Hot on the heels of its 2007 debut, the Teenage Cancer Trust sessions take the stage in the Wold Top Performance Marquee on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. EVERY DAY 6 YOUNG
PEOPLE DISCOVER THEY HAVE CANCER - 2,100 PER YEAR !
TCT is a London based charity which raises money by
various means to build specialist wards attached to NHS hospitals to
accommodate teenagers and young people suffering with cancer. Supporters of the
Trust include Roger Daltrey, Mark Knopfler and Fairport Convention. Its many
fund-raising events have involved the likes of The Who, Kaiser Chiefs, and
Arctic Monkeys - they do however rely greatly on regional fund raising groups
for support. Programmed by Hunsley Acoustic Music, (a very big thank you to Will Richardson for the tireless work!), All the artists donate their time and energy for free to raise money for this very worthy cause. The artists are the best of regional, unsigned talent. Join us for an afternoon of great music and camaraderie – and leave a small (or large!)
donation in the collection buckets too. The aim is to promote awareness of the
need for a TCT ward at the new
Castle Hill Cancer Hospital
in nearby Cottingham. Currently all Hull and East Riding patients use
facilities at St James Hospital Leeds. Artists confirmed to date include: Charlie Daykin, Hall Brothers, Graham Hodge, The Neumes, The
Durbevilles, Nick Stubbs, Union Central, Stony Paul Liddell, Shaun T Hunter
Band, Jess Bannister, Mean Eyed Cat. The programme to date.... (the programme is subject to confirmation in due course)
| Saturday 21st June 2008 |
| Time |
Artists |
Venue |
| 1pm-1.45pm |
The
Durbervilles |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 2pm-2.45pm |
The
Hall Brothers and John Carey |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 3pm-3.45pm |
Graham
Hodge |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 4pm-4.45 |
The
Neumes |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 5pm-5.45 |
Charlie
Daykin and Michelle Plum |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
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TBC |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 6pm-6.45 |
Nick
Stubbs |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
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| Sunday 22nd June |
| Time |
Artists |
Venue |
| 1pm-1.45pm |
Union
Central |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 2pm-2.45pm |
Stony |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 3pm-3.45pm |
Paul
Liddell |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 4pm-4.45pm |
Shaun
T Hunter Band |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 5pm-5.45pm |
Jess
Bannister |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
| 6pm-6.45pm |
Mean
Eyed Cat |
Festival
Village - Wold Top Marquee |
STONY Eleven years of constant touring, recording and performing has
seen the acoustic-based duo's reputation as songwriters, and as one of the
hottest live acts on the new-acoustic music scene develop and mature. Stony's
mixture of often driving piano and acoustic guitar, combined with beautiful
vocal harmonies has a very distinctive and original live sound.
THE HALL BROTHERS generally fall into the
singer-songwriter category, with high-quality, intelligent songs performed with
a largely acoustic backing and are well-known for their wide-ranging musical
styles and themes. Their songs deal with everything from love to politics
without ever getting too earnest! An
acoustic rock act.
THE NEUMES are a mostly very young female band playing some unusual
self-penned material on a variety of instruments. With a unique fusion of pop,
jazz, folk and rock, sisters Charlotte, Emily and Eleanor, who front the
five-piece outfit, show a maturity well beyond their years.
GRAHAM HODGE, solo acoustic guitarist & singer, Graham has
been playing since the 60's. He also
plays with band Gabriel and is currently recording his first solo album.
PAUL LIDDELL At only 25 years old, Paul is already
somewhat a veteran of the acoustic music world, having released two solo albums
and an EP with his band ‘Delphians'.
Over the years Paul has been playing, he has been courted by many record
labels including RCA, Independiente, and EMI, but has remained independent and
unsigned throughout. He feels working independently gives an artist great
freedom and control over their music.
SHAUN T HUNTER Born in Helensburgh, Scotland, he began playing music at eleven years
old
Inheriting his Uncles record collections his first love affair with a
record was upon hearing 'Tea For The Tillerman' by Cat Stevens, early Beatles
records, The Temptations and The Eagles 'Hotel California' would bellow out for
days, interspersed with lots of indoor football, courtesy of a tennis ball, in a
small council house dining room.
He'd always been a songwriter, always had an affinity for great songs,
great writers and always marvelled that no matter how contemporary you endeavour
to sound you are only left with 'the song'...this was where his first engagement
with the organic acoustic scene grew. ' Real songs ' played by ' real people '
for ' real people '...music and the spoken word appreciated with a congruous
silence, erupting only after a song or piece is finished, no false promises of
shadowy A&R figures looming in the background, no talk of 'how do we market
this'...only of the elation and sharing of someone's expression and performance
in an age where he honestly believes, we have in large droves become
desensitised, there remains something pure and intangible, something, without
sounding trite, quite magical... where music is its own
reward.
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