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Faringdon Town Council

The Askew Sisters (with support from Wednesday’s Wolves) – Big Ginger Tom Music

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When:
September 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
2023-09-15T19:00:00+01:00
2023-09-15T22:30:00+01:00
Where:
Corn Exchange
Corn Market
Faringdon
SN7 7JA
Contact:
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Emily and Hazel Askew have become known as two of the foremost performers and interpreters of English folk music.

Their live performances brim with the depth and connection not only of two sisters, but also of two musicians who have been immersed in folk music all their lives.

Together, they rework and reinterpret songs and balladry, creating breath-taking arrangements, which allow words that are hundreds of years old to resonate profoundly with contemporary audiences.

Alongside this, both women are also skilled multi-instrumentalists and expert players of dance music, using fiddles, melodeons, concertina and cello in their innate drive to bring old dance music to life.

In 2014, their third album ‘In the Air or the Earth’, was released by RootBeat Records to widespread critical acclaim, including the Spiral Earth Award for Best Traditional Album 2015. Since then, the two women have been busy working on a number of other innovative projects; Emily has been touring with her vibrant fiddle band Alma, as well as releasing her first solo album, which explored the cross-over between folk and early music and was highly critically acclaimed by the national press; Hazel has been busy working with her ground-breaking trio Lady Maisery, as well as folk super groups Coven and Songs of Separation, the latter of which won Best Album at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Stirred by these new musical experiences, the sisters now return to their duo with a fresh vision. They are spending 2018 deep in rehearsal, reconstructing and re-exploring their sound, unearthing old songs, as well as composing and creating new music. The culmination of this will be their long awaited fourth studio album, to be released in 2019.

Early Bird tickets £13,Standard tickets £15.

Doors and bar at 7pm, music at 7:30pm

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Meetings

  • Planning & Highways Committee to be held on Monday 21st July 2025 at 7.00pm in the Jubilee Room, The Pump House.
    Planning & Highways Committee meeting
  • Grants Sub-Committee to be held on Monday 14th July at 7.00pm in the Jubilee Room, The Pump House, Faringdon
    Grants Sub-Committee
  • Notice is hereby given of the meetings of the Tucker Recreation Ground Trust at 6.30pm and the Faringdon War Memorial Trust at 6.45pm to be held on Monday 14th July 2025 in the Pump House, Faringdon.
  • Staffing Sub-Committee Meeting to be held on Monday 7th July 2025 at 6.30pm
  • Full Council Meeting to be held on Monday 7th July 2025 at 7.00pm
    Faringdon Town Council - Full Council Meeting

News

  • Centre of Faringdon is closed for Folly Fest 2025
  • Elms Tennis Association
  • Faringdon’s Big Green Week
  • Oxfordshire Play Association’s Play Day: Friday 1 August at Tucker Park
  • Big Green Day

Road Works

  • Major Maintenance on A419/A417 in July
  • Centre of Faringdon is closed for Folly Fest 2025
  • Temporary Road Closure and “No Waiting” restriction at Coleshill, B4019 Coleshill
  • Temporary Road Closure at Swan Lane, Faringdon
  • Temporary Road Closure at Highworth Road, Great Coxwell
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