Steve Knightley at Folk in the Barn

Thu Nov 28 2024 at 07:30 pm UTC+00:00

Gulbenkian Theatre | Canterbury

Folk in the Barn
Publisher/HostFolk in the Barn
Steve Knightley at Folk in the Barn
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Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
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Full Price £20
Under 25s £10
Steve Knightley is a Multi-award winning singer-songwriter/musician and founder member of widely acclaimed folk/acoustic roots trail-blazers ‘Show of Hands’. A constant throughout his work is his ability to root his songs in geographical place, notably the WestCountry where he still lives.
Informed by a love of traditional folk song, Knightley writes historically accurate songs that resonate with contemporary meaning. He has an extraordinary ability to conflate time and space to bring the past vividly, smack bang into the present. It’s an ability that fuels his reputation as an ‘issues’ writer. The seminal ‘Country Life’ earned him the title ‘The gravel voiced spokesman of the rural poor’ and a nomination for best song at the 2004 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. His antiBanking rant ‘Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed’ picked up the gong for ‘BestSong’ at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Knightley does not see himself as above or apart from those who come to see him play. “Out there, there are more tales of bravery and perseverance than most singer-songwriters can muster up in a lifetime.”

This awareness underpins Knightley’s drive to involve the audience in his work, whether it’s voting for tracks to appear on albums, or putting on a gig: Knightley’s un-ending ‘grow your own gig’ tour that began in 2014 enables anyone to put on a Steve Knightley gig in their local village or town hall. Following the business model he set up with Show of Hands, this is at no financial risk to anyone but himself.

He also invites feedback on songs, and getting everyone to sing along is for him an integral part of the show.Knightley’s respect for his audience fuels his continual dedication both to delivering his best and fostering a warm embracing sense of community. It’sthis respect that’s a conduit for Knightley’s connection with the crowd, wherever or whatever the gig.

Publishing five songbooks by 2017, Knightley also runs songwriting and performance workshops with, on occasion,Billy Bragg and ‘Afro Celts’ Simon Emmerson.

Steve is Patron of the Costa,Shrewsbury, St Ives and Sidmouth festivals and also of the Torrington and Honiton Arts centres and Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.

In 2015 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from Plymouth University for his services to music and in2019 Steve was made a Honorary Rifleman by the 6th Battalion the Rifles for services to the Regiment.

'A craftsman at the peak of his powers’
Tony Hall former director general of the BBC

‘Booked for one track ended up on five!’ Mick Jagger

‘Some of the best songs written in the last twenty years’ Mark Radcliffe

‘My favourite frontman’ Fran Malyan head of Sony Music’

‘The gravel voiced spokesman of the rural poor’ Robin Denselow the Guardian
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Gulbenkian Theatre, Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB,Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

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