Artists 2024
Nina Harries
Feb 29th - Crown House
Nina Harries is a British double bassist, vocalist and composer. A regular collaborator with Akram Khan, Anoushka Shankar and Katie Melua, her melifluous and unusual vocal style makes her one of a kind, captivating audiences with original songs and commissions exploring the relationship between the double bass and the female voice. Inspired by western and eastern classical music, dance music and contemporary classical, her work is ethereal, challenging and impossible to pin down into a single genre.
Thursday Feb 29th
The Crown House, Marina, St Leonards
Doors 7pm, Music 8pm
Suntou Susso & Ross Grant
apr 26th - Crown house
West African Kora meets English Folk Fiddle music. This classy duo blends the stylistic and hypnotic sounds of Suntou Susso, a Kora player, percussionist and vocalist from The Gambia, and Traditional English Folk Fiddle playing from Ross Grant.
Friday Apr 26th
The Crown House, Marina, St Leonards
Doors 7pm, Music 8pm
Ruby Colley // Balladeste
May 24th - crown house
A Hastings local, Ruby Colley is a violinist, composer & sound artist creating instrumental soundscapes that are far beyond the realm of traditional playing, weaving in environmental sound & electronics.
Balladeste is a collaboration between cellist Tara Franks and violinist Preetha Narayanan. Writing all new music collaboratively, this unique string duo interweave contemporary minimalism, Indian classical and folk to create all original compositions that are vibrant and experimental yet melodic and filmic in quality ‘songs with out words with an alt-folk experimental twist’. Having released 3 acclaimed albums of all original music to date, the duo have performed live and been interview on BBC Radio 3 In Tune, Radio 4 Woman’s hour, Soho Radio and NTS.
Friday May 24th
The Crown House, Marina, St Leonards
Doors 7pm, Music 8pm
Tarren
Sept 20th - St johns, pevensey rd
Alt-Folk Trio made up of Sid Goldsmith, Alex Garden and Danny Pedler, Tarren is an ambassador for new-folk; music that is fresh and dynamic, rooted in the English tradition. Original and traditional material is expertly arranged by this trio incorporating modular hooks and minimalist forms, Tarren is leading folk music to a new place, while keeping the pulse of traditional dance at its heart.
Friday Sept 20th
St John's Church, Pevensey Road, St Leonards
Doors 7pm, Music 8pm
Carina cosgrave
& The Sabi ensemble
Oct 25th - st johns, pevensey rd
A concert of works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Louise Farrenc, presented by renowned double-bassist Carina Cosgrave and her ensemble. Born out of research into marginalised composers, this project presents a fresh take on repertoire excluded from the classical canon.
Friday 25th Oct
St John's Church, Pevensey Road, St Leonards
Doors 7pm, Music 7.30pm
Hartwin dhoore
+ Friends
Nov 15th - crown house
Born in Sint-Lievens-Houtem in the Flemish part of Belgium, Hartwin grew up in a musical family and folk music was never far away, and he soon picked up the diatonic accordion.
Inspired by traditional European music, Hartwin has crafted his own musical style. Performing across Europe, Canada, and the USA with different bands and projects, his original compositions have found their way to a wide audience. This will be Hartwin's debut in St Leonards.
Friday 15th November
The Crown House, Marina, St Leonards
Doors 7pm, Music 8pm