Scotland’s Paul McKenna, who is appearing at Ropery Hall on Friday (Feb 14) has long been ranked among that country’s finest younger singers and songwriters.
Armed with a powerful yet intensely emotive voice and passionate social conscience, often expressed through his songs, he and his band draw on both Scottish and Irish roots.
“Paul and his band have been touring since 2006 and sharing their love of traditional and folk music as well as original songs and tunes,” said Liz Bennet of The Ropewalk.
“They play a dynamic, full-bodied array of original and traditional material, along with songs by like-minded singer/songwriters including Peggy Seeger, Alistair Hulett and Jim Reid,” she went on. “With a contemporary approach to songs, although not straying too far from their roots, their arrangements are both fresh and innovative.”
The band’s exciting sound is created through outstanding vocals, driving guitar and bouzouki, intense fiddle playing, a warm pairing of flute and whistles and dynamic bodhrán and percussion.
Tickets to see the band cost £14 in advance or £16 on the door and can be bought online at www.roperyhall.co.uk, by telephoning 01652 660380 or in person at The Ropewalk’s Craft Gallery.
Presented by Plenty of food for thought this Netflix Original Documentary will be played following thoughtful discussion about diet and climate change. The film features human impacts on marine life such as plastic marine debris, ghost nets and overfishing around the world. Visit https://www.facebook.com/seaspiracy/ for more details about the documentary.
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Presented by Barton Great Big Green Week Coordinating Committee this Netflix Original Documentary will be played following discussions from our own experiences of how climate change has shook and changed the way we live our day to day lives. Honest, revealing and urgent, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET is a powerful first-hand account of humanity’s impact on nature and a message of hope for future generations. One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
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This special annual event that sits between the lull of Christmas and New Year is back.
The original, first and never forgotten ‘60s soul band formed by Snake, with Dave Bowie and Mark Creswell back in 1979 in Leeds, rises from the ashes playing Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Junior Walker, Otis Redding…A big nine piece brassy saxy and soulful band playing music that grabs your heart and moves your feet. From Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Move on Up’ through Smokey’s ‘Tears of a Clown’ to Sam and Dave’s ‘Hold on I’m coming’ and Yvonne Elliman’s ‘Stay with me Baby’. Dance-floor-fillers, classic songs, played with commitment passion and love.
Get your party outfit on, wear your dancing shoes and dance the night away.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
Please note that this gig is STANDING ONLY!
A biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the script for Citizen Kane. Directed by David Fincher and starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried
Academy Award winner Emma Stone (‘La La Land’) stars in Disney’s Cruella, an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinema’s most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil.
Chairman Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal to help them silence him and the Black Panther Party. Starring Daniel Kaluuya.
