Grace Will Lead Me Home at Under the Edge Arts

To mark John Newton’s 300th birthday, Angeline Morrison; Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne; Jon Bickley and John Palmer explore his life; the inextricable link between his hymn Amazing Grace and the slave trade; its iconic status as a protest against oppression and its relevance to today’s legacies of colonialism.

It's a show built around the songs from a critically-acclaimed album that is also rated by Mojo magazine and The Daily Worker as one of 2024's Top Ten, and has emerged from a three-year Arts-Council project.

The project has already produced a series of exhibitions, podcasts, videos, lectures, seminars and an album (currently being revised for the tour).

The live version of Grace Will Lead Me Home uses traditionally-based and new songs, linked by 18th century diaries and writings from Newton, Wilberforce, Equanio and other contemporaries, to highlight all aspects of his life; how Amazing Grace became such an iconic statement of protest and what it means in the modern world.



The Guardian: Stirring and Imaginative

Roots Magazine: A truly triumphal experience

KLOF Magazine: A fine album with themes remarkably relevant to today

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