with support from Chris Avery
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Friday 26th June
Doors 7:30pm, Live Music 8:00pm
Tickets £10 Advance £12
Marie Buhl is a Danish singer, translator, and multi-instrumentalist based in London. This evening celebrates two of her personal idols and Danish household names. Poet Tove Ditlevsen (1917-76) wrote on themes such as her working-class childhood, her disappointment in marriage, and how our personal histories inevitably shape us. Pioneering singer and songwriter Anne Linnet (1953-) has set music to many of Ditlevsen’s poems.
Marie started translating these poems simply to share what’s precious to her with friends who didn’t speak Danish. She’s now releasing an EP and printed zine of four English translations, written specifically to be sung. Her performances are stripped-back, folky, and emotive, putting the poetry front and centre.
Chris Avery is a Welsh guitarist-composer. His work bridges ancient melody and contemporary performance, shaped by a deep engagement with Welsh folk song, dance music, and classical repertoire. His meditative arrangements for guitar and voice rework these materials through a modern lens.
He has appeared on stages from Glastonbury to Shakespeare’s Globe, and on broadcasts from BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show to Radio 3’s In Tune. His live work moves freely between traditions, creating unexpected pairings. Traditional dance music set against Bach, modal jazz moving into modern minimalism. These concerts are spacious and immersive, rewarding close attention.