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Belinda Kempster and Fran Foote will be headline performers in a concert on Sunday January 12 at 7.30pm at St Saviour’s Church Hall, 25 Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF. Support will be provided by local singer Matt Davis.
Mother and daughter duo Belinda Kempster and Fran Foote sing songs from their family and home county Essex without frills or fuss. Their family has a history of farming and working on the land and their songs come from that way of life – at work and at play.
Belinda began singing traditional songs in the 1960s. She met her husband in a folk club, and Fran grew up immersed in the local folk scene, learning songs from her parents from a very young age. As Frances Kempster, she took part in New Roots in 2004 as an unaccompanied singer and went on to join East End group Stick in the Wheel.
As mother and daughter, Fran and Belinda have sung together privately for years, but it’s only in recent years that they have sung in public as a duo, bringing timeless renditions without frills or fuss to a repertoire that is rich and varied.
Matt Davis is a folk singer-songwriter and guitarist based in St Albans. As well as writing his own songs, Matt is a keen arranger of traditional songs for finger style guitar using a variety of tunings. His influences include Kate Rusby, Martin Simpson and Paul Simon. He released an album of original music this year, titled Of The Morning.
