200 years ago next week, sword-wielding soldiers on horseback cut through a crowd of protestors in Manchester – Peter Coe, Brian Peters and Laura Smyth, through ballads and broadsides from that period, tell the story of one of the most notorious incidents in British labour history.
For their first full album recording, Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp seem to have successfully ignored any pressure to become the next big thing. ‘The Poachers Fate’ could almost have been made in the early 70’s, we need more music like this.
A free, half-day workshop at Sheffield University on using the Vaughan Williams Library Digital Archive, and its latest addition the James Madison Carpenter Collection.
Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp are part of that rare but thriving band of musicians who are influenced by traditional material while developing their own distinct style.
