Paddi Benson, Grace Lemon and James Patrick Gavin make their collective Kings Place debut, reflecting a shared interest in experimental and electronic music, as well as the tradition of storytelling – and folklore – within Irish music, as where they met.
This is the debut outing for Olivia Chaney's glamorous new folk-rock band, which she’s calling (for now) News from Nowhere. Picking up where her acclaimed album 'The Queen of Hearts' left off, Chaney will perform new electric arrangements of classic folk songs.
Nottingham-based British-Ugandan singer-songwriter Daudi Matsiko returns to Kings Place to present his new EP ‘Dead Bird Dream’ - a collection of deeply felt modern folk songs, telling a story of heartache, diaspora, and self-acceptance at a time when belonging and British identity feels as though in constant jeopardy. With live performances described as deeply moving and life affirming in equal measure, Matsiko is not to be missed.
An organic, authentic & fun folk concerts for big & little music connoisseurs, folk duo Megson return to Kings Place for their ever-popular family folk concert.
As part of Memory Unwrapped and Steve Reich’s 90th celebrations, the Solem Quartet perform Reich’s Different Trains, joined by Alice Zawadzki for her own songs, alongside music by visionary Kate Bush in a uniquely modern dialogue.
Aurora Orchestra’s Principal Players bring together three masterpieces of chamber music, each alive with the memory of a time long past.
As part of Memory Unwrapped and Kings Place’s celebration of Steve Reich at 90, Phaedra Ensemble’s Slow Changeexplores memory and transformation through Reich’s minimalism, Coltrane’s Africa, and the UK premiere of Thorvaldsdottir’s Enigma.
Innovator, award winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis' debut at Kings Place, melding Scottish West coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, queerness and the universe.
This season of Sunday morning celestial adventures with Bach, the Universe and Everything closes with very special finale featuring one of Bach’s most monumental cantatas, while a talk by Emily Akkermans marks the 250th anniversary of the death of one of Britain’s most phenomenal Enlightenment minds, John Harrison.
What is it about the music of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria that lifts it above other composers? He seems - inexplicably – just to weave from better quality cloth. In the first few bars of ‘Alma Redemptoris mater’, you palbably feel the difference. Writers talk of the spirituality of his music but what does actually mean? As a sort of musical El Greco, there seems to be something in the aural brushwork that adds depth and spice, alongside an extraordinary joy and reverence in the text.
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage release their fifth studio album 'The Strangers' Share'; a record centred on dreams and the supernatural.
As part of our Steve Martland, Composer-in-Focus series, Hebrides Ensemble brings together bold contemporary voices exploring nature, memory, and sound. Works by Steve Martland and Eleanor Alberga frame a new commission from Dave Maric, Shifting Baselines—a powerful reflection on shifting norms in our relationship with nature.
After a decade touring with Midge Ure and India Electric Company and following his top 10 single, a reimagining of Fade To Grey, Cole Stacey shares his acclaimed solo album Postcards From Lost Places. Expect captivating stories, lyrical songwriting rooted in tradition, haunting melodies and a night of connection in a remarkable setting.
The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music... Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’.
The Colin Currie Group performs the music of the Steve Martland Band, unleashing the full force of Martland’s sound, epic in scale, electrifying in energy, and uncompromising in spirit.
The Sam Sweeney Trio brings together three of the UK’s most compelling folk musicians to play music from across Sam’s discography: Sam Sweeney (violin), Ben Nicholls (double bass), and Louis Campbell (guitar).
Kris Drever is among Scotland’s most acclaimed and distinctive contemporary musicians, celebrated for his warm voice, virtuosically expressive guitar playing and imaginative and evocative songwriting.
Two of the most electrifying virtuosos of the UK scene, Jack Jennings & Omar Puente create new music inspired by the world's biggest natural sound library. A powerful electric band led by guitar and violin, combining raga themes of Indian classical music, with a jazz/rock rhythm section of Domenico Angarano on bass, Arthur Newell on drums.
Stevens & Pound are BBC Radio 3’s award-winning percussionist Delia Stevens ('superb' Financial Times) and triple BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, harmonica player Will Pound ('One of the world’s top harmonica players' Daily Telegraph).
Experience the mesmerising mastery of Erdal Erzincan, a virtuoso of the bağlama and a leading figure in Anatolian folk music. In this rare London appearance at Kings Place, Erzincan delivers a powerful and soulful performance that bridges tradition and innovation. A must-see for lovers of world music and deep musical storytelling.
Our Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo, team up with boundary-pushing London producer Beatrice Dillon for their first-ever collaboration.
An exciting survey of Steve Martland's choral works within a programme of energy and discovery.
Northern Resonance is the Scandinavian string trio that takes newly composed folk music into enormous soundscapes. With their previously untested combination of instruments; Anna Ekborg Hans-Ers (Viola D’amore) Petrus Dillner (Nyckelharpa) Jerker “JJ” Hans-Ers (Hardanger Fiddle) they let Scandinavianmusic meet explosive rhythms and grand chamber-like arrangements that takes folk music in a new direction.
Marking 50 years since Britten’s death, Britten Sinfonia explore his formative North American years, pairing music he wrote in Canada and the USA with works by his close friend and mentor, Aaron Copland.