Welcome to Furness Tradition, we are an organisation run entirely by volunteers promoting folk music and related arts and crafts in South Cumbria. Part of our mission is to keep local music and traditions alive but we also play and promote a wide range of music across different traditions. You can usually find us at The Hope and Anchor pub in Ulverston on Tuesday nights from 8:30 pm where we gather for our weekly session.
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In September we welcome the incredibly talented Dan Walsh for a night of song and banjo.
We are pleased to present this concert in partnership with our friends at Live To Your Living Room. If you can’t make the concert itself you could choose to stream it at home or watch anytime in the following 72 hours.
When Dan Walsh first picked up the banjo, he did so with the passion and enthusiasm of a youngster who simply loved its sound. He didn’t know anything about the various playing styles, the difference between the tenor and the five-string version, or that he would in time become a widely acknowledged world-class proponent of the instrument. He just thought it sounded cool.
What’s remarkable about the BBC Folk Award nominee is that he’s retained that infectious and inspiring energy right throughout his career – and has picked up equally impressive vocal and guitar chops along the way.
Initially captured by the drive and melody of Irish banjo, he was soon struck by the flawless Americana of artists such as Alison Krauss, Union Station and Nickel Creek. Dan has since explored the full breadth of the folk idiom – from English jigs to inventive jazz and frenetic funk, modern singer-songwriter fare and even the Indian raga – but his upcoming album returns to those down-home country roots.
Across all his work, he has wowed audiences with a performance style equal parts blisteringly kinetic and accessibly conversational. As well as his thriving solo career, he’s an in-demand session musician, recently recording with Ward Thomas and Darius Rucker and playing live with Imelda May and Seasick Steve. He’s also a key part of the acclaimed Urban Folk Quartet (“impossibly wonderful,” fRoots). And he has toured the world, from Canada and the USA to Australia, New Zealand and across Europe, everywhere winning new fans for his rare mix of virtuosic musicianship, moving and amusing songwriting, and winning charm.
In partnership with our friends at Live To Your Living Room we bring you two giants of American fiddle playing. This is a rare chance to see this breath taking duo – not to be missed.
Darol and Bruce have been musical explorers together for years, sharing a creative universe that’s resulted in some epic collaborations, crashing each other’s concerts and recordings, and just finding big joy in playing together.
Described as “an absolute master” (No Depression), Bruce’s take on tradition has landed him in collaborations with some of the world’s most highly respected players from roots to rock. His long association with Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas in the Transatlantic Sessions, his trio with Aly and Swedish maestro Ale Möller, and years of solo touring have landed him in the UK dozens of times. He is also a special guest on legend rocker Mark Knopfler’s CD, “Tracker.” Along with Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny, Bruce is a founding member of the supergroup Mozaik. The Grammy nominated Fiddlers 4, Darol, Bruce with Michael Doucet and Rushad Eggleston were at Fiddles On Fire in Gateshead.
Back home, Bruce and Darol tour extensively. Bruce also holds the title of “Visiting Scholar in the American Roots Music Program” at Berklee College of Music, where he is the go-to guy for the next generation of roots musicians.
Freestyle fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, The Montreux Band, his Duo with Mike Marshall, his current touring group Mr Sun, and others. He has performed and taught all over the world with musicians such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Bela Fleck, Bill Evans, Edgar Meyer, Bill Frisell, Tony Rice, Tim O’Brien, The Anonymous 4, Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, Bruce Molsky, Mark O’Connor, and Stephane Grappelli.