Expect music, chat and surprises when folk star Marion Fleetwood is grilled by Bill Bates
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CV Folk offers another fascinating glimpse into the ‘inside story' of a leading act on the local folk circuit.
Acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and singer, Marion Fleetwood appears as the latest ‘Up Close and Acoustic' guest at Coventry's Albany Theatre on Friday, 10th October.
Now based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Liverpool-born Marion will talk about her 30-year career in music with local performer, podcaster, and poser of probing questions, Bill Bates. The conversation will be interspersed with superb songs and tunes from Marion's repertoire, performed on guitar and fiddle and in some cases – so rumour has it – accompanied by surprise guests, including some leading names in British folk music.
Marion (or ‘Mabel' as she became known) first made an impact on the local circuit as talented fiddle player and vocalist for Warwickshire folk-rock band Meet On The Ledge. These days, she is busy in several notable line-ups, including The Sandy Denny Project, Feast of Fiddles, and songwriter Reg Meuross's Woody Guthrie project, Fire & Dust.
Also much in demand as a session musician and tutor, she hosts the popular improvised choral workshops, 'Choir in a Day,' and is passionate about people finding their own voices.
The show's format aims to increase audience engagement with well-known local folk acts and proved successful in June when Bill interviewed popular Coventry singer-somgwriter, Rob Halligan. More celebrated acts have now offered to perform in future events while being subjected to Bill's probing questions!
The show begins 7.30pm on the theatre's Courtyard Studio, and tickets are £14.50 or £10.50 concessions (including students and pensioners). The event is expected to run until approximately 10pm.
