KARINE POLWART & DAVE MILLIGAN

Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Tuesday 17 May 2022, 7.15pm

Tickets: £20
£14 Disabled & Unemployed
£5 Students & Under 35s

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Folk superstar Karine Polwart and composer/pianist Dave Milligan released their acclaimed album ‘Still As Your Sleeping’ in 2021, combining traditional Scottish songs with new works by Polwart and Milligan, as well as other folk artists working today. Sharing songs from this record and beyond, this promises to be one very special event, showcasing the warmth and humanity of their collaboration in the remarkable intimacy of the Crucible Studio.

 

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival runs 13–21 May 2022

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About the Artists

Karine Polwart

BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer Of The Year 2018, Karine Polwart is a multi-award winning Scottish songwriter and musician, as well as theatre-maker, storyteller, spoken-word performer and author. Her songs combine folk influences and myth with themes as diverse as Donald Trump’s corporate megalomania, Charles Darwin’s family life and the complexities of modern parenthood. She sings traditional songs too and writes to commission for film, theatre, animation and thematic collaborative projects. Karine is seven-times winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, including three times for Best Original Song.

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Dave Milligan

Dave Milligan is a highly versatile musician and a leading figure in the diverse Scottish music scene. His musical imagination flows freely between multiple genres, and is in great demand all over the world as a performer, composer, arranger, musical director and educator.

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