Big Chill Folk Special : Vashti Bunyan, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Martin Carthy and Tunng

Big Chill Festival Vashti Bunyan, A Hawk And A Hackshaw, Martin
Carthy and Tunng


Magz Hall brings you a You Are
Hear show featuring folk highlights from the Big
Chill Festival

featuring live performances from Vashti Bunyan, A Hawk
And A Hacksaw, Martin Carthy and Tunng

www.youarehear.co.uk

Vashti Bunyan is an English folksinger who
debuted in 1965 in the wake of Donovan, releasing, Just Another
Diamond Day (Island 1970). Vashti disappeared to Ireland for 30
years, until she was asked to guest on Piano Magic's Writers
Without Homes (4AD, 2002). After three decades and a half, a new
album by Vashti Bunyan finally surfaced: Lookaftering (DiCristina
Stair Builders, 2005). Backed by (among others) Mice Parade's
Adam Pierce, Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, and availing
herself of Max Richter's discrete neo-classical orchestration,
Bunyan picked up from where she left, her fragile voice sounding
virtually the same,

A Hawk And A Hacksaw are the Albuquerque-based
duo of Jeremy Barnes (drums, accordion, vocals) and Heather Trost
(violin).
A Hawk And A Hacksaw's live set displays the virtuosity of
multi-instrumentalist Jeremy plays accordion, vocals and
percussion (simultaneously!) whilst accompanied by Heather on
violin, glockenspiel and melodica. It's a musical journey across
the most varied of terrain, dipping in and out of modern
composition and American and Eastern European folk
traditions.


Martin Carthy Is a legend in his own lifetime,
arguably the most important English folk artist of his
generation, still playing folk clubs all over the world this set
was also specially recorded by us for podcast at the Big Chill
Festival.
Carthy was born in Hertfordshire in 1941 and is an acknowledged
influence on both Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. Carthy's pioneering
ventures took him into the heart of the 70s folk explosion. He
has also enjoyed over 30 years of celebrated performance with
wife Norma and more recently has toured and recorded with their
daughter Eliza.

Tunng play a mesmerising mix of folky acoustics
and busy electronica, overlaying electronic crackles, gorgeous
harmonies, bewitching mantras and synthetic beats that are
reminiscent of early Beta Band, 'The Wicker Man' soundtrack and
Four Tet.


Podcast of the week Time Out London!! " excellent alternative
music show" "Critics Choice" The Independent