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- A Celebration of Graeme Miles – two special concerts to celebrate the life of a great singer songwriter
- June 11th, 2013
Featuring The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Martyn Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop, Mike Nicholson, and Robin Dale.
Some of the country’s most respected names in folk will come together to celebrate the life of Graeme Miles, one of the finest songwriters of his generation who died earlier this year.
Artists will come together at Saltburn Theatre in Teeside on Friday 22nd November, and to Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday November 23, including The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Martyn Wyndham-Read and Iris Bishop, Mike Nicholson, and Robin Dale.
Proceeds from the evening will be shared between Teesside Hospice and EFDSS’ Future of Folk Fund, to support an award established in his name. The Graeme Miles Bursary will provide professional development opportunities for young artists from the north east of England.
A contemporary of Ewan MacColl, Miles wrote his first song, Sea Coal, at the age of 14, and after hearing the traditional songs of Tyneside, set himself a 20-year task to create a collection for his adopted native Teesside.
Miles wrote hundreds of songs about the area, and could be regarded in that respect as a one-man folk tradition, finding poetry and beauty in the industrial landscape of Middlesbrough and the surrounding Cleveland hills and dales.
Shortly before he died, EFDSS awarded him the Gold Badge Award for outstanding achievement. With many of his songs still to be unearthed, and many of today’s folk exponents keen to shine further light on his work, the legacy that Graeme Miles leaves burns brightly.
Booking information:
A Celebration of Graeme Miles
Featuring The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Martyn Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop, Mike Nicholson, and Robin DaleFriday 22 November 2013
Saltburn Theatre
Albion Terrace Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1JW
7:30pm Ticket £15 (booking fees may apply)
http://www.seetickets.com/event/a-celebration-of-graeme-miles/saltburn-community-theatre/718426
Saturday 23 November 2013
Cecil Sharp House
Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
7.30pm Ticket £18 (booking fees may apply)
Available from:
www.musicglue.com/cecilsharphouse
www.ticketline.co.uk | 0844 888 9991
- A Celebration of Graeme Miles – two special concerts to celebrate the life of a great singer songwriter. London and Teesside.
- June 11th, 2013
Featuring The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Martyn Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop, Mike Nicholson, and Robin Dale.
Some of the country’s most respected names in folk will come together to celebrate the life of Graeme Miles, one of the finest songwriters of his generation who died earlier this year.
Artists will come together at Saltburn Theatre in Teeside on Friday 22nd November, and to Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday November 23, including The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Martyn Wyndham-Read and Iris Bishop, Mike Nicholson, and Robin Dale.
Proceeds from the evening will be shared between Teesside Hospice and the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s (EFDSS) Future of Folk Fund, to provide professional development for a young artist from the north east of England in memory of Graeme Miles.
A contemporary of Ewan MacColl, Miles wrote his first song, Sea Coal, at the age of 14, and after hearing the traditional songs of Tyneside, set himself a 20-year task to create a collection for his adopted native Teesside.
Miles wrote hundreds of songs about the area, and could be regarded in that respect as a one-man folk tradition, finding poetry and beauty in the industrial landscape of Middlesbrough and the surrounding Cleveland hills and dales.
Shortly before he died, EFDSS awarded him the Gold Badge Award for outstanding achievement. With many of his songs still to be unearthed, and many of today’s folk exponents keen to shine further light on his work, the legacy that Graeme Miles leaves burns brightly.
Booking information:
A Celebration of Graeme Miles
Featuring The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Martyn Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop, Mike Nicholson, and Robin DaleFriday 22 November 2013
Saltburn Theatre
Albion Terrace Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1JW
7:30pm Ticket £15 (booking fees may apply)
http://www.seetickets.com/event/a-celebration-of-graeme-miles/saltburn-community-theatre/718426
Saturday 23 November 2013
Cecil Sharp House
Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
7.30pm Ticket £18 (booking fees may apply)
Available from:
http://www.efdss.org/front/News/news/9
www.musicglue.com/cecilsharphouse
www.ticketline.co.uk | 0844 888 9991
- Songs from the Shipyards Wins Award
- April 24th, 2013
The Unthanks and Richard Fenwick won the Arts Council Award at the Culture Awards in Durham Cathedral on Monday night, for Songs from the Shipyards. The Unthanks perform it on the Tyne, Tees & Wear in June. http://www.the-unthanks.com/news/the-unthanks-songs-from-the-shipyards-trilogy
- The Unthanks: Songs from the Shipyards Trilogy
- April 16th, 2013
Shows for Festival of the North East on the Tyne, Wear and Tees, supported by Port of Tyne.
