Sounds of didgeridoo coming to Pant Village Hall

Oswestry-based didgeridoo healer Chris Thorn will be performing a concert with Australian singer/songwriter Beck Sian in Pant Village Hall.

Now living in Welshpool and working at Powis Castle by day, Beck Sian moved from Melbourne in 2006 and is no longer sure if she will ever return to Australia.

She is known for her alternative takes on old supernatural ballads.

"Back in Australia, I have a great friend named Stax, a gifted didgeridoo player, and I was fortunate to have a few lessons in how to play one, before I moved here," she said.

"Then I was singing at the Maesbury Marsh Canal Festival last year and I met Chris Thorn, not only a wonderful didgeridoo player and musician, but he is also a healer.

"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 in January and we enjoyed it so much that we decided to hire a hall and put on a full concert."

Tickets for the concert are £7, available on the door or by e-mail from info@becksianmusic.com Chris moved to Shropshire from Gloucester in 2008, after working as a psychiatric nurse for more than 30 years.

"The didgeridoo is one of the oldest musical instruments known to man," he said.

"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."