Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit + Anna Calvi *SOLD OUT*

Friday 26th February 2010

Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

Over 14s only, under 16s must be with an adult

Johnny Flynn is crafting songs well beyond what you'd usually find capable for a man of such a young age. With his band The Sussex Wit, Flynn & Co became one of only a small handful of British acts to sign to the Legendary Alt Country label Lost Highway in 2008, the label home of Johnny Cash, Ryan Adams, Morrissey, and Elvis Costello. A Larum debuted Flynn's multi-instrumental English Folk Rock sensibilities. With his latest release, EP Sweet William, The title track, 'Sweet William' narrates the wanderings and adventures of William: his various rites-of-passage, his growth from boy to man, a tale that really reaches back to the story-telling roots of the kind of centuries-old folk culture that this new wave of traditionally inspired nu-folk is entirely indebted to. 'Sweet William' is a display of the direction that Flynn sees himself moving in: an exploration into the deep roots of the culture that he and his folksy piers, Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling, Peggy Sue, Mariner's Children etc, have so brilliantly brought into the limelight of late.

www.johnny-flynn.com
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