This event has been rescheduled to Thursday 31 March 2022. Ticket holders will be contacted regarding the new date.

Rachael McShane is a singer, cellist, fiddle and viola player based in the North East of England. An original member of folk big band Bellowhead, Rachael toured internationally with them as well as making several TV appearances. Bellowhead recorded five studio albums, and won a total of eight BBC Folk Awards in their twelve years together. Rachael has more recently been singing the role of Susannah Holmes in The Transports alongside The Young’uns, Faustus, Nancy Kerr, Greg Russell and Matthew Crampton.

Rachael is now working on a new solo project of traditional songs and is playing with her brand new band Rachael McShane and the Cartographers, featuring guitarist Matthew Ord (Assembly Lane) and melodeon player Julian Sutton (Kathryn Tickell, Sting).

Dates & Times

Last session: Thu 26 Mar 2020 at 8:00 PM - This event has now passed
£17 (inc fee)

Reviews

“A classy musician and a singer of striking elegance”

Mike Wilson’s Music Blog

“You're in the presence of something very special… what a voice”

Sid Smith, BBC Music

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