
March 2024
Blues with Remi Bankyln &
the Chris Corcoran Band

Thursday 21 March
The Globe, Newcastle
We head to The Globe in Newcastle, a vibrant live music bar, for a Blues concert featuring Remi Bankyln and The Chris Cocoran Band.

Hexham Abbey concert series

3, 10, 17 March, 3pm
Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
We are delighted to present a Sunday afternoon concert series during March 2024 at Hexham Abbey in Northumberland, featuring talented musicians from our Young Artist Platform. Don’t miss it!

Elsie Franklin

Elsie Franklin is a musician based in York, playing and singing old-time style American folk, blues and ragtime. Elsie plays fingerstyle and slide on her trusty National resonator guitar. Originally from the south of England, she grew up listening to and learning to play American folk music through the influence of her father- highly acclaimed musician, Adam Franklin. Primarily influenced by iconic pioneers of traditional blues music such as Memphis Minnie and Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Elsie is keen to continue women’s pivotal role in what has become a somewhat male-dominated genre. She is praised for her authentic, powerful and intricate style of finger-style guitar and singing by well-known proponents of the genre such as Dave Kelly and her friend and mentor, the late Steve James.
Dave says: ”Elsie Franklin is the most natural blues singer I’ve heard in years, her guitar playing is pretty damn good too, uncluttered and tasteful, she really understands the genre, she’s the whole package.”
