Citadel date for folk’s renaissance man (From St Helens Star)

Citadel date for folk’s renaissance man

9:07am Thursday 6th November 2008

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THE Irish Times heralded Chris Wood as "the renaissance man of English folk" when on his own RUF Records label he released The Lark Descending which included the BBC Folk Award winning song One In A Million” in 2005.

It is Chris’s latest album Trespasser which brings him to The Citadel on Friday, 7 November.

The album was recorded at his R.U.F Records/English Acoustic Collective base in Kent and includes the vocals of Karine Polwart. Chris and Karine first sung together on the Folk Britannia series for BBC 4.

Wood’s appeal has now gone way beyond English folk music. He was invited to sing at last year's WOMEX and this year's WOMAD festivals and recently invited to join Paul Weller, Billy Bragg, Martin and Eliza Carthy as part of Simon Emerson's The Imagined Village project.

He has had musical commissions from BBC Radio 3's Late Junction and Between The Ears also from The Sage Gateshead and has completed work for Arts Council England whilst also writing and lecturing.

Tickets are on sale now priced £12 or £10 for concessions. For more information, contact The Citadel Box Office on 01744 735436.

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