The West Country comes to Kings Heath.
Jim and Lukas (Photo:Benjamin Borley)
World Unlimited have announced a date for Jim Causley with Lukas Drinkwater and support Chris Cleverley at the Hare & Hounds on March 5th.
Five times BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Jim Causley is a singer/accordionist passionate about traditional song and particularly that of his native Devon. Previous incarnations include The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley and he has recorded with the likes of Waterson:Carthy, Show of Hands, John McCusker and David Rotheray of Beautiful South fame. In recent years, projects have included touring with Steve Knightley and Kate Rusby.
Jim has recorded an album of the poems of his distant relative to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of this celebrated Cornish poet. Jim has set to music a diverse selection of Causley’s poems to give the audience a taster of the poet’s great body of work. The album Cyprus Well was recorded live in Causley’s house in Launceston, Cornwall and many of the tracks feature Causley’s own piano.
Jim aims to bring wider attention to Causley’s poems and raise awareness of the Charles Causley Trust and their mission to preserve Causley’s house as a writers’ retreat. He will be joined on stage by talented guitarist Lukas Drinkwater, renowned for his warm and jovial stage presence and his rich singing voice has been likened to the fruitiest of ciders.
Supporting will be Chris Cleverley, a singer causing a stir in UK folk circles with his haunting tales of ghost women, lonesome clock towers, lovelorn mariners and hospital beds.
From touring the UK festivals to sharing the bill with such heavyweights as Martin Simpson, Spiers & Boden, Martha Tilston and Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Chris has stirred up a formidable word-of-mouth reputation and a buzzing anticipation for his forthcoming record, Apparitions.
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