An OCM and Sound UK commission based on the rich collection of broadsides housed in Oxford’s Bodleian Library.
Broadside Ballads brings together three of the UK's most innovative folk artists, fronting a five-piece band that will reinvent a collection of British broadsides. Broadside ballads – disposable song sheets sold for pence – give a rare insight into Britain's musical and political past, with themes still relevant today. Delving into the colllection of Broadsides at the Bodleian Libraries and beyond, singers and multi-instrumentalists Sam Lee, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann bring to life the Broadsides Ballads for a new generation.
Lisa Knapp – voice, fiddle, autoharp
Sam Lee – voice, Jews harp
Nathaniel Mann – voice, bowed banjo, electronics and meat cleaver
Seth Bennett – double bass
Pete Flood – percussion
UK Tour Dates 2017
Sat 25 Feb Holywell Music Room (OCM), Oxford
Sun 26 Feb The Foundling Museum, London
Mon 27 Feb Norwich Arts Centre
Tue 28 Feb The Glee Club, Birmingham
Wed 01 Mar Exeter Phoenix
Produced by Sound UK and OCM. Funded by Arts Council England. Supported by the Bodleian Libraries.
Photo credits : Ian Wallman
OCM is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner in association with Youth Music
