Jacken Elswyth

This is an archive item from Supersonic 2024

 

Weird Walk x Supersonic Festival

WEIRD WALK will transform the rooftop bar on the Sunday 1st September, erecting ‘standing stones’, and creating space for re-enchantment, music and merriment to thrive, plus limited edition merch!

Performing at the Rooftop bar as part of the Weird Walk X Supersonic take over is Jacken Elswyth a 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, the Greater London Banjo Trio, and others. She 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.

www.jackenelswythbanjos.com