THE Portraits, a folk-duo are looking to record the latest piece of their musical collage project during their set, with singer Reg Meuross, as part of Frome Festival.
Alternative Folk duo The Portraits wrote Nobody Can Ever Murder Love in the hours following Jo Cox’s death and performed it days later at 2016’s Glastonbury Festival after which an online video of the song went viral and led to an invitation to perform it live on Radio 2’s Good Morning Sunday.
Now The Portraits are undertaking a project, a unique bid to collect and credit the voices of thousands of ordinary people up and down the UK singing a new song to heal the UK’s divisions.
“When we perform, we meet great people from all backgrounds and political viewpoints,” The Portraits’ singer Lorraine Millington explains, “and without exception, people have shown that they’ve no time for prejudice or hatred in this country. Jo Cox’s mantra of ‘we have more in common than that which divides us’ really does ring true for most people.
“So we have set it to music, and we’re building a huge harmony of voices from all over the country: we’ve been recording our audiences singing different lines of the song and we’ll compile all the parts like a musical jigsaw at the end of the year, to make the best song ever.
“It’ll be like a massive musical petition against division, and we’ll be naming each and every person who has taken part on the final single.”
The Portraits will record the latest piece of their musical collage when they perform an exclusive concert supporting singer Reg Meuross as part of Frome Festival, on Thursday 12th July from 7pm at the Silk Mill, Merchants Barton, Saxonvale, Frome. BA11 1PT. Phone: 07974 985165 or 01749 850129. Website: http://silkmillstudios.co.uk
![Town-wide programme brings month of social activities in May
A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
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A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
Pictured: l-r Jenny Hartnoll and Ginny Adams")
