Jack Cooper & Tara CunninghaM + BELLS

Saturday 12th July - Sanctum Presents: Jack Cooper & Tara Cunningham + BELLS

Jack Cooper and Tara Cunningham are an improvising duo whose music is largely informed by a shared approach to the guitar; wide open chords, hazy tone and obtuse melody. 

Having played alongside each other in a quartet with Heather Roche and Dominic Lash and then most recently in Cooper’s group Modern Nature; their debut album, ‘Pond Life’ was released on Mossy Tapes in January 2025. 
‘Pond Life’ celebrates both the sonic potential of clean, un-effected guitar, as well as the naive, exploratory nature of responding to musical parameters in tandem. Notes, pitches and melody swirl around, breaching for air before diving below into the abyss. 

BELLS is an evolving ensemble led by multi-disciplinary artist Kandice Holmes, hailing from south London, based on Greek Island Crete. Her ‘prophetic folk’ storytelling is set to experimental textures, from traditional, medieval drone to the psychedelic. The name, symbolic of a desire for their music to act as a clarion call. To speak truth to power, rally people together and raise up praise.

Past collaborations include ‘Gypsy Davey’ with Kikagaku Moyo (Sub Pop, 2020), a spoken word feature on old friends’ Voka Gentle’s ‘DREAD/TKOE’ (2021), and original demo ‘UNION,’ on U.S. label Spinster Records’ mixtape among artists including Lou Turner and Avey Tare (2023). 

We’re so excited for this line-up and believe the night will still be a really special one.

18:00-20:00 Kitchen open - delicious local food, always pay-as-you-can. Bar ‘till 22:00

19:30 Sanctum: Jack Cooper & Tara Cunningham + BELLS

Tickets for the gig have been costed at £10. The Long Table puts food at the centre of the community, making sure that everyone has access to great food and people to eat it with, that’s the basics. Ticket fees go towards our work, making locally sourced and lovingly prepared food available to everyone, regardless of their social or financial background. We call it Food Equality.

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