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Live Performance
Jazz, Classical, World Music, Blues Flamenco
With a sound incorporating elements of Gypsy jazz, Classical, Latin and World music, we work together to create a stylistic and bohemian atmosphere to journey through.
Having played together for several years we have performed at a number of places including Vivienne Westood’s London fashion show, Mutterschiff Festival in Switzerland and various festivals around the UK.
We have featured in publications such as Vogue, The New York Times, have appeared on BBC radio and have had our music featured in `Cocooned`, a documentary by Ok Nature.
Rather than drifting towards becoming another commercially driven, ticketed event, the team of volunteer organisers has doggedly held fast to the original grass roots, access-for-all ethos, and so the festival has retained its unique, eclectic and idiosyncratic atmosphere.
Music has the power to make us all feel part of something bigger than ourselves, while nurturing a true sense of community and local pride. The pastoral, village fete atmosphere of the Library Gardens and the bustling, waterfront location of Old Leigh are both fundamental to the spirit of the weekend, and offer a natural, unpretentious welcome to visitors in their thousands.
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A century ago, Essex proved fertile ground for the first wave of folk song collectors like Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan-Williams, and perhaps some of this legacy persists in our local traditional music scene.
While Southend and the ‘Thames Delta’ are probably best known for the blues and pub-rock bands of the 60s and 70s, as well as today’s local heroes, it has always supported a flourishing folk and acoustic music scene and has in recent years seen poetry and storytelling take to the stages, along with traditional dance sides and a truly special procession.
The Leigh Folk Festival is fantastic, it’s free and it’s all our own. And what’s more we have more mud than Glastonbury… but only when the tide is out!
Levent and Taylor are usually an instrumental duo, but have recently assembled a crack team of specialists for a world music band like no other!
Various Venues,
Leigh-on-Sea,
Essex,
England,
SS9 2.
