The Imagined Village
May 7th, 2008 by sparky
The Imagined Village will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
The Imagined Village – Biography
The Imagined Village is a stunning new project spearheaded by Grammy Award winning musician and producer Simon Emmerson. Simon is also a founding member of the Afro Celt Sound System, a daring fusion of musical cultures and an ensemble that remains a festival favourite to this day.
‘After travelling the world as a producer and musician I thought it was time explore my own roots,’ says Simon, ’to look at the earth under my feet, dig the dirt of the homelands.’
This brings us to The Imagined Village which has gathered together an array of brilliant and challenging voices, and set them in a musical framework that honours the past while updating it with breathtaking confidence.
On stage will be an outstanding cast including Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra and Chris Wood backed by a band featuring Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Francis Hylton, Andy Gangadeen, Sheema Mukherjee and Barney Morse Brown. Benjamin Zephaniah and John Copper will appear on screen bringing the oral tradition of story telling into the digital age. Younger members of the Copper Family, the celebrated dynasty of Sussex singers who have celebrated English folk song through the centuries, also add their ringing voices to several tracks.
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The Imagined Village will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
