The Purple Room

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Summer 2019: The Purple Room June guests will be poet Lydia Kennaway and duo "Rising Ashes", Lisa Marie Glover & Satnam Galsian

Lydia Kennaway’s pamphlet, A History of Walking, was published by HappenStance in April 2019. She is the 2017 winner of the Flambard Poetry Prize. Lydia’s poems were shortlisted for the 2018 Bridport Prize, and longlisted in the 2018 Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition and (three times) in the National Poetry Competition. Other poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies including The Rialto and Any Change? Poetry in a Hostile Environment, edited by Ian Duhig (2018). Lydia is a student on Newcastle University’s MA in Writing Poetry programme.

Rising Ashes
Lisa Marie Glover and Satnam Galsian blend British folk and traditional Indian songs with contemporary compositions and arrangements.
A weaving of cultures and musical styles.

Lisa Marie Glover is a well-seasoned songwriter and performer who has carefully crafted her art into something which is very much her own. Her curious lyrics and stories are accompanied by her clear as glass vocal and distinct acoustic guitar style which has developed from studying classical guitar to her obsession with finding the more interesting chords. Her love of funk and soul music has influenced the rhythmical aspect of her playing and it all seems to work quite nicely.

Satnam Galsian is a British Asian vocalist who has developed a unique personal style of performing that combines Indian and Western influences. Since graduating from Birmingham Conservatoire, she has collaborated with a diverse range of groups and artists.
Her most recent projects include Naghma and Rising Ashes.

Price: £5.00

Time: 8:00pm (Doors open at 7.30pm)