Previously Appearing at Wickham was...
Rachel Newton
Singer and harpist Rachel Newton specialises in interpreting traditional folk songs in both English and Gaelic as well as writing and arranging her own music. Rachel performs solo, with her trio featuring Lauren MacColl on fiddle and Mattie Foulds on percussion and with a full band when the trio is joined by Michael Owers on trombone and Sarah Hayes on keys.
Rachel plays fiddle and viola in addition to harp and works across a range of performance platforms including theatre and storytelling. She was awarded a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) for Best Music and Sound in 2009 for her work with the Rowantree Theatre Company. A skilled collaborator, Rachel is a founder member of The Shee, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award 2017 Best Group The Furrow Collective and also plays with the Scottish/Norwegian group Boreas. Rachel’s third solo album Here’s My Heart Come Take It was released in 2016. Her previous releases are The Shadow Side (2012) and Changeling (2014).
In 2016 Rachel received a Hands Up for Trad Ignition Award for Innovation, was awarded Instrumentalist of the Year 2016 at the Scots Trad Music Awards and is Musician of the Year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017. Her album Here’s My Heart Come Take It was shortlisted as one of Scotland’s top 10 outstanding albums in the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2017.
http://www.rachelnewtonmusic.com/
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Thanks to Folk on Foot for inviting me to perform at their Front Room Festival. You can donate if you're in a position to. Half the proceeds will go to the brilliant Help Musicians and half to the artists involved. Tune in on Easter Monday!
Already done 😍
How's everyone doing out there? Trying to film myself playing music today for an online thing... First attempt at this. Anyone else find it kind of excruciating without an audience?! Must get used to it... I put on some sequins to get some gig vibes going but they make too much of a racket when I play 😂
Just be sure and let us know when you plan on doing this on-line thing... wouldn't want to miss it...
I've been making small videos for my class. I know them so well that it is easy to imagine they are there. Maybe you can imagine yourself back into a specific gig that had a great audience. X
I'm wanting to dip my toes in too but find it so awkward. Realise how much I rely on audience interaction to perform. Don't know what that says about me 😂 Probably doesn't help that I need a haircut and barber's shave too!
A friend of mine and I used to give media training courses. One suggestion (from elsewhere) that we used to pass on for people doing interviews from one of those remote "microphone in a box" type studios was to draw a face on a sheet of paper and stick it over the microphone and talk to that face :) Or, you could fill your computer screen with a montage of our profile pics and play to them.
I’m so with you! I was trying to make the dogs sit in the room so they were like an audience to talk to 😂
I love your music and you look great in sequins 😊🐦🐦🐦🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
It’s really hard without that connection!
Look forward to any videos or live streams, Rachel. You look well. Stay safe. 🙂 x
Did my first one ever on a whim last week. It was a case of press go and play any tunes I fancied for 30 mins. I didn't expect an audience though so maybe not quite the same 🤣🤣 www.facebook.com/frank.birtwistle/videos/10157428064599751/
I want to see more of your sequin number so I would 💯 join your live or whatever your are filming
Loving the sequins!
Sequins uber alles
Put yer sequin helmet on eh.
Love the outfit! Looking forward to the stream!
What time, Rachel?
I want to see more of your sequin number so I would 💯 join your live or whatever your are filming
The famous sparkly jacket ! remember I bought CDs to pay for that. Having seen a friends Veeps broadcast on Sunday, whatever you do don't have any dogs nearby.
We'll be back! ❤️🎶💃Hi Folks
Due to the uncertainty around the Coronavirus, how it will affect us all in the coming months and many venues remaining closed for the foreseeable future, we are announcing today that our May tour will be postponed until Spring 2021.
If you have bought a ticket and would like retain them for the rescheduled dates we would love to see you then! Please contact the venue for details.
We will make regular updates on rescheduled dates so watch this space. If you'd like to support the band by purchasing our music to keep you entertained, please visit our bandcamp page where you can download all four of our albums!
theshee.bandcamp.com
All for the Best ..Loved Your Show at Arlington Arts ,,See You with the Girls Next Year ..Keep Safe
Its going to be a long wait ,but it will be so special to see all of you at the Sage again. Will buy CDs (again) when I get my next pay. Stay safe and
well. Love and peace.
Love to you and the Shees Rach x
See you then!
