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Sam Baxter
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Sam Baxter + Ian Sankey
Elder Beer Café
290 Chillingham Rd
May 19, 2024
3:00 PM GMT+1
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About this concert
Significant Other is a brand-new, grassroots festival of adventurous new music for Newcastle & the North East featuring local, national and international artists. Over the first three Sunday afternoons in May 2024, Significant Other presents a weekly show featuring carefully curated pairings of artists. The focus is on bringing exciting, fun and catchy contemporary music to audiences in the North East in a family friendly setting, showcasing local music alongside leading musicians from across the world. Come down and be part of the start of something; help shape our Significant Other.
Shows:
05.05: Hyperdawn (Manchester) + Nina Guo (LA / Berlin)
12.05: Sarah Heneghan (Sheffield) + Joe Snape (Newcastle / NYC)
19.05: Sam Baxter (Newcastle) + Ian Sankey (Newcastle)
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Sam Baxter Biography
SSam Baxter is an interpreter, arranger, and performer of traditional song. With a skilful blend of electric/acoustic guitars, drones, and fiddle, he creates deeply personal performances filled with warmth and emotion.
Sam sings a carefully selected repertoire, expressing the full gamut of human experience. He is especially interested in how the the thoughts and feelings in traditional music can transcend time and speak to modern audiences. Through his music, he explores stories of love and loss, queer narratives, songs of industry, nature and social injustice.
Originally from the North West, but now based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sam is gaining a reputation for his work with traditional and contemporary folk music. In 2022 he was included in TradFolk.org's Article ‘Young Folk Musicians you Need to Hear’, and in 2018 he was the winner of Bromyard Folk Festivals ‘Future of Folk’ competition.
Also a sought-after collaborator, he can be found playing in contemporary classical music ensemble Sømnus, with folk-singer and song-writer Catch the Sparrow and in duo with Scottish violinist Merle Harbron. Sam has also toured in Norway with the Synneva Gjelland Band and works with electronic music producer Jen Mac in her project Heen ‘where traditional music meets contemporary production’.
Read MoreSam sings a carefully selected repertoire, expressing the full gamut of human experience. He is especially interested in how the the thoughts and feelings in traditional music can transcend time and speak to modern audiences. Through his music, he explores stories of love and loss, queer narratives, songs of industry, nature and social injustice.
Originally from the North West, but now based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sam is gaining a reputation for his work with traditional and contemporary folk music. In 2022 he was included in TradFolk.org's Article ‘Young Folk Musicians you Need to Hear’, and in 2018 he was the winner of Bromyard Folk Festivals ‘Future of Folk’ competition.
Also a sought-after collaborator, he can be found playing in contemporary classical music ensemble Sømnus, with folk-singer and song-writer Catch the Sparrow and in duo with Scottish violinist Merle Harbron. Sam has also toured in Norway with the Synneva Gjelland Band and works with electronic music producer Jen Mac in her project Heen ‘where traditional music meets contemporary production’.
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Contemporary Folk
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