Simon Robinson
It was a super intimate performance. Intimate in the sense that at the start there was hardly anybody in the audience which added to the power of the music. Also that it was him sat there accompanied by his banjo, completely acoustic.
His vocals were atmospherically raw, heartfelt and intentionally quiet - less being more. The audience was completely silent apart from the subconscious feet tapping and head nodding which created a metronomic wave across the seats.
People were encouraged to join in, sing-a-long. It was such a genuine, beautiful and natural surround sound to be engulfed in. People created a vast range of interesting, different harmonies.
The atmosphere at the venue was incredibly friendly. There were a complete mix of different ages, the venue seemed a local hub. Fabric and bunting had been draped around the hall in a very hippy fashion which created a relaxed and informal environment.
Georgie and Phoebe
They were highly complimentary of each other, contrasting like chalk and cheese. Georgie had a voice which was fragile, traditional and scalic whereas Phoebe's was powerful, raw and strong. Together their harmonies seemed effortless and natural.
Throughout they were telling a story, communicating through folk. Their songs were about real things. There was a balanced mixture of intimate and emotional ballads with jaunty dance melodies.
Visually through the performance they moved around the stage, changing positions, taking it in turns as to who was leading each song. There was a very interesting and versatile range of different folk elements; singing, bodyslap, image scroll, harp, banjo and flatfoot. They were very well balanced.
The whole set was driven by the rhythm. There was flatfoot which was mesmerising. It was an outlet of expression responding to the music created, improvised and in the moment. The variety of rhythms created by the feet were used to accompany the vocals but used tastefully throughout the pieces, enough but not too much.
They created their own visual scroll to accompany a song they sang about about. It was beautifully crafted and the scroll held so much aura. It was a notion back to traditional folk story telling; it engaged the audience to visually engage with the story of the song.
The performances were a beautiful insight into folk music, authentic folk music.
It was a super intimate performance. Intimate in the sense that at the start there was hardly anybody in the audience which added to the power of the music. Also that it was him sat there accompanied by his banjo, completely acoustic.
His vocals were atmospherically raw, heartfelt and intentionally quiet - less being more. The audience was completely silent apart from the subconscious feet tapping and head nodding which created a metronomic wave across the seats.
People were encouraged to join in, sing-a-long. It was such a genuine, beautiful and natural surround sound to be engulfed in. People created a vast range of interesting, different harmonies.
The atmosphere at the venue was incredibly friendly. There were a complete mix of different ages, the venue seemed a local hub. Fabric and bunting had been draped around the hall in a very hippy fashion which created a relaxed and informal environment.
Georgie and Phoebe
They were highly complimentary of each other, contrasting like chalk and cheese. Georgie had a voice which was fragile, traditional and scalic whereas Phoebe's was powerful, raw and strong. Together their harmonies seemed effortless and natural.
Throughout they were telling a story, communicating through folk. Their songs were about real things. There was a balanced mixture of intimate and emotional ballads with jaunty dance melodies.
Visually through the performance they moved around the stage, changing positions, taking it in turns as to who was leading each song. There was a very interesting and versatile range of different folk elements; singing, bodyslap, image scroll, harp, banjo and flatfoot. They were very well balanced.
The whole set was driven by the rhythm. There was flatfoot which was mesmerising. It was an outlet of expression responding to the music created, improvised and in the moment. The variety of rhythms created by the feet were used to accompany the vocals but used tastefully throughout the pieces, enough but not too much.
They created their own visual scroll to accompany a song they sang about about. It was beautifully crafted and the scroll held so much aura. It was a notion back to traditional folk story telling; it engaged the audience to visually engage with the story of the song.
The performances were a beautiful insight into folk music, authentic folk music.
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