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British Folksinger/Songwriter Jez Lowe Performs in Princeton House Concert July 9th

By Elizabeth Beasley
Acclaimed British folksinger/songwriter Jez Lowe will perform a solo house concert in Princeton at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9th. Jez hails from North East England, and sings original songs of the mining town where he grew up – as well as songs about talking dogs, Indian lasses, wild Meeting Day celebrations, and much more.
For the last thirty years, Lowe has taken his songs to audiences across the world, sometimes solo, sometimes with his band The Bad Pennies, and sometimes in a variety of collaborative and commissioned musical enterprises, all of which have made him one of the most hard-working and popular acoustic/folk artists of the present day.
His latest album, his fifteenth, entitled “Wotcheor!”, has once more thrust him into the spotlight, with a successful series of stage shows, and a fistful of outstanding reviews, and a renewed interest in his brand of pointed, poignant and powerful musical epistles from the North, that have brought him a nomination for Folksinger of the Year in the BBC Folk Awards, an “album of the year” award in the US-based Inde-Acoustic Awards, and a Sony Radio Award for his contribution to the prestigious Radio Ballads series for the BBC, over the last five years alone.
In addition to his own performances and tours around the globe, featuring Jez accompanying himself on guitar,
cittern, mandolin and harmonica, Jez’s songs also travel independently, thanks to cover versions by the likes of Fairport Convention, The Dubliners, Cherish The Ladies, The Tannahill Weavers, The McCalmans, Bob Fox, The Black Family, The Clancys and scores more folk acts around the world. 
Jez’s July 9 house concert is his first Princeton performance since a sold-out 2009 gig at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, and his only New Jersey performance on this year’s U.S. tour. Suggested donation is $15 for adults, $12 for students. All proceeds go to the performer.
For driving directions and seat reservations, please e-mail [email protected].