Ents24.com Festival Guide
17 May 2008
Friday, 13 June 2008

The Big Session Festival:
Oysterband + Lau + Kila + Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit + Cara Dillon + Hey Negrita

At De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Visit www.bigsessionfestival.com for more details.

Price: £65.00 weekend ticket

For tickets or further information, please contact the venue directly. The information given on this page is subject to change - please confirm with the venue before travelling.

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Cara Dillon -

A former member of the folk group Equation, who also sang with De Danaan, this young Irish singer from Dungiven, County Derry, sings with clarity, beauty and style.

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Oysterband -

Renowned hard touring band with songs that make you want to dance, laugh, cry or even just jump for joy. It could be classed as folk music, it could be indie rock or maybe it's just good music.

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Hey Negrita -

Hey Negrita blend country, rockabilly and honky tonk into a heady sour mash cocktail. They have featured in a Channel 4 documentary, 'The Hum Below' and toured with Alabama 3.

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Listed on Ents24.com since: Nov 2007

Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit -

'A true one-off, listening to his songs is the only way to discover how talented this boy is.' - Transgressive Records

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Listed on Ents24.com since: Dec 2006

Kila -

Tribal rhythms overlaid with soaring fiddle, pipes and flutes, with hypnotic shamanic vocals, all put together with an infectious energy and skill.

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Lau -

Folk group comprising Kris Drever (guitar & vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) who perform traditional music with a contemporary feel. Nominated for no less than four gongs in the 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Lau is a formiddable union of three of the finest and most innovative exponents of modern traditional music in Scotland today.

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Listed on Ents24.com since: Mar 2006

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