Three Idle Women

Gigs · Abingdon

Three Idle Women

Thursday 4 February 2027 · Doors 19:00

St Helen's Church, Abingdon

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Three Idle Women is on Thursday 4 February 2027 at St Helen's Church, Abingdon, with doors at 19:00. Tickets start at £16.50, including the booking fee.

Three Idle Women The Three Idle Women were forged by a shared love of the Oxford Canal and a fondness for close harmony singing, folk music and stories that are carried through song. Working together since 2013, the trio share their diverse musical skills, instrumentation and an intimate knowledge of the life on, and along, the Canal. They have been, writing new material, re-arranging older songs and spreading their infections fondness for the canal and the waterways. The trio are not merely traditional folk singers, they are interested in quirky instrumentation, rich vocal harmonies and strong stories which emerge from the heritage and history of the canal. The Idle women borrow their name from the women who worked the canals as part of the WW2 war effort, the waterways equivalent of the women's land army. find out more here. About Three Idle Women are: Jane Rouse Vocals, concertina, Ukulele Bass, percussion Charlie Henry Vocals, Accordion, musical saw, ukulele, banjo Steph Pirrie Vocals, piano, whistle, trumpet, ukulele, harmonium, arrangements

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