BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:369@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T230000 DTSTAMP:20231206T164238Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/hilltop-sessions-salt-house-cali-s anto/ SUMMARY:Hilltop Sessions - Salt House & Cali Santo DESCRIPTION:Hilltop Sessions Present: Salt House &\; Cali Santo\n\nWe're very excited to welcome Salt House to Hilltop Sessions. The trio\, consis ting of Jenny Sturgeon\, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren McColl hail from Scotl and's wilder regions and have been a mainstay of the folk scene for over a decade. Support will come from Brighton's Cali Santo.\n\nTickets £10+b/f :  www.hilltopsessions.co.uk/event-details/salt-house-cali-santo\n\nBar f rom 5:00pm. Doors 8:00pm to 11:00pm\n\nSalt House have been a mainstay of the folk scene for over a decade. New songs that sound as if they’ve alw ays been here. Ancient ballads woken up. Poems given the melodies they’v e long deserved. Songs strongly rooted in place\, people and their shared love of the natural world.\n\nThe band’s reputation as fine interpreters of words both old and new has been solidified over the past few years wit h acclaimed album releases and extensive touring both at home and in mainl and Europe. Salt House are Jenny Sturgeon\, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren Mac Coll.\n\n2023 marks the launch of their latest studio album ‘Riverwoods ’ - a musical response to the feature-length documentary of the same nam e made by rewilding charity ‘SCOTLAND: The Big Picture’\, and recently featured on Channel 5.  This - their third release on Hudson Records - i s a collection of both songs and instrumentals inspired by the journey of the Atlantic salmon and the much-needed biodiversity along our river syste ms. “I encourage you to immerse yourself in this beautiful album\, to ‘feel’ it and\, crucially\, to hear its message.” Pete Cairns\, Exec utive Director\, STBP.\n\nThe Salt House sound is carefully honed - melanc holy viola entangled round rich vocals and double-guitar interplay. There ’s a strong connection to place in their music - with the band based bet ween the Scottish Highlands and Shetland. Taking their name from a dock in Ewan’s native Liverpool\, Salt House draw on a wide range of influence from folk\, traditional\, and singer-songwriter worlds that they inhabit. Whether it’s on the festival stage or in an intimate theatre\, the band share their songs with an empathy that has won them fans far and wide.\n\n More about the band members:\n\nSinger\, guitarist\, and keys player Jenny Sturgeon has a PHD in seabird ecology. Described by R2 Magazine as “a s inger-songwriter who brings together the old and new with a rare skill.” Her solo project ‘The Living Mountain’ based on the writing of Nan Sh epherd was recently released to wide critical acclaim.\n\nEwan MacPherson has brought his sound to a myriad of bands and projects in Scotland over t he last 25 years since graduating from LIPA. His long-awaited solo project ‘Hushman’ showcases his own songwriting and arranging with a host of guests.\n\nYou can hear the Highlands in Lauren MacColl’s elegant bowing \, honed while performing with the quartet RANT\, Heal &\; Harrow and i n her own right. Her latest solo work will be her 5th solo album to date.\ n\n“Wonderful… a trio of exceptional talent.” – Folk Radio UK\n\nC ali Santo is the captivating solo project of Brighton singer-songwriter Be n Bishop.  Solitude is a state of mind which we can often deny ourselves. \n\nFor Cali Santo\, it is a lifeblood.\n\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=PHbgRD2elK8[/embedyt] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/12/SaltHouse2024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR