Hector Gannet
Following The Fleet: Drifters (Solo Show)
Customs House
MILL DAM SOUTH SHIELDS TYNE AND WEAR
Sep 24, 2017
6:00 PM UTC
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Internationally renowned beatboxer and sound artist Jason Singh arrives in South Shields with Following the Fleet: Drifters as part of a major UK tour performing live his astonishing vocal score to John Grierson’s 1929 silent herring fishing documentary DRIFTERS. Tour website: www.followingthefleet.com Complementing Jason’s atmospheric performance and taking a fresh perspective on archive films of North Shields and South Shields will be two young emerging singer/songwriters. BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.customshouse.co.uk/cinema/following-the-fleet%3A-drifters/ 21-year-old Aaron Duff has deep maritime connections in North Shields through his seafaring grandfather whom he honours by performing under the name of the last ship under his command – Hector Gannet. In an exciting new commission from the collections of the North East Film Archive and Amber Films, Hector Gannet will perform his new live soundtrack commemorating those lost at sea and raising awareness of the rich industrial heritage that the North East offers up. At 17 years old, Eve Simpson has already released a debut EP and is an experienced live performer based in South Shields with an effortlessly pure voice that unleashes the passion she pours into writing songs articulating the social injustices being faced by her generation. Eve’s eloquence and mesmerising stage presence will be accompanying films from the North East Film Archive around the role of women in the South Shields and Tyneside port industries. Alongside this special event, Customs House will be hosting an exhibition of artefacts curated by Old Low Light - The Net of North Shields as part of their Summer exhibition “It started with a fish…and ended with a pla(i)ce”. This event is part of Jason’s tour to fishing ports from Scotland to Norfolk re-tracing the historic journey of boats, men and women pursuing the abundant herring shoals. The tour is supported through public funding by Arts Council England, and also forms part of BFI Britain on Film, supported by Unlocking Film Heritage awarding funds from The National Lottery: http://www.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film For more information on the tour visit: www.followingthefleet.com
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Lisa
February 1st 2025
Outstanding gig, fabulous music and lyrics, great visuals and a lovely venue! Can’t wait to see them again!
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Hector Gannet Biography
“He’s a F*cking great songwriter” – Sam Fender
“"From first hearing, it has been clear to me that Hector Gannet are a band of exceptional talent." – Tom Robinson BBC 6music
“Hector Gannet is an amazing poetic and musical artist. Watching Hector Gannet it seems he deserves a place at the top table.” Yan - Sea Power
“Top 25 bands that might change your life…” - Louder Than War
Hector Gannet, from North Shields on Tyneside, are masters of a kind of new, modernist folk music, taking their name from an ill-fated trawler which sank in the North Sea under heroic circumstances in 1967. Hector Gannet’s musical incarnation began to draw attention when they wrote and performed music to accompany vintage footage of the North East heritage of shipbuilding and fishing as part of a project for the BFI, and a tour supporting Sam Fender soon followed. Hector Gannet has toured widely since, including support slots with Sea Power, Lanterns on The Lake, Peter Doherty and Kathryn Williams, plus two North American adventures and, more recently selling out Sage Hall Two in Gateshead. Hector Gannet’s second album, The Land Belongs To Us, was released to acclaim in 2023. MOJO awarded four stars: “Pointedly political, natural-world-advocating folk rock.” Uncut proclaimed “North Shields’ answer to Crazy Horse.”
Hector Gannet are now back in the studio preparing a forthcoming release for November, after a busy summer which seen the band playing a stadium gig with Sam Fender at St James Park Newcastle, a gig in a brewery with folk legends Lindisfarne, and also playing at Muncaster Castle as part of the superb boutique Krankenhaus festival curated by Sea Power in the Lake District.
Hector Gannet head out on their pre-winter ‘Last Smoke Before Sail’ tour in November 2023..
Read More“"From first hearing, it has been clear to me that Hector Gannet are a band of exceptional talent." – Tom Robinson BBC 6music
“Hector Gannet is an amazing poetic and musical artist. Watching Hector Gannet it seems he deserves a place at the top table.” Yan - Sea Power
“Top 25 bands that might change your life…” - Louder Than War
Hector Gannet, from North Shields on Tyneside, are masters of a kind of new, modernist folk music, taking their name from an ill-fated trawler which sank in the North Sea under heroic circumstances in 1967. Hector Gannet’s musical incarnation began to draw attention when they wrote and performed music to accompany vintage footage of the North East heritage of shipbuilding and fishing as part of a project for the BFI, and a tour supporting Sam Fender soon followed. Hector Gannet has toured widely since, including support slots with Sea Power, Lanterns on The Lake, Peter Doherty and Kathryn Williams, plus two North American adventures and, more recently selling out Sage Hall Two in Gateshead. Hector Gannet’s second album, The Land Belongs To Us, was released to acclaim in 2023. MOJO awarded four stars: “Pointedly political, natural-world-advocating folk rock.” Uncut proclaimed “North Shields’ answer to Crazy Horse.”
Hector Gannet are now back in the studio preparing a forthcoming release for November, after a busy summer which seen the band playing a stadium gig with Sam Fender at St James Park Newcastle, a gig in a brewery with folk legends Lindisfarne, and also playing at Muncaster Castle as part of the superb boutique Krankenhaus festival curated by Sea Power in the Lake District.
Hector Gannet head out on their pre-winter ‘Last Smoke Before Sail’ tour in November 2023..
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