Grayshott Folk Club
www.grayshottfolkclub.co.uk
Churt Village Hall, Crossways, CHURT,
Nr. Farnham, Surrey GU10 2JA
Grayshott Folk Club introduces:
JANICE BURNS &
JON DORAN
Saturday 29th November 2025 @ 7.30pm
This year we thought we would have TWO seasonal shows and who better to help us mark the beginning of Advent than Janice Burns & Jon Doran? Janice and Jon are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music and songs that tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world.
Janice & Jon’s "clever and uncluttered musical storytelling" (Songlines), comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and sensitive interplay between mandolin, bouzouki, and guitar. Their arrangements have a spellbinding effect and an understated energy that transports their songs from the pages of books and manuscripts into the imagination of the listener.
Their debut album ‘No More the Green Hills' garnered overwhelmingly positive feedback, finding its place in the Official UK Folk Chart whilst gaining airplay throughout the UK and internationally, on stations such as BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Scotland.
R&R Magazine describes it as:
‘superb’, ‘Great singing, fantastic harmonies, and very sympathetic backing’.
With their relaxed and personable approach to performance, Janice & Jon are renowned for their warmth and connection with audiences. From opening Stage 2 at Cambridge Folk Festival, to playing at the likes of Celtic Connections, Ceòl Cholasa, Edinburgh Tradfest, Sidmouth Folk Festival and Cecil Sharp House, the duo are highly sought after across the UK and beyond.
Recently, they completed a Europe-wide tour, supporting Medieval Folk/Rock band Faun.
Janice and Jon's Winter gigs have become something of a tradition over the last few years, and now they’re heading out on their own UK tour, based upon their festive album, "Great Joy to the New". People have always forged customs to survive the Winter, with rituals that bring people together and bring light to their dark nights. These rituals have often been born of necessity. Beautiful, colourful, musical traditions, linked by the common cause of sustaining people spiritually, mentally, or financially through a harsh winter. Janice and Jon’s album and live show explores these themes through a collection of traditional Folk songs about Christmas, Winter, and optimism for the new year.
Listen to songs from "Great Joy To The New" here:
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Tickets 18
Available in person only, from
Grayshott Post Office
Ticket Reservations on: 01428 607096
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