Janice Burns & Jon Doran

A Future Folk show by Janice Burns and Jon Doran, the Anglo-Scottish duo presenting their festive album Great Joy to the New at Kings Place. The concert takes place in Hall Two.

Janice Burns and Jon Doran are an Anglo-Scottish duo who found common ground in traditional music. Their playing, which draws on blues, country and folk, combines close vocal harmonies with interplay between mandolin, bouzouki and guitar. Their arrangements carry older songs, many taken from books and manuscripts, with a restrained energy.

This evening presents their new festive album, Great Joy to the New, within the Future Folk series. The programme looks at winter customs, the rituals communities developed to bring people together and sustain one another through the hardest months. It gathers traditional folk songs about Christmas, the winter season and hopes for the new year. The duo have given winter concerts for several years, and this tour carries the new record.

Kings Place is a concert and performance venue on York Way, and Hall Two hosts this event. The night will appeal to listeners drawn to traditional folk and seasonal repertoire.