Watch House Folk: Boo Hewerdine & Yvonne Lyon (WORKSHOP & GIG)
Schedule
Sat May 16 2026 at 02:30 pm to 09:45 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Crosskeys Hall, Monkseaton | St Neots, EN
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Join us for a series of intimate folk concerts in one of our temporary homes, Crosskeys Hall, while Cullercoats Watch House is undergoing renovation. Please bring your own refreshments. There will also be a short support set.There will be a songwriting workshop and an evening gig. Both for either or both.
Workshop (2.30pm - 4.30pm)
Gig (7.30pm - 9.45pm)
Workshop description: Yvonne and I would like to share the processes we used to create 'Things Found In Books'. How we used a notice board in a secondhand bookshop as a source of inspiration. In this workshop we will look at our environment and create songs together. We will show you techniques that we found helpful. Bring an instrument if you like. Non instrumentalists are equally welcome!
Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine’s new album Things Found in Books is an album of songs written in response to a notice board in Culzean Castle’s second-hand bookshop littered with things that have dropped out of books.
Letters, notes, photographs, old receipts, postcards, fragments of people’s lives which has been lovingly collected and kept on a board on the wall amongst the bookshelves.
Boo and Yvonne have formed an inimitable songwriting partnership weaving these ephemeral stories with their own, creating an album full of nostalgia and beauty, hope and longing.
Boo Hewerdine is an acclaimed award-winning English singer-songwriter now living and working in Glasgow. Eddi Reader enjoyed international success with the hit single Patience of Angels (written by Boo) in 1995.
Yvonne Lyon is among the UK’s brightest and best singer songwriters. Her most recent album Growing Wild is her tenth sol studio album release. Yvonne consistently combines poignant lyrics with strong, creative melodies demonstrating a voice that can be both fragile and intense. She has guested on to live sessions with Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2 and recently completed a master’s degree in Songwriting and Performance from the University of West Scotland.
www.thingsfoundinbooks.com
www.boohewerdine.com
www.yvonnelyonmusic.com
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Where is it happening?
Crosskeys Hall, Monkseaton, 113 Cross Hall Road, St Neots, PE19 7AB, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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