555 days to go to kick off – Tuesday 2 December 2008…
Dine in a wonderful setting at the Valley of a Thousand Hills and enjoy the music of Africa in the beautifully constructed amphitheatre with a 180 degree view high over the valley.
Introducing our African Rose – Miriam Backhouse – and her debut CD “Over Africa”!!
CD'S available at R150 including postage in South Africa
email us on info@lkf.co.za to secure your copy
Miriam Backhouse
African Rose
www.myspace.com/miriambackhouse
One of the very best revivalist folk singers of the 1970s, she toured the UK and Europe to be come their “First Lady of Folk”.
‘Gypsy without a road’ 1977,on the Mother Earth label, is considered a Folk Classic. www.motherearthmusic.co.uk
"Gypsy without a road" is a masterpiece, a gem of British Folk which stands proudly with Dick Gaughan's 'Handful of earth', Fairport's 'Liege and Lief' and Nick Jones's 'Penguin Eggs'.
The world need to re-discover it again!
Nibs van der Spuy.
From FRED WOODS tribute :-
During the Seventies he was the founder and fully professional editor of the lively Folk Review. The magazine was sponsored by two excellent albums which Woods produced on the Folksound label, with contributions given freely by such noted singers as Nic Jones, Vin Garbutt, Tony Rose, Louis Killen, June Tabor, English Tapestry, Miriam Backhouse, Tim Laycock, Martin Wyndham-Read, Sean Cannon, Dick Gaughan and Archie Fisher.
“An absolute delight – she will captivate you – a voice not to be missed – a true minstrel.”
Woodies Folk Club, Sussex, UK.
This year, 2008, she re-launched her solo career at the 19th Splashy Fen Festival, to the delight of international festival goers.
Her amazingly beautiful voice and wonderful interpretations of traditional folk songs also earned her many new fans amongst the “Fenners”.
See Splashy Fen 2009 - News - African Rose to relaunch her career………..
next year, 2010, she will be amongst the “Splashy Fen Legends” at the 20th Bash.
2008’s tour of the clubs and festivals in the UK confirmed her place as one of the true greats of the Folk Singing world. Next International Tour - Summer 2009.
Her repertoire spans from the old story – telling ballads, to the protest songs of the ‘60s and ‘70s, and songs she has written about South Africa - it’s beauty and pain.
“Superb” Matt Armour The Song Loft, Stony Stratford
Foggy Furze. Hartlepool myspace comment Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wow, what a performer. Miriam Backhouse. If you weren't there, you missed a treat. We had people in from as far afield as Bodmin who came to see what was happening.
Miriam really connected with the audience. so we had a fun night singing along with some songs we knew and some songs we learned.
It was one of those nights when the performance lived up to the anticipation.
Miriam Backhouse was the Kate Rusby of her day, before going to live in South Africa. She has been re establishing herself back on the folk circuit here, I have seen her at Warwick Festival and a couple of folk clubs, she does a great night of traditional songs and attracts people from far and wide (Sean Cannon turned up at one club to see her and he did a couple of songs too, it was great)
John McDonald
