Live at the Folk

(Nimue)

Back in October we played a Halloween gig at The Folk of Gloucester. ‘We’ in this case is Jessica Law and the Outlaws. That gig was recorded and you can now get it from bandcamp. Being a live thing, and having been recorded off the cuff by the chap who stepped in at the last minute to help with sound, it’s not a recording-studio standard. Money raised from sales is going to support the building.

When I was a child, the building was Gloucester folk museum, and some of the larger pieces from that time are still housed there. It was closed as a museum some years ago and is now looked after by Gloucester Civic Trust. It’s home to local folk, steampunk and fairy events, and other lovely things I’m involved with. 

It’s an amazing building – the original part is Tudor. It’s been residential, it’s been shops, and workshops in its history and a remarkable amount of the old buildings survive intact. But, keeping an old building going is a lot of work, and there are costs. The reason we have events there is to help raise funds to keep the building going. 

We played the Halloween gig for free – although the venue is very good at paying performers and doesn’t expect everyone to donate their time and skill for each event. We have a good culture in Gloucester around trying to make sure everyone gets what they want and need from the events and that no one ends up compromised by being involved. It’s a team I’m very happy being part of, and that I am getting more involved with.

You can listen to things for free on bandcamp, so if you want to find out what Jessica Law and the Outlaws sound like, you can do that. If you like and want to support The Folk, do buy it. You can name your price – another model I‘m very fond of. All funds from this will go to The Folk.