20250221: Friday 21st February 2025: Showcase with Songs of the Folk; Rich Young: Wickenwood
£11.00
At the Golden Hind, 355 Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1SP
8pm (Doors open 7:30pm)
Entry: £12(door), £11(advance), £10(members).
Songs of the Folk: A.T. and Lauren Cason are lifetime musicians who perform original American folk and blues songs that harken back to the roots music of the American South as well as the 1960s Folk Revival artists of NYC’s Greenwich Village. It’s Simon & Garfunkel mixed with early Dylan, with a touch of Leonard Cohen and a helping of true Piedmont blues fingerstyle guitar from North Carolina.
Coming from a family of storytellers, A.T. writes stories and themes of the human condition into relatable songs of the most poetic, yet down-to-earth lyrics. His unique fingerstyle guitar-playing displays both sophisticated and ragtime techniques, and played on his 1935 Gibson L-00, is a most authentic accompaniment to the songs. A Suzuki-trained pianist since the age of three, Lauren enriches the tunes with beautiful countermelodies and pleasing harmonies while sometimes contributing elegant piano parts to certain songs.
Over the years, their unique traits have helped them cultivate a quintessential, yet new American folk sound, and it’s in live settings that their musicianship can be most greatly appreciated. Singing and playing intimately through high-quality condenser mics, their connection during live performance is palpable and gripping, and as they tell their stories alongside the tunes, this connection carries over to audience members to create a truly engaging experience.
A concert of Songs of the Folk is a concert of well-crafted music and lyrics, flawless harmonies, intricate instrumentation, and original storytelling. Audience members will leave impressed by the songwriting and fingerstyle guitar-playing, entranced by the refined vocal harmonies, and enamored with the exceptional lyricism, but most importantly, each person in the audience will leave full of enjoyment, feeling like an old friend of the Casons and a part of their Songs of the Folk.
Rich Young is a singer/songwriter/performer/composer/multi-instrumentalist and producer based in East Anglia. He’s played live, recorded and worked with a diverse range of acts over the years, including Scottish Indie folk artist King Creosote; Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden); Steve Marriott; Loudon Wainwright and Kenney Jones (Small Faces). He was a member of the Celtic Trio Drever, McGuire, Young, with whom he toured extensively in the US, Russia, Scandinavia and the UK, culminating in a headline show at the prestigious Celtic Connections Festival. The band also released two well-received albums.
Rich also tours the US solo acoustic twice a year, and has 7 solo albums released through Northstar Records, including the latest, Lamplighter, in 2023. Besides performing his original material, he also plays shows of cover versions, often with an idiosyncratic twist.
https://www.facebook.com/rich.young.3705157/
Wickenwood are an Indie-folk trio featuring well established duo Phil and Deb Marshall, with fiddle player Mags Layton. Together they play acoustic music with contemporary influences, based around harmony-driven vocals, drawing inspiration from the folklore and legends of the people and places they visit.