Queer Folk: we're all making the music richer
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Queer Folk platforms LGBTQIA+ history and narratives buried in the folk music archives, while also amplifying queer artists today. Founders…
Queer Folk platforms LGBTQIA+ history and narratives buried in the folk music archives, while also amplifying queer artists today. Founders…
Scottish singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Newton curates this year’s Folk Weekend for Venus Unwrapped, Trad Reclaimed. Here she speaks…
We asked Head of Artistic Planning Rosie Chapman to introduce 10 Kings Place events she will not be missing this year……
Peggy Seeger recalls her mother, avant garde composer and folk music arranger Ruth Crawford Seeger, who she will be honouring…
Legendary folk singer, song writer and activist Peggy Seeger recalls her mother, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, in a special event…
Kings Place and Alan Bearman Music present a yearly weekend of folk events showcasing the very finest traditional musicians and…
American composer and co-founder of the innovative ensemble Bang on a Can Julia Wolfe shares her key musical influences with Helen…
Our 2019 artistic programme started last week with a spectacular performance from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, launching…
Scottish singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Newton, curator of Trad. Reclaimed, puts together a playlist of artists featured in the…
Award-winning composer Kerry Andrew performs with Juice Ensemble and alt-folk band You Are Wolf. Her first novel Swansong (Jonathan Cape) appeared…
Community Spotlights are a celebration of the vibrant cultural landscape that Kings Place is part of. Highlighting organisations, events and…
With chiffchaffs singing aptly away in the background of our call, master of acoustic guitar and subtle, heartfelt songwriting Martin…
From the most exquisite orchestral music through to folk, jazz and cutting-edge electronica, 2019 has seen an extraordinary range of…
Our Nature Unwrapped 2020 programme opened last week with a spectacular series of events and performances from Theatre of Voices, Brian Cox,…
From exquisite choral music through to Gaelic folk, Afro psychedelica and a Hot Fuzz reunion, 2022 has seen an extraordinary…
It’s that time of year where we start to think about the festive season and all it has to offer!…
On Fri 6 Dec, London Sinfonietta present an evening of music by Scottish Composers exploring the idea of love and…
In the year that our flagship Unwrapped series took us to the diverse artistic landscape Scotland, the wider Kings Place…
The ninth edition of our now award-winning Unwrapped series features more than 30 great cellists, from legendary masters Christophe Coin, Pieter Wispelwey,…
Fiona Maddocks muses on the way we use music to mark out and measure time, and the manifold tricks it…
Time Unwrapped is the tenth edition of Kings Place’s award-winning Unwrapped series. What does music have to tell us about Time? In Time Unwrapped we…