Awake Arise -- A Christmas Show for Our Times

In an unmissable collaboration, five of the English folk scene’s most inventive artists bring you _Awake Arise – A Christmas Show For Our Times_; celebrating the riches of our varied winter traditions and reflecting upon the hope and resilience in music and song that can bring joy to us all in the darkest season.Award-winning trio LADY MAISERY (Hannah James, Rowan Rheingans and Hazel Askew) have produced ‘some of the most exquisite, thrilling vocal harmony work in the English folk scene’ (_The Guardian_), for nearly a decade.The beguiling musical partnership of JIMMY ALDRIDGE AND SID GOLDSMITH complete the powerful line-up, bringing the outstanding vocals, sensitive instrumentation and powerful social conscience that has won them widespread critical acclaim.Featuring traditional songs, folk carols, spoken word and newly written music to galvanise and brighten this darkest season, _Awake Arise_ is a warm gift to the wintertime from five of the most engaging and celebrated performers on the English folk scene.True to the reputations of both acts as out-spoken voices on the folk scene, this collection is also a rallying cry to embrace the power of collective endeavour as a vital support during times of hardship and loneliness.

In this most uncertain of winters, _Awake Arise_ is more than just a great night out; these are essential songs which remind us who we are and why we matter to each other.