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Fly Away (Loosely Woven)
March 11, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
A free, light-hearted, folky, acoustic concert/cabaret . . .
Loosely Woven is a community based group of people who put together and perform two to three new shows each year. ‘Fly Away’ is the first concert for 2018. There will be 8 performances including two at Humph Hall. The concert will feature 21 instrumentalists and singers.
The program includes a number of songs which address social injustice and other important issues:
- Phyl Lobl’s classic exploration of Australian racism, ‘Dark-eyed Daughter’
- Pete Morton’s powerful ‘Another Train’
- Two of Graeme Moore’s songs about the Tolpuddle Martyrs
- Jackson Browne’s challenging song ‘The Rebel Jesus’
- Holly Near’s equally challenging song ‘I ain’t afraid’ which condemns the atrocities done in the name of religion
- Rosie Lister’s ‘No one stands alone’
- Judy Small’s celebration of women over the generations, ‘Women of our time’
There are a number of well known songs:
- Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones)
- Flame Trees (Jimmy Barnes)
- Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
- After the gold rush (Neil Young)
- I’ll fly away (from ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’)
Some other really beautiful songs:
- O can ye sew cushions? (trad. Scottish)
- May Night on the Mountains (Henry Lawson)
- Rose of Allendale (trad. Irish)
- Four Strong Winds
- Somos el barco
and a bit of fun with:
- Tom Lehrer’s hilarious ‘The Irish Ballad’
Instruments this time will include violins, flutes, saxophones, harp, clarinet, concertina, accordion, harmonium, recorder, melodica, guitars, keyboard and percussion.
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