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Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Having sold out Queen Elizabeth Hall in May 2011, James Vincent McMorrow continues his astonishing ascent with a new album and a show at Royal Festival Hall.
Purcell Room
Gerry Diver - The Speech Project
Friday 2 March 2012
Born in Manchester to Irish parents, Gerry Diver feel in love with Irish traditional music at an early age.
Central Bar Foyer
Friday 2 March 2012
Monooka, the award-winning Romanian singer-songwriter, puppeteer and actress, performs traditional songs from the Carpathian mountains in with three British musicians - fiddler Meg Hamilton, guitarist Matt Bacon and double bassist Paul Moylan.
The Front Room at QEH
Friday 2 March 2012
In this trio project, multi-genre master Koby Israelite teams up with tabla virtuoso Minta Rasiya and tuba player Oren Marshall to reinterpret songs from Koby's many albums and perform exclusive new material, written specifically for the project.
Purcell Room
Sunday 4 March 2012
Birmingham Alabama's AA Bondy blends American folk with alternative and garage rock influences to produce a sound that is wholly his own.
The Clore Ballroom
Friday 9 March 2012
Performing with her quartet for Women of the World Festival, Gillespie creates a mix of emotive ballads, raucous gypsy swing, blues and vaudeville, not to mention some wild, Arabic-infused flourishes, too.
Royal Festival Hall
Friday 16 March 2012 - Saturday 17 March 2012
Since she began her legendary residency at Boston's famed Club 47 and made her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable.
Purcell Room
Wednesday 4 April 2012
Post-jazz, post-punk and chamber dub sextet SOLUS3, featuring harpist Julia Thornton and members of both Transglobal Underground & Krautrock improvisers Lunar Dunes, spotlight music from their sophmore album, Corner of the World, in an audio-visual collaboration with award-winning pinhole photographer Jan Dunning.
Purcell Room
Friday 20 April 2012
Jackie Oates is a phenomenon in the exploding folk-pop scene in the UK today.
Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Led by Stephin Merrit, The Magnetic Fields career now spans over two decades and ten albums.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 10 May 2012
Having celebrated a decade of touring in Spring 2011, Spiers & Boden are one of the most popular duos on the vibrant English folk scene.
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