Category Archives: Music

Even if you’ve never heard of American jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz it’s very possible you’ve heard his music before – it’s been featured on hundreds of TV shows around the globe. He’s released thirteen recordings of his unique brand of funky jazz that fuses virtuoso musicianship with expert songwriting. Joining B.D. will be Martin Longhorn […]

Come along to the annual Folklincs festive pop-up ceilidh. Play, dance or just enjoy the music!

Long established as one of the must-see Irish bands, Cua return for their sixth national UK tour having written and recorded a brand new album (their fifth), won acclaim much further afield and completed a major European tour of theatre and concert hall dates. This is a band that’s continuing to soar on their epic […]

‘The Pioneers of Experimental Modern Rock are back! Kreye (pronounced ‘cry’) bring not only the soul of timeless rock music, along with a whole host of experimental new sounds, but an energetic performance with power and raw emotion that is almost orchestral.’ This performance is part of our American Car Day with a donation bucket […]

Yorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years.  A hugely engaging stage presence, his soaring vocal, powerhouse guitar and bouzouki playing and masterful arrangements of traditional songs and contemporary covers have enthralled audiences from the largest festival main […]

A female guitar prodigy, at fourteen 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 distinctions.  […]

Chris Bannister is a singer-songwriter from North West England, his first album ‘Only Human’ was released in 1992 and got extensive airplay and was acclaimed by RPM magazine as one of the albums heralding a new singer-songwriter era. He has released eight albums of original songs and his latest ‘The Calling Course’ has featured on […]

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 200 people or 20,000, he blows the crowd away night […]

In an almost Zelig-like career, the Belfast-born troubadour has jammed with the Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant at ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris’s birthday party (the veteran DJ Harris regards Houston as ‘one of Britain’s great songwriters’) and Houston opened for the likes of Van Morrison and Elvis Costello. But in 2009 Brian Houston topped the lot, […]