Sunday the 9th of October, 14:00.
dai hall, Unit 29/30 The Piazza, Huddersfield, HD1 2RS (across the green field from the Huddersfield Library)
£5 on the door.
This Friend Ship Is Sailing features Maggie Nicols and Odie Ji Ghast on vocals, Sam Andreae on saxophone and home made electronics and David Birchall on guitar. The group came together in various remote sessions in 2020/21 which produced a release on Beartown Records, described by Free Jazz blog as, “great, both sessions feel like long stories that follow a thread. One the best albums I’ve heard in a while.”
Jo Hutton reviewed the bands first in person live performance at Cafe Oto in the summer of 2021 in The Wire:
“The effortless freedom of a child’s voice stops the band with an emphatic funky “huh”. This moment sums up the essence of Maggie Nicols magic: everyone is welcome. All her work is a gathering of disparate souls where everyone’s excellence is assumed.”
This performance led to the idea of organising a tour of afternoon gigs where everyone is welcome and everyone’s excellence is assumed! Our idea is for the gigs to be inclusive and child friendly but still focused on freely improvised performance. We will have art and craft workshops running during each performance led by artists Naomi Kendrick and Andrew Kerr for everyone to get involved with. Come and join us at one of the dates, it promises to be something unique!
Support from Henry McPherson.