In a special trilogy of shows for Festival of the North East, The Unthanks bring Songs from the Shipyards on successive days, to locations on all three North-East rivers – the Tyne, Wear, Tees. All three venues are small and early booking is advised.
The Tyne show will take place right on the river, in the Customs House at South Shields. The Unthanks will also present in conjunction with Port of Tyne and The Customs House, a by-invite-only afternoon performance of the film, for people from the shipyard communities, past and present. There will be two performances of the film in one evening at the beautiful but tiny Ballroom at Preston Park Museum, while the Sunderland Minster show has a late start to ensure the surroundings are cast in atmospheric darkness for sharp projection of the film. The Unthanks will perform their soundtrack live at each show.
Sponsored by The Port of Tyne and originally commissed by Tyneside Cinema, Songs from the Shipyard is a beautiful and powerful audio visual work that traces the story of the shipyards through a film made by Richard Fenwick, accompanied by a new score from The Unthanks.
The Festival of the North East represents a timely opportunity to celebrate the work with more performances. Songs from the Shipyards is nominated in the forthcoming Journal Culture Awards for the Arts Council Award. Most compelling and timely of all, will be the inclusion of work by the poet and songwriter Graeme Miles, who sadly passed away recently, and leaves a lasting legacy of stunning work on Teeside’s industrial life.The Unthanks are very grateful for continued sponsorship from The Port of Tyne, who sponsored the original commission and also sponsor all three shows. The Unthanks and Port of Tyne are proud and determined to support and be involved in the Festival of the North East at this challenging time for the region’s arts. Additional sponsorship is provided by AV Arts in the form of projection equipment for the Wear and Tees shows.
WEAR
Thursday 13th June
Sunderland Minster, SR1 3ET
Doors 9pm, Show 9.30pm
£15/14
http://www.wegottickets.com/theunthanks
0191 565 4066TEES
Friday 14th June
The Ballroom, Preston Park Museum, TS18 3RH
Doors 7.15pm, Show 7.45pm
Doors 9pm Show 9.30pm
£15/14
http://www.arconline.co.uk/whats-on/music/the-unthanks-songs-from-the-shipyards-trilogyTYNE
Saturday 15th June
The Customs House, South Shields NE33 1ES
http://www.customshouse.co.uk/whats-on/Theatre/1241/unthanks
Doors 7.30pm, Start 8pm
£15/14
* There will be an additional invite-only afternoon show at The Customs House for employees of the ports and shipyards, past and present.- More Shipyard Events in North and South Yorkshire
- April 16th, 2013
The day after the North East trilogy of shows, The Unthanks head to Sheffield Doc/Fest for a rare inland performance of the film in the hallowed Crucible Theatre. If you want to attend this show only, early booking is advised due to the allocation afforded to weekend festival ticket holders.
Sunday 16th June, Sheffield Doc/Fest (formerly known as Sheffield International Documentary Festival), Crucible Theatre, S1 1DA
http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/event/the-unthanks-13/
Songs from the Shipyards will also be shown and performed:
Sunday 21st July (1pm), Deer Shed Festival, Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. http://www.deershedfestival.com/- Journal Culture Awards
- April 16th, 2013
The Unthanks will perform a short set in Durham Cathedral on April 22nd, for the Journal Culture Awards. Songs from the Shipyards by The Unthanks and Richard Fenwick is nominated at the awards for the Arts Council Award. Tickets for the ceremony can be bought at http://www.mycultureclub.co.uk/tickets/
