A Singer's Tale - Carol Grimes & CommunityChoir ForestVoices
A Singer's Tale - Carol Grimes & CommunityChoir ForestVoices
Past Performance
In The Theatre
April 26th 2018

Newham Night - Music & Freedom

Thursday 26 April

An evening with Carol Grimes as part of Newham's Music & Freedom project, in association with Journey to Justice*.

'A Singer's Tale' is based on a book written by jazz musician, singer and life long activist Carol Grimes.  It is a presentation of the written word and music running alongside the tale. - with local, guest Community Choir Forest Voices

*See Journey to Justice human rights exhibition at Beckton Globe Library, open til April 30th: http://journeytojustice.org.uk/projects/journey-to-justice-newham/

Book early to avoid disappointment!

‘A Singer's Tale’ with Carol Grimes “The Edith Piaf of British Music” (Camden Review)

£1 and £2

7.30 – 9.30pm @ Applecart Arts

Living Song CIC is an East London based company working locally and nationally to help young people shine and develop through musical activity, in particular singing and creative vocal work. We work with a wide team of highly skilled and experienced artists who are in turn supported by a diverse community of young apprentices offering a model of life long learning.

Cast List
Carol Grimes Singer/Speaker

'A Singers Tale' is based on a book written by jazz musician Carol Grimes. It is a presentation of the written word and the music that runs alongside the Tale.

Carol was born in London and fell in love with in 1959 I fell in love with Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Margie Hendricks. She attributes these early Musical memories for alife  long love of the Jazz and Blues voice both in melody and improvisation.

Carol sang regularly in the streets of London and along the south coast in the sixties, working with assorted guitar and harmonica players .Since those early explorations into the world of singing and earning a crust, Carol has recorded & or toured in U.K. America, Scandinavia, most of Europe, Poland, Estonia and beyond.

(Abbreviated from www.carolgrimes.com)