St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Tue 19 Apr
Not quite so young anymore, the Young‘uns have been plying their trade for over a decade now and will be bringing to Cardiff’s St David’s Hall a finely honed performance of heartfelt, harmonious folk tunes, interspersed with a little humour to balance the often gravely serious subjects covered in their powerfully punchy folk tunes.
The Teeside three-piece are in south Wales to promote their latest record, Another Man’s Ground, an album stuffed full of pride in their hometown of Stockton and its people. Beyond the immediate surroundings of home, the group (current holders of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ coveted Best Group title) tackle a diverse range of subject matter, from tales of love and loss in World War 1 (Private Hughes), to the affecting and laudable The Streets Of Lahore, on which songwriter Sean Cooney pulls no punches in his depiction of the horrific ‘honour killing’ of Farzana Parveen in 2014.
Predominantly playing acapella, with occasional accompaniment, the three lads’ live show is not about bombast, gimmicks or pyrotechnical stagecraft. Instead, they rely on Cooney’s first-class songwriting skills, their impressively tight harmonies and a healthy serving of wit and natural camaraderie, with each other and with their audience, to ensure that they deliver on the undoubtedly high expectations that precede them.
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Admission: £14/£13 adv. Info: 029 2087 8444