Creative family lockdown experiences
Words of a Fiddler’s Daughter – final Folk Thursday event at Yorkshire Festival of Story Lockdown has forced many of us to spend more time with the people we live with. But, for father and daughter Adam and Jessie Summerhayes, it’s been the starting point for an incredible piece of art, combining music, poetry and […]
YFOS EVENT REVIEW: 12 Silk Handkerchiefs
Yorkshire Festival of Story hosts a weekly Folk Thursday. This series begun with our Headliner, 12 Silk Handkerchiefs, and was brilliantly received by attendees. Read on to see what Gill O’Donnell, an independent reviewer, made of the performance. By Gill O’Donnell A deeply moving retelling of a horrific story “12 Silk Handkerchiefs” is based on […]
Unearthing truths, debunking myths and looking at things differently through music
Every Thursday throughout August grab a drink, pull up a pew and sign in (for free) for Folk Thursdays running as part of Yorkshire Festival of Story. We’re thrilled to be welcoming Reg Meuross, described by BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe as ‘a brilliant singer-songwriter with a social conscience’, to the digital stage. Reg is […]
Environmental connections – Q & A with Sarah Smout
As society starts to take climate change more and more seriously, spoken word artist and musican Sarah Smouts work is more urgent than ever. Sarah performed at The Joinery in late August. Sarah is a young, local artist from Craven. She performs around the world but rarely on home turf. We caught up with her […]