Live folk set by the trio The Furrow Collective, with Lucy Farrell's crankie theatre, at Cafe No9 in Nether Edge.
The Furrow Collective play Cafe No9 on Thursday 29 October, their first Sheffield date in some time. They're performing as a trio: Lucy Farrell on viola, voice and saw; Emily Portman on banjo, concertina and voice; and Alasdair Roberts on guitars and voice. It's a folk set built around traditional song and balladry from England, Scotland and beyond, with storytelling at its heart.
They've been playing together since their debut album, At Our Next Meeting, came out in 2013. That record earned them Best Group at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and the reviews were warm: The Guardian called them 'a quietly classy young folk band', Mojo gave it four stars, and Folk Radio UK described it as 'one of the finest collaborative albums of the past few years'.
There's more to their live shows than just the music. Lucy Farrell is a visual artist who makes 'crankies' — hand-turned crankie theatres that illustrate the stories of their songs — and the band brings them along to perform alongside the music. If you've never seen one, it's a scrolling picture you turn by hand, so the stories get a visual accompaniment as they're sung.
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Cafe No9 is in Nether Edge, one of South Yorkshire's most beloved live music destinations and a cornerstone of the city's scene. It's a very small room, around 40 capacity, so it's the kind of night where you're right on top of the music. There's disabled access, though no disabled toilets. Doors open at 7:00pm and the music starts at 7:30pm; tickets are £20 plus a £2 booking fee, £22 in total.
