plus Sunday afternoon workshop
Sara Grey and Kieron Means are mother and son and, along with Ben Paley, share a love for the traditional music of North America.
Sara Grey is a fine American singer, banjo player and song collector. She’s immersed in the song traditions of both sides of the Atlantic.
Kieron Means is a singer and guitar player of great merit. He was born in the United States and grew up in Britain with the music of both traditions. He is a fine performer of traditional and contemporary songs.
Sara and Kieron regularly perform in the UK and the US. Sara has also toured in Europe and Australia.
Ben Paley is just the best fiddle player and the three of them make a sound that is full, unique and wonderful.
The three of them will be joined for their concert by Ozark traditional dancer Steve Green.
"Sara Grey is one of that rare breed of singers who have been involved with traditional music over many years and absorbed its vital essence. In Sara's performance, the art of the singer and that of the story teller merge to produce a web of tales and songs capable of transporting an audience from the concert hall or club room to the intimacy of a kitchen fire side."Brian Peters
"Kieron has such a tremendous passion when he sings, it goes right to the very core of himself, he's totally immersed the songs. He is a terrific performer on account of just that passion. His voice is especially striking, achieving the rare combination of a high lonesome edge with a warm richness of timbre, and it has a power to move the listener that few of his generation can match. His guitar playing is unconventional, its spareness a mile away from any notion of fancy picking, but it's highly effective, while his stage presence is charismatic, yet laid-back. His songs range from old-time, through the blues - which he sings with startling conviction - to the work of tradition-influenced songwriters, and his own compositions have people, who know a good song when they hear one, nodding in approval." Living Tradition
"[Ben Paley is] fabulously gifted, naturally talented… His playing is warm, rich, sometimes dry, sometimes dusty, never intrusive, always inventive; he’s a Zen fly fisherman, only with a bow not a rod… Ben [has] the ability to… ignite your emotions or break your heart slowly." Neil Dalton