Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman will be appearing at the Traverse Theatre on Monday 10th April as part of a 12-week tour in support of their new 8 track EP entitled ‘Saved for a Rainy Day’.
2016 saw Kathryn and Sean again voted ‘Best Duo’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and later in the year pair headed to India and also to Spain for shows.
Now firmly established as one of the folk-scene’s busiest and most respected duos, the husband and wife team will hit the road from early March onwards to preview new material that will feature on their next full album.
Now twice recent winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo – 2016 & 2013 – the couple’s intimacy and strength of passion on stage have won them many fans and an enviable reputation as ‘Songwriters par excellence’– (fRoots), whose greatly varied original songs cover such subjects as wicked mermaids, Norwegian legends, and a lonely whale. Building upward from their last two highly praised albums ‘Hidden People’ & ‘Tomorrow Will Follow Today’, fans of quality acoustic music can catch a preview of the duo’s exciting new material on their forthcoming spring tour. With a story that includes over 20 years of music making with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Cara Dillon, Levellers, Kate Rusby and Show of Hands, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have consolidated themselves as pillars of modern British folk.
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman FULL Tour Dates 2017
MARCH
Fri 17 Calstock Arts, Calstock
Sat 18 Calstock Arts, Calstock
Thu 23 St Austell Arts Theatre, St Austell
Fri 24 Bishopstone (nr Salisbury )
Sat 25 The Beehive, Honiton
Wed 29 Merlin Theatre, Frome
Thu 30 Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington
Fri 31 The Watermark, Ivybridge
APRIL
Fri 7 The Beehive Folk Club, Sheffield
Sat 8 The Old Fire Station, Carlisle
Sun 9 Glassel Hall, Banchory
Mon 10 Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Tue 11 Inchyra Arts Club, Inchyra
Wed 12 Eyemouth Hippodrome, Eyemouth
Thu 13 St Cuthbert’s House, Seahouses
Fri 14 The Roots Music Club, Doncaster
Sat 15 The Ropewalk, Barton Upon Humber
Thu 20 The David Hall, South Petherton
Fri 21 The Lights, Andover
Sat 22 St John’s Church, Farncombe
Sun 23 Corn Exchange, Dorchester
Wed 26 The Red Lion, Birmingham
Thu 27 Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pontardawe
Fri 28 Rhosygilwen – Cilgerran, West Wales
Sat 29 Chapel Arts, Bath
MAY
Thu 4 The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Fri 5 The Witham, Barnard Castle
Sat 6 Selby Town Hall, Selby
Sun 7 Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln
Mon 8 The Green Note, London
Tue 9 St Neots Folk Club, St Neots
Thu 11 The Key Theatre, Peterborough
Sat 13 Dart Music Festival, Dartmouth
Thu 18 Union at The Con Club, Lewes
Fri 19 The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Sat 20 Gulbenkian, Canterbury
Sun 21 The Little Langthwaite Sessions, Kings Langley
Fri 26 Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Sat 27 Chester Folk Fest
Sun 28 Bearded Theory Fest
Mon 29 Exmouth Fest
JUNE
Thu 1 Lighthouse Studio, Poole
Fri 2 Limelight Theatre, Ayelsbury
Sat 3 Stratford U Avon Folk Festival (aft)
Sat 3 Wychwood Folk Club, Wychwood (PM)
Sun 4 Something to smile about Fest
Sun 18 Beverley F Fest
Sat 24 Jinney Ring Fest
Sun 25 Compton Verney Fest
www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
