Sasha Hsuczek’s influences range from her first-love – Irish traditional music – to the old songbooks of Sacred Harp, to the country music of Kitty Wells.
Sasha Hsuczyk’s influences range from her first love – Irish traditional music – to the old Sacred Harp songbooks, to the country music of Kitty Wells.
Ahead of her recent gig at Marrowbone Books in the Coombe, she spoke to Martin Cook about how the Los Angeles-born, Pennsylvania-based vegetable farmer became such an accomplished musician. Listen in below to their discussion, and her performance.
“It’s coming during this wave when people are bringing trad music into modern spaces. But it came out of pure experimentation,” says musician Ian Nyquist.
And Danny Groenland puts “his activist spirit front and centre”.
The eponymous debut album from the band Throwing Shapes is due for release on 7 September.
When Murky Anyango started to record what would eventually become her debut album, she wanted it to be a solo endeavour in every respect.
