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We’re getting ready for the HullSongs Launch Celebration at Kardomah 94 on Friday 27th November.  Please can you arrive at 7 pm. We’re looking forward to you telling your story. Doors are at 7 pm and the music will start at 7.45 prompt. It’s a full programme so we need to make sure turnarounds are tidy.

The evening will be similar to our usual Loudhailer Acoustic, but with a programmed running order and a PA. Kardomah is a lovely venue. We will set it out with cabaret style tables and the project exhibition will be on display before it moves to the Central Library for December.

Entry is free, but you can book a ticket here. Please invite your friends and family and encourage them to do the same. There is a Facebook Event here and here is the HullSongs website http://hullsongs.net/

The running order, flyer and press info is below fyi. Do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything you would like to know, otherwise, see you then. We are really looking forward to it!

Rich & Lou

Press Feature

A host of songwriters will perform songs telling stories about Hull for the first time at HullSongs launch night at Kardomah 94 on Friday November 27th.  The celebratory public event includes the opening of the HullSongs exhibition which can be previewed before moving to Hull Central Library during December.

HullSongs showcases a selection of songs and stories linked to Hull. It includes a dedicated website featuring songs, spoken word, narrative and poems, illustrated by photographs, lyrics and portraits.

Project organisers Rich and Lou Duffy-Howard:

“Some of the pieces are nostalgic, some personal and poignant, and some are very funny. There are tales from all over Hull – Gypsyville, Longhill, Hessle Road, the River Hull itself. The Orchard Park high rise angels, old record shops of Hull, and even Bun in the Oven by the old bus station get a mention.”

“Our inspiration for the HullSongs came from people who have performed at our Loudhailer Acoustic nights at various venues in the area. We have a fabulous range of quality song writing from a real eclectic mix of performers. Some of the amazing songs about Hull are from people who don’t regularly perform anywhere else and Untold Stories gives them the opportunity to be heard.”

HullSongs is part of the James Reckitt Library Trust/Art for Hull Untold Stories project which is building an archive of stories about the city, whether oral, written, pub sagas, tall tales, misunderstandings, mythologies and even downright mistruths. It is part of Art for Hull, Hull’s Creative People and Places project funded by Arts Council England and the James Reckitt Library Trust.

Jessica Leathley, Untold Stories project manager said, “We are delighted to have Rich and Lou on board. HullSongs brings a wonderful new dimension to oral history, telling stories through music and poetry. The launch night on 27th November will be a marvellous opportunity to experience these stories first-hand.”