WORLD FOLK musicians in Plymouth UK??

Subject: WORLD FOLK musicians in Plymouth UK??
From: Deni-C
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 01:19 AM

Help. WE need a couple (just a couple more) WORLD MUSIC acts for a concert at the Plymouth folk festival,UK July 18-20 2003 we've already got a Russian singer/guitarist and fiddle duo and I think we've been promised an African drumming act and possibly an Armenian singer/belly-dancer.


We NEED a smallish group of singers who could get the audience joining in something fairly rousing to end the show. And MAYBE an unusual bunch of musicians.

We'll be paying something, but sets will be short so there's no fortune to be made here. So it had better be someone local, so there are no travel expenses....

Any ideas anyone??

Thanks


Deni

Subject: RE: WORLD FOLK musicians in Plymouth UK??
From: greg stephens
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 11:09 AM

Deni
You may have noticed a thread about musicians from Zimbabwe in Sandbach. They are truly fantastic. if you were to PM me a request that you would be very interested in their coming to Plymouth, but haven't got very much money, I just might be able to use that letter to wangle a bit of funding to truck them down. And yes, among the incomparably beautiful Shona and Ndebele songs they do, they do have a few crowd pleaser standards, including Swing Low Sweet Chariot, and Wimoweh(though requesting the latter is a bit on a par with asking for Danny Boy or the Fields of Athenry, I gather!)