Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
Wednesday 16th October, 2024 at 7:30pm
(Doors and bar open at 7:00pm)
Will Finn and Rosie Calvert are an award-winning husband and wife duo from the heart of Newcastle. Coming together through their love of music, they perform traditional and contemporary folk music with variety and flair. Intricate harmonies, rousing instrumentation of piano, steel pan, and ukulele combined with a joyful, warm stage presence.
Graduates of the Folk and Traditional Music BA at Newcastle University they gained success as part of the a cappella harmony quartet "The Teacups". In this guise they played festivals including Sidmouth, Warwick, Whitby, Shrewsbury as well as breaking into the international scene at ‘Bie Daip’ Shantyfest in the Netherlands, and Sark Folk Festival in 2016.
Now performing as a duo, their work has been met with accolades from their performances at Beverley Festival, Towersey Folk Festival, and The Sage Gateshead. Their debut album, "Beneath this Place" is being critically lauded as "Distinctive" and "Excellent".
Tickets (£10) should be booked with Peter Burnham, preferably by email to peter.burnham@gmail.com . Alternatively telephone him on 01665 711388.