Nigel Shaw & Carolyn Hillyer
Music from Dartmoor and northern traditions
with flute, drum and images by this popular duo
“Songs of Before and Beyond”
Music and songs inspired by the raw beauty, untamed spirit and primordial memory of sacred and ancestral land
ABOUT THE MUSIC
"After many travels in Arctic terrains, north has become scratched onto our bones and wrapped inside our music; over and again we have found ourselves dreaming, composing and writing about timeless ice, reindeer souls and the resonances of taiga and tundra. But the concept of north is also infused with the profound mythology of these islands, and we have spent most of our lifetimes travelling through the ancient memories of rock and forest and moor. In this concert we ask: what is the north we can give you?"
Nigel and Carolyn played instruments carved from wild woods and songs woven from a Bronze Age language as they shared a meandering journey through tender myth and feral dream to honour the primordial voices of this sacred land.
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ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw are musician and artists who have lived on their ancient hill farm in the feral heart of Dartmoor for 30 years. Their live performances form a mystical weave of ancient instruments, wild songs and tender music, using many flutes and drums they have made themselves. They have travelled around the world with their music, including Australia, USA, Japan, Jamaica, Canada, Central & South America, Siberian Arctic, Russia, throughout Europe and Britain. Their concert tours have carried them from mountain temple to tundra camp, from festival tent to ritual cave, as well as and intimate evenings of music and myth on Dartmoor.
Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw are musician and artists who have lived on their ancient hill farm in the feral heart of Dartmoor for 30 years. Their live performances form a mystical weave of ancient instruments, wild songs and tender music, using many flutes and drums they have made themselves. They have travelled around the world with their music, including Australia, USA, Japan, Jamaica, Canada, Central & South America, Siberian Arctic, Russia, throughout Europe and Britain. Their concert tours have carried them from mountain temple to tundra camp, from festival tent to ritual cave, as well as and intimate evenings of music and myth on Dartmoor.
GALLERY
Photographs courtesy of Simon Pizzey
