- Producer: Rhyannon Parry
- Artist: Emily Portman
As part of The Protest Songbook, Heart of Glass will be working with Sankey Canal Restoration Society and award-winning folk singer-songwriter Emily Portman in St Helens to bring people together to explore the stories, sounds and history of the once integral industrial canal through music. Taking inspiration from The Radio Ballads (a groundbreaking series of BBC radio documentaries created between 1958 and 1964 by folk singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl, radio producer Charles Parker, and multi-instrumentalist/arranger Peggy Seeger) and traditional folk songs, participants will share their own experiences and knowledge, gather sounds from the canal and explore songwriting together.
These stories and songs will inspire a new creative work, bringing local voices and canal heritage together in a short film/audio piece.
More info coming soon!
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