Chris Wood

Sat 27 May, 20:00
£17 + bf

NEW DATE *27 MAY*

Unfortunately, due to testing positive for covid Chris Wood’s gig at Grand Junction on 1 April had to be postponed. However, we are pleased to share the new date Saturday 27 May! If you have already bought a ticket, it will be valid for the rescheduled date. If you require a refund, you can request one on Dice.

Multi Award-Winning folk singer-songwriter Chris Wood takes to the Grand Junction stage in May.

Described as the ‘Ken Loach of songwriting’ (fRoots), the six-times BBC folk award winner Chris Wood is one of the most recognisable musicians on the English folk scene.

Chris’s writing is permeated with love and wry intelligence, uplifting and challenging as he celebrates the sheer one-thing-after-anotherness of life.

Chris has previously played with The Royal Shakespeare Company and was a key member of The Imagined Village along with Billy Bragg and Martin Carthy. A wise and soulful craftsman, his concerts are a cliche free zone.

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“One of our finest songwriters”

Independent

“As close as it gets to a perfect union of voice and guitar, lyrics and melody, compassion, irony, realism, wit, and humanity”

The Herald

“a rarefied talent, both as writer and interpreter”

MOJO

Chris Wood

Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables.

A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does. Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. He cites his major influence as “Anon”.

His most recent album ‘So Much to Defend’ has received wide critical acclaim and includes reflections on minor league football, empty nest syndrome, learning to swim, Cook-in Sauce and, not least, the Gecko as a metaphor for contemporary society.

Hollow Point; his chilling ballad of the shooting of Jean Charles Menezez, won a BBC Folk Award (he’s won six.) and emphatically secured Wood’s place as a serious speech-master for the unofficial history of England.

Collaborators include Martin Carthy, Dizraeli, Billy Bragg, Andy Cutting, Andy Irvine, Karine Polwart, Jean Francois Vrod, The Imagined Village, Hugh Lupton, Martin Butler and many others.

On stage Chris has the air of a craftsman who no longer needs to be precious about his art. Without any apparent effort he reaches deep into an enviable repertoire of songs before revealing another gem.

Awards:

Nominated Best Original Song ‘None the Wiser’ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014

Songwriter of the Year – Spiral Earth Awards 2014

Folk Singer of the Year & Best Original Song ‘

Date: Saturday 27 May 2023

Start Time: 20:00

Doors: 19:00

Schedule:

20.00 – Chris Wood first half

20.45 – Break

21.00 – Chris Wood second half

Length: approx.  2 hours

Bar:  Open from 19:00. We serve a selection of craft beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks.

Tickets: £17 + bf

We recommend pre-booking tickets to guarantee entry. Booking on the door will result in an additional £1 on top of the ticket price and booking fee.

Venue: Grand Junction is a venue for the community, arts and culture based at St Mary Magdalene Church. We also have a café serving delicious food overlooking the canal.

Closest Stations: Royal Oak (Circle and Hammersmith & City line) 0.3 miles

Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo line) 0.4 miles

Paddington Station (National Rail services and Circle, District, Bakerloo, Hammersmith & City line) 0.9 miles