Miss Peapods, Penryn (28 May) & Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance (29 May)

Cornwall’s hardest working record company, Lono, have pulled it out the bag again and managed to bring the supremely talented Canadian cellist Julia Kent all the way to the county. She’ll play two exclusive gigs next week (28/29 May), and Stranger have got a pair of tickets up for grabs.

Photo by Sylvie Biscioni

Julia is most notable for playing on Antony & The Johnsons classic I Am A Bird Now record, although she’s also worked with the likes of Devendra Banhart, Teddy Thompson and Rufus Wainwright. Her debut solo release, Delay, is a stunning album of cinematic and melodic beauty...which you can sample right now by checking out her official MySpace page.

Her two gigs for Lono will take place at:

Miss Peapod’s, Penryn (28 May)
Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance (29 May)

Support on both nights comes from Simon Drinkwater who, according to David from Lono, takes in “a broader range of influences than any other acoustic player I am aware of. Simon’s majestic chord changes are not something you could ever confuse with the legion of nu-folk hum-drum songwriters...” High praise indeed. Check out his MySpace.

Tickets for the gig at Miss Peapod’s are available from the venue itself (Miss Peapod’s, Commercial Road, Penryn), Jam (High St, Falmouth) and The Poly on 01326 212300 or online at www.thepoly.org.

Tickets for the Acorn gig are available from Acorn Arts Centre on 01736 365520.

Both are priced at £6.

COMPETITION!

Alternatively, you could enter our sterling competition to win a pair of tickets to either of the gigs (your choice) by emailing your answer to the following question to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it :

Which prestigious music industry award did I Am a Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons (and featuring Julia Kent) win in 2005?

A) The Jupiter Music Prize
B) The Mercury Music Prize
C) The Mars Music Prize

Please enter 'Julia Kent competition' as the title for your email, and state which gig you want to go to along with your full name and the best way to contact you. The competition deadline is 4pm on Tuesday 28 May. We’ll let you know if you’ve won shortly after that!

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