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home page of singer-songwriter/ guitarist
Michael Luntley
photo credit- John Smith
Llyn Guitar Festival
Also home to
The Sheep Dip Sessions -
'house concert' series started by Michael
and hosted by Michael and his wife Dee
since November 2011. First at their house in Sheep Dip Lane,Princethorpe, then, since 2022 at Harbury Village Library.
Hit 'Sessions' for more on the Sheep Dip Sessions
New CD just out October 2024:
from this ground
a cycle of 16 songs, six poems plus narration
telling the stories of an ill-feted migration to Brazil in 1872
by farm labourers and their families - stories of identity,
belonging and migration from 1872 to the present day.
songs, music & narration - Michael Luntley
poems - Olga Dermott Bond
performed by Michael Luntley, guitars, banjo, mandolin;
Maura Barnett, violin; Nicky Luntley vocals, Olga Dermott
Bond poetry; Chris Barber narration.
linocuts - Dee Luntley
Cd available to download from Bandcamp:
https://michaelluntleytricaoraoch.bandcamp.com/album/from-this-ground
50% of sales to local refugee charity - Welcome Here (Leamington & Warwick) for whom we are performing a benefit concert on 15th November 2024.
A bit about Michael......
I started playing the blues...until I saw Martin Simpson play...
I've been song-writing for fifteen or more years, telling stories. Most of my material is based on true stories, for the main part stories about how we live now. Some say 'folk music' tells the stories of 'ordinary folk'. I disagree. Everyone is extraordinary and has extraordinary stories worth listening to and worth telling.
I've played at most of the folk clubs around Warwickshire, though don't perform so often nowadays, unless it's for a charity event.
My most recent work is the cycle of songs, poetry and narration - from this ground, ( see above). The stories are timeless, highlighting all the issues found in contemporary migration narratives.
Previous song cycles include 'Calling them home' - set of songs and poems commemorating the centenary of armistice (poems again by Olga); and 'back to the land' a song cycle about rural artefacts on display in Leamington Museum and performed in the museum amongst the display cases in.
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