Live folk performance by the multi-instrumental pan-European folk ensemble The Rheingans Sisters at South Street Arts Centre.
The Rheingans Sisters play South Street Arts Centre on Thursday 19 November, as part of the venue's community programme. It's a single-act bill, so the whole night is theirs.
They're a multi-instrumental, pan-European folk ensemble, and that description does a fair bit of the heavy lifting. The 'multi-instrumental' part is the key: they don't stick to one set of instruments, and the 'pan-European' bit tells you where they're drawing from. They describe their own music as playful, powerful and deeply anchored in folk traditions, and they've built a career around that. They're as much folk scholars as they are performers, so there's a real sense of where the songs come from.
They've got some recognition behind them too. They were nominated for Best Duo/Group at the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and they're award-winning multi-instrumentalists and composers in their own right. If you're into folk that's rooted in tradition but doesn't treat it like a museum piece, this is exactly that kind of thing.
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The gig is at South Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading, RG1 4QU, on Thursday 19 November. Tickets start from £18.
