Susannah Stark & Band are an experimental ensemble from Glasgow, playing an extended folk session in details or locations around the Govan stones, river Clyde & underground waters.
Susannah will be leading a free outdoor workshop exploring responsive songwriting, vocalisation, and improvisation. The session is inspired by the ancient link between trees and language, exploring both Gaelic names for trees and the beith-luis-nin (or Ogham / ogham-chraobh), a form of early medieval alphabet as a prompt for creating improvised music. We will use samples of field recordings, contact mics, and our voices to work together in a small group.
This will take place in the Wee Woodland in Lochmaddy on Sunday 15th March, at 11am, with booking required. Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear to keep yourself comfortable and safe.
Susannah will also perform with trumpet player Phil Cardwell, drummer Laurie Pitt, and accordionist Caroline Hussey to share the new album, ‘Mion-phuingean’ – ‘Minor Gestures’, a collaborative release on Glasgow’s Night School Records and Belgian label Stroom. Please join us in the Taigh Chearsabhagh Café on Sunday 15th March at 7pm, with booking and further information available here.
Susannah joined us at Taigh Chearsabhagh for the Romhainn residency last year, building on a longstanding interest in the art of song and multi-lingual expression, resulting in a live event ‘Stairseach’ that explored the feeling of being on the threshold, thresholds as places where we cross and exchange, finding mentions in archive accounts of Gàidhlig writing by women including Màiri NicLeòid.