JOHN KIRKPATRICK presents THE VICTORIAN FARMER’S YEAR IN SONG
May 10th 7:30 at Welsh Mountain Cider SY186HY
Doors open 7:00
Come join us for an evening of traditional music with renowned folk musician John Kirkpatrick. Experience Victorian Farmer's Year through songs that capture the essence of the era. This in-person event will be held at cider barn at Welsh Mountain Cider, providing the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable night. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to delve into the pastoral world of the Victorian farmer!
John is widely regarded as one of the most committed champions of traditional English folk song, dance, and music. His passion for his subject comes across in the boundless energy with which he presents his material, filling the room with music in his sparkling squeezebox playing, and delivering the songs with tremendous panache with a voice of great power, depth, and dynamic range.
Here we have The Victorian Farmer’s Year In Song – songs about farmers, and songs sung by farmers; songs about the work on the farm, and songs to make that work easier; songs celebrating particular days in the country calendar, and songs celebrating the daily miracle of life, death, and renewal. And the world we are shown here is not a romantic pastoral idyll viewed through rose-tinted spectacles – this is a world full of sweat and muck, a world with dirt under the finger nails, a world full of snorting, and grunting, and heaving.
And then there’s the animals………………