Herne Hill Music Festival: The World Turned Upside Down - Leon Rosselson and Joe Wilkes

Presented by: Herne Hill Music Festival

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0	LONDON: Off The Cuff
P	Friday 14th October, 2016
N	7:30pm

Event information

Doors at 7.30pm with the show at 8pm

Leon Rosselson
An acclaimed singer songwriter since the 1960s, Leon’s songs are loved for their satirical wit, spirited political edge and depth of insight. His song 'The World Turned Upside Down' was recorded and popularised by Dick Gaughan and Billy Bragg (who took it into the pop charts in 1985) and has been sung on numerous demonstrations in Britain and the USA. His Ballad of a Spycatcher went into the Indie Singles charts in 1987 in a version backed by Billy Bragg and the Oyster Band. In addition to writing songs for children and giving children's concerts in both Britain and the USA, he has had 17 children's books published.

Joe Wilkes
Joe’s debut album Spotlight was released in 2006. The next year was spent on the road building up sets of modern folk songs coupled with a singular guitar tone and some intense finger-picking. A further album, Here On This Frontline, was released in 2009. Neither a roots album nor an acoustic pop record, this saw Joe develop a politically conscious, uncompromising, European folk sensibility. France and Spain were included on his next tour itinerary. In 2012, Looking For The Grave of Garcia Lorca, one of the last records to be produced in Escapade music studio, was released.

Joe suffered an injury to his hand in 2013, but is now back doing shows, starting in New York in May 2014 using piano for the first time as well as guitar. A tour of Europe followed in the autumn. After a gap of four years Joe will return to the studio for a new recording to be released early in 2017.