Janice Burns & Jon Doran

*Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. In this special Future Folk show, they’ll lead us into the festive season, presenting their brand-new festive album ‘Great Joy to the New’.*
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Janice Burns & Jon Doran’s ‘clever and uncluttered musical storytelling’ (*Songlines*) comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and sensitive interplay between mandolin, bouzouki and guitar. Their arrangements have a spellbinding presence and an understated energy that transports songs from the pages of books and manuscripts into the imagination of the listener.

The duo’s winter gigs have become something of a tradition over the last few years, and now they’re heading out on tour with their brand-new festive album, *Great Joy to the New*. People have always forged customs to survive the winter, with rituals that bring people together and bring light to the dark nights. These rituals have often been born of necessity. Beautiful, colourful, musical traditions, linked by the common cause of sustaining people spiritually, mentally, or financially through a harsh winter. Janice and Jon’s new album and live show explore these themes through a collection of traditional folk songs about Christmas, winter, and optimism for the new year.

*This event will last for approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, including the interval.*