Amazing Maisery!

A little trip down to Sussex for Fiddle & Faff last weekend, when we went to a vocal harmony workshop led by the amazing 'Lady Maisery' at Lewes Saturday Folk Club.  Lady Maisery is a trio of musicians Hannah James, Rowan Rheingans & Hazel Askew whose music has been nominated for the Folk Awards.  Their vocal harmony is particularly skillful and appealing and so we were very excited by the prospect of a day working with them.

Listening to them we are drawn into their sound world and we really enjoyed their generosity in sharing how they work with the workshop participants.  By the end of the day, those who attended had ways into making their own arrangements at their fingertips. On our journey home we discussed how to further develop our own singing days and look forward to putting this into practice in November. 

The evening concert was a delight.  Their distinctive vocal harmony together with the instruments they play (accordion, fiddle, harp, concertina, banjo), gave us a feast of songs and tunes.  One of their hallmarks is vocalising or 'diddling' to various carefully chosen syllables resulting in rhythmic exciting renditions of  tunes.  This was something that we had explored together in the workshop and it was a joy to hear them performed expertly in the evening.
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