FROME | Tues 30th July | The Bookshop Band in Concert: Emerge, Return
Join us for an intimate and magical concert with The Bookshop Band, celebrating the release of their 14th studio album, Emerge, Return, produced by legendary musician Pete Townshend.
Hunting Raven have long been fans of this legendary outfit that bring the literary to life through the medium of music - and we are immensely proud to have been chosen as one of the bookshops to host them on their latest tour.
The Bookshop Band band formed out of a collaboration between award-winning songwriters and their local bookshop, writing songs inspired by the books of visiting authors. On first hearing their music after the band’s first US tour, Pete Townshend wrote, “I am enchanted, such variation and delicacy… such latent power. It reminded me of my days listening to Sandy Denny and Fairport [Convention] and The Incredible String Band… - a great discovery and inspiration” and offered to produce their next album.
Between them Beth Porter and Ben Please bring the books to the stage along with a multitude of instruments, to create a cinematic sound that draws the audience in, at once touching and mesmerizing, heart wrenching and funny. No previous knowledge of the books is required as the band guide the audience through the stories behind each song’s inspiration. The concert will feature songs from the album, inspired by authors including Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman and Robert Macfarlane among others, and you’ll leave enchanted with new melodies and stories, plus a few new book recommendations of your own.
“Not just good, but achingly good”
The New York Times
“Fairytale-land for adults. You’ll be smitten”
BBC 6 Music
“Really fabulous new music”
Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“The band are great. If I had a bookshop I’d stock all their albums”
Margaret Atwood
Discover the Bookshop Band:
www.thebookshopband.co.uk
www.emergereturn.com
www.patreon.com/TheBookshopBand
www.twitter.com/TheBookshopBand
www.youtube.com/TheBookshopBand
www.facebook.com/TheBookshopBand
www.instagram.com/TheBookshopBand
Watch the Bookshop Band:
https://youtu.be/TR_R5NbUinA
Hunting Raven have long been fans of this legendary outfit that bring the literary to life through the medium of music - and we are immensely proud to have been chosen as one of the bookshops to host them on their latest tour.
The Bookshop Band band formed out of a collaboration between award-winning songwriters and their local bookshop, writing songs inspired by the books of visiting authors. On first hearing their music after the band’s first US tour, Pete Townshend wrote, “I am enchanted, such variation and delicacy… such latent power. It reminded me of my days listening to Sandy Denny and Fairport [Convention] and The Incredible String Band… - a great discovery and inspiration” and offered to produce their next album.
Between them Beth Porter and Ben Please bring the books to the stage along with a multitude of instruments, to create a cinematic sound that draws the audience in, at once touching and mesmerizing, heart wrenching and funny. No previous knowledge of the books is required as the band guide the audience through the stories behind each song’s inspiration. The concert will feature songs from the album, inspired by authors including Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman and Robert Macfarlane among others, and you’ll leave enchanted with new melodies and stories, plus a few new book recommendations of your own.
“Not just good, but achingly good”
The New York Times
“Fairytale-land for adults. You’ll be smitten”
BBC 6 Music
“Really fabulous new music”
Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“The band are great. If I had a bookshop I’d stock all their albums”
Margaret Atwood
Discover the Bookshop Band:
www.thebookshopband.co.uk
www.emergereturn.com
www.patreon.com/TheBookshopBand
www.twitter.com/TheBookshopBand
www.youtube.com/TheBookshopBand
www.facebook.com/TheBookshopBand
www.instagram.com/TheBookshopBand
Watch the Bookshop Band:
https://youtu.be/TR_R5NbUinA
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