Category Archives: Music

To call Laura Cortese a globetrotter would be to drastically understate her adventurous spirit. Her nature, as a musician, has always been to go where the wind takes her, settling into new ecosystems in which to adapt and grow roots until the breeze blows once more. In these travels, she has found a global network […]

Performing songs from their new album The Shieling. Folk, Americana & Blues.Following a run of intimate duo performances in California, Sarah Gillespie and Chris Montague retreated to a cottage on the shores of Loch Fyne, Scotland, to record a new stripped-back duo album.  The home they recorded in is called The Shieling. Drawing on folk, […]

Another world first for Ropery Hall! Snake and Neil have been friends and collaborators for decades but have never performed before as a duo. They’re scheming, dreaming and experimenting, and cooking up a wonderfully diverse set. Neil has for some years been the bass player with Queen! Not a pretend Queen but the real thing! […]

With a shared passion for modern bluegrass, The Charlotte Carrivick Band brings together four of the most exciting musicians in the UK today. Charlotte Carrivick is a flatpicking guitarist of international renown, sought for her inventive lead playing and regarded as an expert fiddle tune interpreter on the guitar. Joining Charlotte is long time collaborator […]

Following from GreenMatthews highly-successful Midwinter Revels, they present their new show Midsummer Revels. Featuring traditional English folk songs, self-written material and toe-tapping dance tunes, Midsummer Revels is a glorious feel-good evocation of sunny days, blue skies and green fields! Songs of the land and sea, town and country are brought to life on a plethora […]

Young troubadour Connor Selby, one of the brightest talents on the UK blues scene,  signed to Provogue Records in December 2022 and has released his major label debut, the self-titled Connor Selby to critical acclaim. He has been voted “Young Artist of the Year” at the UK Blues Awards for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, […]

A female guitar prodigy, at 14 years Chantel was told by major labels that she had a “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!”  Wisely ignoring the comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark, with 18 […]

With powerhouse vocals, razor-sharp lyrics and a percussive guitar-led sound, acclaimed singer-songwriter Hollie Rogers has established herself as one of the UK’s most compelling independent artists. With a magnetic stage presence, she blends emotional depth with warmth and wit, delivering live performances that move effortlessly between heartfelt storytelling and disarming humour. Her latest album Everything’s Fine achieved […]

Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling, and passionate.  Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the […]

Like an intergalactic troubadour who crash-landed last century, Joshua Burnell makes retro chamber pop for the modern world. Fresh off the back of a UK tour including a growing number of sold out dates, Burnell is unleashing his second tour and album this year: Condor Keep & Other Stories. Born in France, but raised on […]