Beck Sian and Chris ‘Didgman’ Thorn in concert!
Two didgeridoos and a unique musical journey!
Oswestry-based didgeridoo healer Chris Thorn will be performing a very special and unique concert with Australian singer/songwriter Beck Sian on Friday 5th April in the Pant Village Hall.
Known for her Ethereal Ghost-Folk and mood-driven, alternative takes on old supernatural ballads, Beck taught herself to sing by mimicking her famous relative, English singer Kate Bush.
Beck has gone on to develop a unique style of her own, and her audiences enjoy her candid story-telling and cheeky humour as much as her emotive and haunting songs.
“Back in Australia, I have a great friend named Stax - The Didgeman. He is a gifted didgeridoo player and I was fortunate to have a few lessons in how to play one, before I moved here. Then I was singing at the Maesbury Marsh Canal festival last year and I met Chris ‘Didgman’ Thorn. Chris is not only a wonderful didgeridoo player and musician, but he is also a healer. Listening to him play is a beautiful, dreamy experience.”
“Chris and I decided to try combining my singing with his “didgeridooing” and the result is very lovely. We performed a little lunchtime concert together at Powis Castle back in January and we enjoyed it so much that we decided to hire a hall and put on a full concert.”
“Our concert at Pant Village Hall will be a very unique musical journey and will include songs from my three albums, performed by Chris and I on guitar and didgeridoo. I’ll be doing some improvisational singing and chanting with Chris’ meditative, healing compositions, and I’ll join Chris in a didgeridoo duet!!”
Friday 5th April
Pant Village Hall, near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QS
7:30pm (doors open at 7pm)
Tickets £7.00, available on the door.
Please bring your own drinks and snacks.
Please email Beck for more information: info@becksianmusic.com
Further information about Chris Thorn and didgeridoos...
Chris Thorn moved up to Shropshire from Gloucester in 2008, where he worked as a Psychiatric Nurse for over 30 years.
Chris has had a passion for the Didgeridoo since 1996 when he was given a didgeridoo as a gift. Chris played it just as a hobby until he was invited to play in a band.
To improve his playing he had lessons with a Didgeridoo master, Sam Bloomfield from Stroud who is a healer involved in many forms of complimentary medicines.
Chris attended a Didgeridoo workshop run by Sam and learnt the amazing healing effects of the Didgeridoo.
The Didgeridoo is one of the oldest musical instruments known to man. It creates a sonic sound 500 times greater than a normal sound system. The low frequencies have a noticeable effect on living tissue and organs. It was used by the Aborigines who played near sick people to help them heal. There is plenty of circumstantial evidence that the low vibrations of the Didgeridoo have a healing influence on our bodies and indeed our mind. Studies dating back to the 1970's using sound healing with the Didgeridoo showed remarkable beneficial effects on people with chronic back problems with a conclusion that the Didgeridoo bypasses the central nervous system and goes directly to the parts where the problem areas lie. People, previously completely paralysed, could actually move their limbs after a series of controlled sessions.
Chris is also a Reiki Master and combines both Reiki and Didgeridoo sound healing
Chris, who is affiliated to the College of Sound Healing, changed his name to 'The Chris Thorn Didgeridoo Healing Centre' in 2011.