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Touring in support of his latest album Spanish Villager No. 3 – a work in which the native Kenyan, according to Americana Highways, "takes on more of a rock-ish tone while also posing provocative questions to his adopted home" – lauded folk artist Ondana headlines a May 26 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his laurels including a "Best Americana Album' Grammy Award
MUSICAL duo Ninebarrow are planting 1,000 trees after they calculated the environmental impact of their touring. Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere are planting 1,000 native English trees and 200 shrubs to form ‘The Ninebarrow Woodland’. The pair, who are both from Dorset, were shocked to discover how much damage to the environment their touring was doing and are now fulfilling a long-held wish to address their carbon footprint. Mr Whitely said: “Jay and I have long had concerns about the impact our touring has on the environment. In a normal year, we’d drive more than 10,000 ...