Date
Wednesday 7 September 2011 at 8:00pm
Location
The Bedford
77 Bedford Hill,
Balham, London,
SW12 9HD,
United Kingdom
Link
Description
Following its huge success in New York, you are invited to the beautiful Globe Theatre at The Bedford (Best Acoustic Venue in London - Evening Standard) to enjoy...
The UKs FIRST EVER BACKSCRATCH SESSION.
Seven Songwriters Perform Each Others' Songs.
This is a FREE show and will be WEBCAST LIVE at http://www.justin.tv/thebedfordlive (8PM GMT/3PM EST)
Featuring:
Alex Berger http://bit.ly/bmqcxE
Meg Cavanaugh http://bit.ly/quZDSo
Raevennan Husbandes http://on.fb.me/r0GV9K
Richard Lobb http://mysp.ac/nZV7nz
Linden http://mysp.ac/osGE85
Jamie Lawson http://bit.ly/dmUIGZ
Adrian Roye http://bit.ly/orGGjy
The Backscratch Sessions have been taking place bi-monthly on the last Monday night of the month in New York City since April, 2009 (now at Rockwood Music Hall).
7 singer/songwriter are invited to come together for a unique event: in addition to performing a pair of their own songs, each participant surprises a fellow participant with re-interpretation of one of their songs.
No one knows who is going to perform a song by whom until the moment they begin to play, and nothing beats seeing a songwriter get to hear his or her song re-born through the voice and hands and ears and soul of another, respected fellow singer/songwriter.
About a month beforehand, the participating artists are randomly assigned to each other and sent a package of songs and lyrics by the artist they have drawn as their "backscratch," from which they choose a song and re-interpret it any way they wish.
Some performers play solo, some bring their bands, sometimes the participants collaborate... there are no rules other than no one knows who has drawn whom as their backscratch.
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