Lilian Grace and Robbie Sherratt on Friday 9 April

We look forward to welcoming Lilian Grace and Robbie Sherratt, two New Roots Finalists from 2020, to our online song session on Friday 9 April. These young performers show every sign of becoming stars of the British folk scene.

Lilian Grace is a young musician who specialises in unaccompanied traditional English folk song. Her songs are full of haunting rich harmonies, on occasion augmented by her minimalist use of concertina. Lilian graduated from Leeds Conservatoire in 2020, having studied under such well respected musicians as Nancy Kerr, Jim Moray and Bryony Griffith.

Photo by Mikko Malmivaara

Robbie Sherratt is a singer and fiddle player from the Staffordshire Moorlands. His debut album ‘Provenance’ draws from traditional music and melodies in and around his home county. Currently, Robbie’s studying for a Master’s degree in Folk music at Sibelius Academy, Finland where he’s honing his fiddling, teaching, and composing. He performs regularly in concerts and dance events in Finland, England and Estonia with duo Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt and the Helsinki Ceilidh Band.

You can join the Zoom meeting from 7.30 pm for an 8 pm start and we finish at 11 pm. Email us via the form on our contact page to get the link, and let us know if you would like to perform yourself. We will try to fit in as many other performers as possible.