Folk at the Farm is the label for a
series of ad hoc events put on at a farm in Surrey. Sometimes it can be music
in the front room, sometimes a mini festival in a field. This was a couple of
bands performing in a barn.
The first act was Laurie Gregory and her
band, a strong, moving performance of C&W songs, all the more remarkable when
I heard she had just recently returned to singing after losing her voice due to
cancer.
But however impressive she was we were
not prepared for the shear brilliant musicianship of the next band. Assembly Lane is a group of young men, many of who are studying music in Newcastle and
they blew us away with their skill and professionalism and a fabulous set of
tunes and songs. The two main singers have a very different sound and this
brings an extra dimension to their music; one is American with a deep base accented
voice; the other British with much higher pitch. This allowed them to get the
best out of the American and British folk songs they each sang.
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