Jez Lowe Songwriting Workshop, Lewes Saturday Folk Club

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Lewes Saturday Folk Club Workshop No 289 JEZ LOWE WORKSHOP: SONGWRITING IN TRADITIONAL STYLE www.jezlowe.com Places £45 (2 under-25-year-olds £22) Email valmaigoodyear@aol.com to reserve a place and bring the right money in cash on the day. Saturday 11th. March 2023 10.45 a.m. - 4.45 p.m. Elephant & Castle White Hill Lewes BN7 2DJ Jez Lowe is one of England's finest singer-songwriters, producing powerful, moving and often humorous songs using the traditional styles of his North-East home about working people, especially miners, shipbuilders and deep-sea fishermen (Back in Durham Gaol, Old Bones, The Bonny Barque the Bergen, These Coal Town Days, High Part of the Town). They have been recorded by Fairport Convention, the Tannahill Weavers, the Unthanks and the Young'uns. He currently works with his band The Bad Pennies, with Bob Fox, Billy Mitchell & Benny Graham in The Pitmen Poets, and contributed to the new BBC Radio Ballads series. Jez plays guitar, harmonica and cittern. The workshop will cover an approach to writing 'modern' songs using the techniques and sensibilities often found in traditional folk songs and narrative ballads, both lyrically & musically. People who don't read music or play an instrument are welcome. JEZ LOWE PERFORMS AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB IN THE EVENING (£12; email valmaigoodyear@aol.com to reserve a ticket and bring the right money in cash on the night) Provisional Timetable 10.45 Registration & coffee; please order lunch at the bar (refreshments not included) 11.00 Jez leads a discussion about the approach to songwriting employed by himself & other attendees. 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Head-to-head individual discussions with Jez. 15.00 Tea/coffee break 15.15 Show and Tell - an opportunity to show our wares. 16.45 Finish N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited. Maps & accommodation lists will be sent on request.