Maddy Prior & Forgotten Lands, Stamford Arts Centre

Enjoy an evening of folk music as Maddy Prior performs at Stamford Arts Centre with some very special guests this March.

Maddy Prior and Rose-Ellen Kemp (her daughter and fellow singing teacher) are embarking on some shows around the UK joined by musicians Andrew Sinclair (Steeleye Span guitarist) and Ruth Elder (viola and piano).

The band's sound is based around their four-part harmony along with virtuosic viola playing which goes from dream-like wistfulness through to thick, textured rhythmic crunch. This works in a powerful tandem with Andrew's extraordinarily intuitive guitar skills, creating wide scapes of drone, arpeggio and full-tilt riffs.

The performance is all at once harmonically impressive and challenging, entertaining, uplifting and light-hearted, thoughtful and eclectic.