Maldon Folk Festival Showcase feat. Claymore, Co-cheol, Janette Geri & Nicolas Lyon, Sadie Mustoe

The Maldon Folk Festival and Claymore are proud to present a showcase concert of some of the finest acts that will be part of this year’s festival at the Flying Saucer Club. The evening will feature Saucer regulars, the highly acclaimed Celtic rockers, Claymore, the blues tones of Janette Geri & Nicolas Lyon, the gorgeous Celtic harmonies of Co-cheol and the stunningly talented Sadie Mustoe, who is only 11 years old. Come along for just a taste of what you can expect later in the year at the festival itself.

Janette Geri and Nicolas Lyon 

Janette’s music is a potent mix of Celtic, blues, contemporary and traditional, cool guitar      playing delivered with total honesty and rare warmth. A voice truly remarkable, rich in beauty  and power, she delivers songs of substance with grace, soaring passion and great  tenderness. She is a compelling performer, earthy, playful, weaving a spell around her  audience with original contemporary and traditional songs. Accompanied by award winning  multi instrumentalist Nicolas Lyon’s mesmerising playing, their performance is truly magical….
“She has a hauntingly beautiful and warm voice that puts instantly a spell on the listener.  Wonderful harmonies coupled with stirring rhythms and angelic singing make her music a real  treat for your ears.”

  Co-cheol

Award winning vocal group Co-cheol are four lasses with some serious harmonising skills!  They received the Peter J Daly Memorial Award for Best Up & Coming Celtic Act for the  National Folk Festival 2015. They will take you on a journey to the lands of the Celts and  beyond with breath-taking a cappella songs, as well as accompanied arrangements on the  harp, flute, piano accordion, ukulele, and quirky body percussion. Be blown away by their  powerful and beautiful sound that will challenge your idea of a girl group!

 

 

 

  Sadie Mustoe (2014 Maldon Minstrel Award Winner)

Sadie is an 11-year-old singer-songwriter from the Dandenong Ranges who is in the process  of developing her talent while wowing audiences around Victoria. She has been performing for  a number of years as a solo artist as well as with the youth band The Patch Tags and more  recently her vocal duo with Hannah Schmidli, Shannadie. Sadie’s songs are well crafted and  beautiful to listen to. Her lyrics are poignant and delivered  in a mature voice for such a young  performer. Sadie has won a number of competitions  including the 2014 Minstrel Award at the  Maldon Festival. She is very grateful for the  opportunity to record her first EP as a result of  this competition and is excited to launch her  EP at this year’s festival.

 

Claymore

Claymore’s reputation as outstanding entertainers has led them to perform at many local and  international festivals, they have performed in New York, Scotland, France at the” Festival  Interceltique”, the largest Celtic festival in the world many times, New Zealand, Sydney,  Melbourne, Launceston Tasmania, National Celtic Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival,  Queenscliff Music Festival, Big Blues Day Out, Perth International Arts Festival, Brunswick  Music Festival and many more. The band has played many live radio and television  performances in Australia and overseas. With a mixture of traditional Scottish and Irish music  and modern self penned celtic rock the band represents the best of new age Folk Music.  Through a diverse and unique mix of sound’s featuring guitar, mandolin, fiddle, military snare,  the highland bagpipes and even a didgeridoo, it is little wonder Claymore are one of  Australia’s most popular festival acts.