In the dark depths of winters gone by, our ancestors would gather together around a fire and share tales to pass the long nights and give hope for brighter days ahead. Paying homage to that tradition through his lived experience as a wandering minstrel, Jesse McCormack will present a selection of musical narratives from his repertoire of folk songs in the English, Scottish, Irish, and Swedish traditions and original compositions inspired by those cultures. With his clear, bardic voice, deeply imbued sense of rhythm, infectious enthusiasm, and intense devotion to his craft, Jesse has spent many years entertaining audiences all over the south-east of Australia, the north-west of Europe, and beyond. His minstrelsy escorts listeners into a folkloric experience of druidic storytelling, conjuring a sound reminiscent of artists such as Steeleye Span or Loreena McKennitt and infused with vibes of bohemian Achilleanism; a coalescence of ancient and contemporary, intimate and epic, passionately raw and studiously refined - a fitting homage to the non-linear relevance of folklore