‘Grace Will Lead Me Home’ 24th June 2023

Saturday 24th June 2023 saw the climax of Invisible Folk‘s ‘Grace Will Lead Me Home’ project with a performance at the Cowper & Newton Museum,  featuring renowned UK Folk musicians Angeline Morrison and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne.

The first half of the session was led by the Invisible Folk Band.

Jon Bickley
Diana Stone
Milo Downs
Bill Nimmo

The second half set featured songs specially written and arranged for the ‘Grace Will Lead Me Home‘ project:

Amazing Grace (Jesu thy words are my delight)
Dear Polly, written and performed by Angeline Morrison
Press Gang, song written and performed by Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
The choir still sings Amazing Grace, written and performed by Jon Bickley
Turn round Newton, written and performed by Angeline Morrison
Fantasia on a West Indian burial theme, written and performed by Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Sorry, written and performed by Jon Bickley
The President sang Amazing Grace, written by Zoe Mulford and performed by Angeline Morrison
Grace will lead me home, written by Angeline Morrison and performed by Angeline Morrison, members of the Fusion Choir and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

Angeline Morrison
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

To find out more about the ‘Grace Will Lead Me Home’ project and hear some of the songs recorded in session visit Grace Will Lead Me Home

Invisible Folk

Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

Angeline Morrison

The Bedford Fusion Choir

March 2023 research session at the Cowper & Newton Museum and Olney

Invisible Folk in concert images: Jean Yarwood 

Header image: Matthew L Fleming Photography

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