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Below The Radar 44

Track 2

Jacken Elswyth

"A Fisherman's Song For Attracting Seals/Full Rigged Ship"

Forthcoming At Fargrounds

Jacken Elswyth is a London based folk musician, banjo player, and instrument builder. In her music making she is focused on exploring traditional tunes, developing extrapolations on folk styles and techniques, and investigating drone, ambience, and improvisation within and beyond folk music. She organises the Betwixt & Between tape series as one avenue of these investigations. She plays and records solo and in collaboration - with Shovel Dance Collective, Sullow, and others. She also builds and repairs banjos and other instruments, with a focus on folk craft and vernacular styles. This practice and these instruments inform and facilitate her music making.

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