Chris Wood at The Three Cups, Malmesbury
Schedule
Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Triangle, Malmesbury, SN16 0AH, SN16 0AL | Chippenham, EN
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We are beyond delighted to be hosting our friend Chris Wood here at The Cups in April. Many of you will know Chris from the British folk scene where is held in very high regard and we hope you are as happy as we are that he'll be coming to The Three Cups Inn. This concert falls the night before Eddi Reader in Malmesbury Abbey so why not make a weekend of it?If you don't know him then his heartfelt songs are pure, raw, moving and reflect real life. A man, his guitar and his life stories....
“Chris takes a traditional song and has you absolutely gripped…. He makes it really obvious why it is of contemporary relevance. On the flip side, he has managed this magical thing, writing songs on contemporary themes, or putting music to Hugh Lupton’s words, that absolutely fit hand in glove with traditional songs, but are totally modern.” — Ian Anderson
Chris Wood started out as a choirboy and much of his music bears the influence of those years spent with the likes of Bach, Handel, Gibbons and Boyce: he describes the album Handmade Life as “church music with drums.”
Self-taught on guitar and violin, he is a lifelong autodidact — and his independent streak shines through in his composition and studio work. Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. His work is typified by his trust in the space music can create and a gift for lyrical understatement. He cites his major influence as “Anon”.
This is a seated concert with access via a short staircase.
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Where is it happening?
The Triangle, Malmesbury, SN16 0AH, SN16 0AL, Chippenham, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
