folk
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The Highchurches (or: The Threechurches) record a live session at BBC Maida Vale
Thanks so much to my very talented friends for making this happen. Maida Vale shuts its doors for good (as a BBC institution, at least) in a few months, so it felt faintly miraculous to get the five of us (three members of the band, my friend the sound engineer, and my friend the photographer) Read more
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The Twochurches at The Brunswick’s Open Mic in Hove
It’s that weird week between Christmas and new year, and I was itching to get out and perform, after a fairly nondescript Christmas in suburban Luton. I usually have choir practice on a Monday, so I’d never quite made it to The Brunswick pub in Hove for their esteemed open mic, which is of a Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir Pub Crawl Wassail for Brighton Women’s Centre
There are two types of wassail: the one where you sing at apple trees and honey bees, and the door-to-door cheeky begging variety, which is the precursor to modern carol singing. Just like the bar in The Blues Brothers which does both types of music (country and western), I’ve dabbled in assorted wassails over the Read more
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The Threechurches at Brighton Folk Choir End-Of-Term Cabaret, and Christmas Panto in Kemptown
A couple of performances to start the week, after a wonderful weekend in Sheffield. First up, The Threechurches – the name of any combination of three members [1] of The Highchurches taking to the stage together – played a short set [2] at the Brighton Folk Choir’s end of term cabaret at The Rose Hill. Read more
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Hands of the Heron at The Brunswick, Brighton
A quiet midweek gig and a scoping out of a venue for future plotting of things. That’s uncharacteristically vague, sorry, let me start again: I’m looking for somewhere to put on a regular Brighton folk club. Monthly first, preferably, and then once every couple of weeks if we find an audience for it. I’ve been Read more
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James and Anna versus Morris Folk Club
Back in February, myself and Anna, a fellow London exile now in Glasgow, met up at one of our old haunts and sang together at Sharp’s folk club for the first time. This time, we met at Morris Folk Club at another former hangout, The Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon, opposite The Guardian’s former headquarters before Read more
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The Highchurches / The Hognutters Mummers at Rottingdean Windmill
Rottingdean Windmill was host to the Wilde Volk exhibition this weekend – a display of masked, often animalistic figures in folklore. So who better to perform at its opening than the Hognutters Mummers, with their traditional “give us money or booze or we will beat you up” play of death and rebirth, and pig costumes Read more
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This Machine Kils Wasps with MJ Hibbett and Chris Thorpe-Tracey / The Highchurches do a gig on a barge in Shoreham
Tickets are now on sale for a special This Machine Kills Wasps in Brighton on Friday 15th August. MJ Hibbett and Chris Thorpe-Treacy have both been massive influences on my life, my music, and my philosophy. Hibbett writes amazing songs and taught me you don’t need anyone’s permission to make music; Chris writes amazing songs Read more
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