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We're delighted to have Kitty Macfarlane play at Harwell Village Hall. Kitty Macfarlane is a songwriter and guitarist from Somerset, whose music is rich with visual imagery and written with an eco-eye. Her trademark lies in remarkably mature songwriting, a marked empathy with the environment and a strong sense of place. Carried by a clear voice 'controlled yet wild' (Folk Radio), her lyrics touch on intervention and rewilding, climate change and migration, woman�s age-old relationship with textiles and the land, and the changing face of the natural world. From the starling murmurations on the Somerset Levels to the lowly eel's epic transatlantic migration, the coasts and estuaries of the South West and the small part we ourselves play in a much bigger picture, her songs are bound by the underlying theme of mankind's relationship with the wild. Cerebral and topical, honest and immediate, these are not throwaway lyrics or everyday melodies but thought-provoking and evocative compositions with wonderfully crafted soundscapes.

Her debut album Namer Of Clouds was one of The Guardian's Best Folk Albums of 2018, and has seen airplay across BBC Radio 2, 3, 4 and 6 Music. Last year she was invited to guest-present two episodes of BBC Radio 4's Tweet of the Day and Kitty performed live in session on BBC Radio 2 at the beginning of 2019.

FATEA Female Artist of the Year 2018
"Smooth & believable" - Iggy Pop, BBC 6Music
"Startlingly poetic" - The Observer
BBC Radio 4 Pick of the Week
"Remarkably accomplished" - The Guardian
"faint echoes of Joni Mitchell and Vashti Bunyan" - The Metro

Support is from Craig Joiner who despite having been a professional musician for over 25 years and having written songs that have been recorded by the likes of Heart, Bonnie Tyler, Eddie Money and Steps, and had his songs used in major Hollywood movies such as �A Nightmare on Elm Street�, �102 Dalmatians� and �Jack Reacher�, it is only in recent years Craig has been a stalwart of the Folk Club scene where he has gained an impressive following and where he honed the songs for the long awaited solo debut album �Art of Landing�.

Standard tickets at £15. Unfortunately concessions are no longer available for those aged 16 and under with an adult.

Doors and bar 7:00pm, music at 7:40pm.

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Harwell Village Hall was opened in the 1930s and since then has been a well-used social centre for the village and surrounding areas.

The hall is the focus of many groups from the village and the surrounding area who meet weekly or monthly in either the Orchard or Cherry Hall for a variety of pursuits including fitness and dance for both young and old, Arts and Crafts, Woodturners, Harwell WI, Short Mat Bowls, various clubs for toddlers and young children such as Fun Club, our youth theatre group Gobo Theatre and the Harwell Parish History Group. It is also the local Polling Station and the Parish Council have an office by the foyer entrance.

The halls are available to book - if you would like to hire a space, please visit the website for everything you need to know!

High Street,

Harwell,

Oxfordshire,

England,

OX11 0EX.