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The perfect discovery does exist: “The sweet spot between Nico, Nick Drake and Vashti Bunyan” is what one Youtube user wrote ten years ago about a performance by the British singer-songwriter Bridget St John. References that are both tasteful and accurate: St John’s alto gives the songs, which she writes herself, the gravitas required for dark odes to the psychological and physical quality of love. This is folk that is far from traditional, but rather reminds us of the difficulty of life in the here and now. Despite being John Peel’s favourite singer, she was largely ignored in Germany: her performance at Week-End Fest will be St John’s first official concert here.

In order that this concert is provided the special setting that it deserves, St John requested in advance that she be accompanied on cello. Week-End Fest is happy to have been able to secure the services one of the city’s most talented musicians, Cologne cellist Emily Wittbrodt (hilde, Ludwig Wittbrodt etc.). St John will rehearse, arrange and perform her songs with Wittbrodt in Cologne.

Musicians:
Bridget St. John – guitar, voice
Emily Wittbrodt – cello