Name: Catch The Sparrow - Album Launch (support from Watersmeet)
Start: 2025-05-02T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Cumberland Arms

Catch The Sparrow - Album Launch (support from Watersmeet)

Catch The Sparrow will present her new album 'No Sweeter Sorrow' at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle. She will be performing in a duo set up with talented folk singer and fiddle player Sam Baxter, whose arrangements feature prominently on the album.
Born and raised in the Netherlands, Catch The Sparrow (singer-songwriter Suze Terwisscha van Scheltinga) initially studied to be a jazz vocalist before her love for folk music brought her to the North East of England. She quickly became a fixture on the Newcastle folk scene, performing extensively throughout the region before relocating to London in 2024.
An exquisite exploration of loss, longing and loneliness, her latest release No Sweeter Sorrow is in many ways a quintessential heartbreak album. Yet rather than telling a singular story, Catch The Sparrow lends her voice to a whole cast of women. As she taps into folk ballads and fairytales, she introduces a colourful cast of scorned wives, sheltered princesses, free-spirited poets, and crossdressing adventurers, shedding a new light on timeless tales.