“Dreamy, beautiful. Something very, very special” Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music
Saturday 2nd November 2024
Doors 7pm
The Magic Lantern || Little Clouds || Euan Stamper
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Such a treat in store for you at our last Letham Nights of 2024…
Join us for a beautiful autumn evening of soothing, moving, grooving songs and stories from Jamie Doe’s Magic Lantern. And to add to the splendour, there will be not ONE, but TWO opening acts. We’ll have a very special Australian duo Little Clouds who are touring with Jamie and the band. Then we will also be graced with a set from Euan Stamper.
The Magic Lantern is the moniker of singer-songwriter and composer Jamie Doe, an artist blurring the boundaries between folk, jazz and contemporary music. Born in Australia before moving to the UK at 12, The Magic Lantern has released four full length albums and toured the UK, Europe and Australia alongside This Is The Kit, Sam Lee and Alabaster Deplume among others.
His upcoming fifth album ’To Everything A Season’ was written and recorded in the months following his daughter’s birth and his father’s death six weeks later. In their brief meeting in a dementia nursing home, two ends of the circle of life touched. Of that cathartic moment, Jamie says ‘I saw myself in my father, and my daughter in me and I felt joy and grief in overlapping waves, beautiful and complicated, which continue to ripple outward’ These songs are my attempt to make sense of this incredible time – ‘A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted’
Working with an ensemble drawn from London’s thriving alternative jazz scene, The Magic Lantern’s live show captures a rich emotional immediacy through spirited improvisation, taught ensemble writing and Jamie’s arresting vocal lyricism to craft songs that examine the limitless depth of the human experience with devastating, joyous results.
‘To Everything A Season’ is due for release on 11th October 2024.
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It really is exciting to be bringing this beautiful music to the hall.
Booking acts for Letham Nights is a bit mysterious… a mixture of artists contacting us but also us speculatively reaching out to (cold calling!) musicians we like. Sometimes we just get blanked. But when we reached out to Jamie he replied very quickly and was gracious and enthusiastic. Within a few emails back and forth, we had become the first show booked on the band’s upcoming tour. He obviously saw something in Letham Nights. Here is an extended video of a live show to whet your appetite…
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Little Clouds
Little Clouds are a subtly nostalgic, feel good singer songwriter duo from Sydney, Australia. AKA Nick Henderson & Emily-Rose Sarkova write lofty afternoon inspired hits and introspective midnight bangers, laced with clever lyrics and sweet chords that make you feel real good. And let’s be honest – we are all in it for the feelings. They move between their multi-instrumentalist personalities of guitar, bass, banjo, piano, keys, synths, accordion and vocals. It is intimate. It is real. Journeys will be had. Here’s one…
Euan Stamper
Euan is well-known to some of us at Letham Nights. Their beautiful soaring vocals and compositions will be a wonderful opening to the show. Euan is deep into a new vein of creativity and recently recorded at the Glasshouse as part of the Depression Sessions. Have a listen!
Green Arts Initiative
Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!
Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.
Letham Nights…
Letham Nights began in December 2008. Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global. At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall. We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler. The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere. We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!
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