Lunatraktors
+ ANNA
Fri 6 Jun, 7:45pm
The Leconfield Hall, £15
We close out our Spring Season with a genuinely unique concert. There is literally nobody else like these guys, and we’re so happy that we’ve finally landed them.
Lunatraktors are choreographer and percussionist Carli Jefferson, and nonbinary vocalist and composer Clair Le Couteur. Influenced by flamenco, post-punk, and trip-hop, they strip back traditional folk to rhythm and voice performed with fascinating theatricality. The pair turned heads in 2019 when their DIY debut This Is Broken Folk – recorded live in a viaduct arch by Ramsgate harbour – made it onto MOJO Magazine’s Top Ten Folk Albums.
Their newer work blends analogue synth, whistles, accordion with tuned drums, vocal harmonies, and a hybrid of tap dance and body percussion, which Jefferson developed after touring with Stomp. A double act in the old-fashioned sense, Le Couteur’s channeling voices of multiple tragi-comic characters match Jefferson’s hyper-expressive performance style.
Broken folk: majestic, madcap and totally unique
“my discovery tonight of the inspired Lunatraktors feels like “A Moment”. Yes! In Title Case! Original, wildly talented and utterly utterly charming.' - Jo Kay
Skipton singer songwriter with Celtic roots, ANNA
Some artists make it easy for fans and journos to google them with a name that’s unusual (like Lunatraktors). ANNA is having none of that, and making a name for herself nonetheless.
From her Irish roots to playing saxophone and clarinet in Yorkshire orchestras and ensembles, she’s always been surrounded by music. At a songwriting workshop a couple of years ago, she discovered her warm, smoky voice was the perfect vehicle for her thoughtful compositions. Performing her own songs is now something of an addiction, and has taken her from Celtic Connections in Glasgow to Radio 2’s The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe. And now, the Petworth Sessions.
“If I did a record of the week, that would most certainly be it…” - Jericho Keys, BBC Introducing