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Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Celebrate 25 Years of Making Music

Oct 28, 2019

2020 marks 25 years of making music together for this popular wife and husband duo.

Twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have long established themselves as one of the UK Folk scene’s most rewarding and enduring partnerships.

To celebrate and acknowledge this milestone, the couple will revisit and reinterpret songs which span their career.  From the early days of folk super-group ‘Equation‘ through to their current release ‘Pearsonae‘ with a nod or two along the way to their extra-curricular musical adventures, the evening promises a whistle-stop our through their artistic journey to date.

Articular raconteurs, skilled musicians and innovative composers, they share stories through traditional songs and original matrialwich reels from the bitter to the sweet, the wry to the sad, the political to the passive.  This Dartmoor-based duo have fine-tuned their art into something original , captivating and totally engaging.

“Its folk music for the modern age – The Telegraph”

The On Reflection 2020 Tour Dates are as follows:

February 

27th EXETER Phoenix, Devon

28th ST AUSTELL Arts Theatre, Cornwall

29th CALSTOCK Old Chapel, Cornwall

March

1st CALSTOCK Old Chapel, Cornwall

3rd CARDIFF Acapela Studio Wales

4th STOURPORT The Civic Worcs

5th CHURCH STRETTON Carding Mill Valley, Shrops

6th HARTHILL Beehive Folk Club, S Yorks

7th LINCOLN Performing Arts Centre, Lincs

8th BRISTOL The Folkhouse

12th BRIDGWATER Arts Centre, Somerset

13th POOLE Lighthouse, Dorset

14th TEDDINGTON Landmark, Middlesex

16th CAMBRIDGE Junction, Cambs

17th DARTFORD Folk Club, Kent

18th HASTINGS St. Mary in the Castle, E. Sussex

19th CRICKLADE The Old Stables, Wilts

20th SALISBURY Arts Centre, Wilts

21st ISLE OF WIGHT Quay Arts, Hants

April

16th BELPER The Lion Hotel, Derbyshire

17th OTLEY Courthouse, W. Yorks

18th GATESHEAD The Sage, T & W

19th EDINBURGH Traverse Theatre, Scotland

22nd YORK NCEM, N. Yorks

23rd BARNSLEY Civic, S. Yorks

24th BURY Met, Lancs

26th GREAT TORRINGTON Plough Arts, Devon

For more details and ticket links visit:

www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com

www.facebook.com/kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman

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