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 world’s top multi-instrumentalists with credits that include Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and most recently Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens). Great songs, great stories. Huw and Maartin’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 very tail end of summer 2017, Louise Jordan gave us something quite different – an up close and personal performance of her stage show, No Petticoats Here, which tells the stories of individual women who made their mark…
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…
In the summer of 2016, we hosted Steve Ashley, one of England’s best-loved singer songwriters, Steve Ashley has been at the heart of British folk-rock for decades and his songs have been recorded by many of the genres leading lights,…
The great Scottish singer-songwriter Jim Malcolm arrived from Perth – via Surrey – and wowed us with his fabulous voice and superb guitar playing. A warm-hearted, honey-voiced performer, Jim delivered original and traditional material in his own unique style, accompanied…
Another evening of firsts – our first PA for a start – that delivered another evening of great traditional and original music. Katriona and Jamie know their way around a folk tune like few others, but are never afraid to…
