Sarah Graves was born in Essex and has
lived there all her life - which makes her a genuine Essex
girl. She has been involved in dance of all kinds from a very
early age and this quite naturally led to an interest in
music.
Visiting local folk clubs in her teens not only
sparked off a lifelong interest in traditional music and song, but
also led to marriage. She met Mick at Chelmsford Folk Club and they
married while she was at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts
studying printed textiles. Soon after their marriage Mick was asked
to join one of Essex's first Ceilidh bands, 'Lumps of Plum
Pudding', as fiddle player. It is largely down to him that Sarah
took up the English Concertina as he borrowed one
from a friend and encouraged her to 'have a go'. She is now a
highly respected player, has released a CD entitled 'Black
Boxes' and appears on the English International compilation 3 CD
set, along with players from all over the world.
In
recent years she has happily managed to combine music and dance by
playing in the popular Essex Ceilidh (or Barn Dance) band Metric Foot and
teaching or 'calling' the dances during an evening.
Sarah is also well known as an excellent clog-dancer & will
sometimes give a short display during an evening.
NEW CD AVAILABLE
NOW...
Sarah has a new
CD entitled 'The Greg Trice Tune Book''
This is a must for all lovers & players of the English concertina.
A unique
collection of exciting tunes, most of which have not been heard
before, all written by the late Greg Trice. The CD features 15
tracks of individual tunes played on concertina, fiddle, mandolin,
tenor banjo, all accompanied on piano. Click HERE for more
information.
sarahgraves@btinternet.com