous movie classics which include Yentl, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. His other worldwide hits include The Windmills Of Your Mind, What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life, The Summer Knows and Summer Of ’42. Michel is an accomplished and innovative musician as gifted in the jazz milieu as he is with classical music and is one of the giants of popular song. Accompanying Michel will be the mellifluous Alison Moyet famed for her strong blues voice and award winning music career spanning 26 years; from mainstream pop group Yazoo, to solo artist, and more recently acting in the musical Chicago and the play Smaller both in the West End. Winner of three Brit awards and Grammy nominee, her latest album The Turn was released in the UK in 2007 and the US in 2008. Read more about this event … or
The Fence Collective featuring King Creosote
17 February 8:30 PM
Four Four Time 09
The sleepy fishing-village of Anstruther, in Scotland’s East Neuk of Fife, is home to The Fence Collective – a loose-knit amalgam of singer-songwriters, led by King Creosote (aka Kenny Anderson, whose work has been described as ‘the most sublime Scottish folk songwriting since Donovan’), alongside HMS Ginafore (singer-songwriter Jenny Casino), accoustric-country singer Pip Dylan and bass player Uncle Beesley. King Creosote started out as an accordion player, deeply intrigued by the manner in which Dexy’s Midnight Runners used traditional instruments such as his, ‘but not in a folk way’. Since then he has expanded his reach, assuming guises ranging from the canny indie rocker to the Highland balladeer.
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