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Grateful Fred Presents Bijou Sessions - "Jocelyn Petit & Ellen Gira", Support By Naomi Campbell

Grateful Fred Presents Bijou Sessions - "Jocelyn Petit & Ellen Gira", Support By Naomi Campbell
From Canada and the USA, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira are a dynamic fiddle & cello duo. Fusing traditional and contemporary music styles, they create a powerfully uplifting and soulful performance, weaving a rhythmically driving and textured sound. Complemented by lively stepdancing, they bring life and fire into original tunes, songs, and high-energy repertoire from Scotland, Ireland, North America, and Scandinavia. Each an accomplished musician in their own right, with extensive performance history and accolades, Jocelyn & Ellen first joined forces in Glasgow in 2018. Since then, the duo has been gracing stages and captivating audiences in both North America and the UK. They have been featured in live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, and performed at festivals including Celtic Connections (UK), Vancouver Folk Music Festival (CAN), Harrison Festival of the Arts (CAN), Summerfolk Music Festival (CAN), Celtic Colours International Festival (CAN), New World Festival (USA), and Northwest Folklife (USA). Awarded Traditional Album of the Year at the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards, Jocelyn & Ellen's album, All It Brings, is a celebration of hope and resilience. The album features nuanced fiddle-cello interplay, vocal harmonies, and guest guitar accompaniment. Jocelyn & Ellen were also recently nominated for Instrumental Artist of the Year at the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards. Performers who ticked just about every box you can think of, providing a packed and appreciative audience with an evening of sublime music-making. If this made-in-heaven duo ever come onto your radar, stop whatever you're doing and go to see them. They gave us a magical evening: you too will be spellbound. Tykes Stirrings Magazine Top-flight musicians. Jocelyn and Ellen absolutely charmed the socks and stockings off the packed audience. The fabulous interplay between Jocelyns fiddle and Ellens cello is unique; the music runs rich with French Canadian, Cape Breton, old-time American and Celtic folk styles, and those lovely harmonies just cannot be beat. FolkWales Magazine https://jocelynandellen.com/ Also Supporting Jocelyn and Ellen will be: Naomi Campbell! https://naomicampbell-music.com With a soulful blend of storytelling and melody, Naomi Campbell combines a hybrid ofinfluences in her music. Known for her dynamic and evocative vocals, she has enjoyedquite the evolution in the past few years From her Americana roots to recently embracinga wider Soul and R&B sound. Naomi moved from a small town in ireland to Liverpool in 2014 and has since supportedChris Helme (the seahorses), John Calvin Abney, Campbell/Jensen, and Muireann Bradley,playing venues such as the LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Music Room, Roisin Dubh, Galway and,Londons folk hub, the Betsey Trotwood. Doors open at 7.00pm Concert starts at 7.30pm Tickets 12

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