Yes, that Chris Difford – one of England’s finest modern songwriters and a key member of Squeeze. Fantastic evening with some great songs – of course – but also a real insight into both the way the music business works and what it was like to be at the centre of one of the most popular bands of modern times. Chris Difford’s website.
We first saw Edwina when she supported Fairport Convention on their annual winter tour and were impressed by her beautiful voice, warm personality and terrific mix of covers and original material. She turned our front room into her front room…
At the tail end of 2015, we welcomed back David Hughes – Essex’ finest and most original singer songwriter – to a front room near you. Our front room in fact. Described by Q Magazine as “Dry as tinder” and…
What a night we had with Huw and Maartin. Huw’s one of our favourite songwriters, both for his work with Tony Williams, the BBC and the songs he’s provided for Fairport Convention over the years. Maartin is one of the…
Canadian songsmiths Lisa and Brenley returned to Hove House Concerts, bringing with them a host of new songs from their fantastic new album – Everything’s Shifting – and a world-class accompanist in Jake Zapotoczny (try saying that after a couple…
In a clear break from tradition, we hosted this house concert barely two months after our previous one – and on a Thursday night. But the chance to snaffle this ground-breaking acoustic duo was too good to miss. In front…
Having played the Royal Albert Hall two nights before, Twelfth Day – Catriona Price and Esther Swift – played Hove House Concerts into December with a selection of traditional, classical and original material. Catriona’s one of the finest fiddle players…
