Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was a guest in Wednesday's episode
viewers were left reaching for the tissues during Wednesday night's episode after Poet Laureate Simon Armitage delivered a moving performance with his band.
The poet brought his treasured harmonium in for repair, which holds precious memories of his late father, Peter.The instrument was played in Simon's local childhood church in Marsden, where both he and his father sang in the choir. Simon adopted the harmonium after learning that the church was getting rid of it.. He gave me permission to be a creative, artistic person and it's come out in a different way. With him, it was performance, song, acting, with me, it's poetry.
LYR, which consists of Simon, singer-songwriter Richard Walters and multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Pearson, then delivered a stunning rendition of their song, 'Winter Solstice'. Watch the moving moment in the video below.Viewers were touched by the emotional performance and took to Twitter to praise the band. One person wrote: "Poet Laureate and his band making sweet music on his late father's harmonium was. #RepairShop. Repair Shop team, you are all amazing.
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