Sarah Gillespie is a critically acclaimed singer songwriter renowned for mixing elements of blues, folk and jazz with her distinctive streetwise lyricism.
She is joined by Mercury nominated Kit Downes (piano), Ruth Gollar (bass) & Chris Montague
‘Haunting tunes and striking lyrics…yearningly pretty and bitter sweet’ The Independent
Tickets £11
Book OnlineEdd Bateman joined his first African band at 14, playing bass, and went on to work with Senegalese and Congolese musicians around Europe and in Africa. Now he draws together 15 years of musical experience into this African group of musicians and a set of original music re ecting the joyful heartbeat of West African dance music.
Tickets £11, £10
Known to many an aspiring guitarist for his tutorial books, CDs and DVDs, Stefan Grossman began his own studies aged 15 at the feet of bluesman Rev.Gary Davis. Since then he has played with many of the biggest names in business, and has never stopped learning, teaching, recording and performing all over the world. This is a rare chance to catch one of the world’s greatest acoustic blues, fingerpicking and ragtime guitarists. Don’t miss it!
Tickets £11
Lynched are a four-piece folk group from Dublin who combine four-part vocal harmonies, concertina, Russian accordion, fiddle and guitar.
Their repertoire spans humorous Dublin music-hall ditties and street-songs, classic ballads from the Traveller tradition, dance tunes, and their own original material.
Tickets £11, £10
The songwriting force behind the phenomenally successful acoustic duo (now trio) Show of Hands, Steve continues his solo ‘Grow your own’ tour of village venues with this appearance at the Tolmen Centre. He is renowned for his strong, trademark narrative songs which reflect the escapades, hopes and fears not only of people in his native West Country but of those beyond, and he pulls no punches when writing highly literate songs about bigger, global issues. Worth the ticket price just to hear the Cornish anthem ‘Cousin Jack’ performed by the Devonian who composed it, but expect an intense and engaging evening with a great musician.
Tickets £16
