Venue: The Packhorse
208 Woodhouse Lane Leeds, LS2 9DX
0113 245 3980
Date: Thursday 8th November 2007
Doors: 8.30
In: £4/5
Performers: The Family Elan + Jozef Van Wissem + 1 More TBC
The Family Elan
From Glasgow come weavers of raw folk magic. Featuring Chris Hladowski on Bouzouki/Vocals and Hanna Tuulikki on Flute/Vocals. Both players have been involved in critical UK groups such as Scatter, Nalle and One Ensemble. Promoting their debut album out on Chicago's Locust Records.
www.myspace.com/familyelan
Jozef Van Wissem
Renowned for his unusual approach to the Renaissance lute. Once the most popular of portable instruments, now a couple hundred years on, Van Wissem brings it back to life complimenting its past with a late Renaissance influence while merging his own distinct contemporary folk stamp on it. Van Wissem has improvised with guitarist Gary Lucas of Captain Beefheart fame and just recently collaborated with James Blackshaw along with many others…
www.myspace.com/vanwissem
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