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The brilliant Steve Tilston
November 2019
Saturday 9th November
Steve Tilston (support Zoë Wren)
Quaker Meeting House
Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated songsmiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music; the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else.
Born in Liverpool and raised in the Midlands, Steve made his recording debut in 1971 with the classic An Acoustic Confusion and has been turning out quality albums ever since. Life by Misadventure, And So It Goes, Solo Rubato and Such and Such all featuring first-class song-writing, quintessentially English in style and typically Tilston, marking him out as one of this country’s finest writers. Whilst the instrumental Swans at Coole is testament to his guitar virtuosity. Though known as a songwriter, Steve has always had an ear for the tradition and included new interpretations of old favourites on his original recordings. Of Many Hands is his first “all-traditional” album; with unique arrangements of timeless classics. There’s also a “best of” anthology, The Greening Wind and a live album Live Hemistry recorded on tour with Fairport Convention. Back on song-writing form, he released Ziggurat in 2008 from which A Pretty Penny made it into Acoustic Magazine’s top 50 songs.
He joined an illustrious band of guitarists including Martin Simpson, Michael Messer and Wizz Jones, when he was invited to contribute to the Guitar Maestro series of DVDs; a combination of live studio performance and interviews, revealing the real passion behind these talented musicians…If anyone ever deserved the moniker Guitar Maestro, it’s Steve Tilston!
He’s toured with John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools, in a stunning partnership with traditional singer Maggie Boyle (producing the classic recordings Of Moor and Mesa and All Under the Sun), as guitarist with Ballet Rambert, with Maartin Allcock and Pete Zorn in WAZ! with Brooks Williams in A Transatlantic Song-Swap and with his daughter Martha, in the charming “like father, like daughter…” show. More recently he teamed up with Yorkshire alt-country band The Durbervilles and old Bristol pals Keith Warmington and Stuart Gordon as the Steve Tilston Trio. His latest project is Writes and Songs with fellow songwriter Jez Lowe.
A celebrated artist in Britain and abroad, winning accolades in Europe, Australia and the USA, others have also recorded his songs. Here’s to Tom Paine is the adopted theme song for the Tom Paine Society of America and it’s rumoured, has featured in Bruce Springsteen’s live set.
Tickets for Steve Tilston are £14 in adv + 10% booking fee from we got tickets. £17 on the door on the night.
Truck Store 101, Cowley Rd £14 + £1 handling fee in cash in person.
Saturday 9th November
Steve Tilston (support Zoë Wren)
Quaker Meeting House
Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated songsmiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music; the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else.
Born in Liverpool and raised in the Midlands, Steve made his recording debut in 1971 with the classic An Acoustic Confusion and has been turning out quality albums ever since. Life by Misadventure, And So It Goes, Solo Rubato and Such and Such all featuring first-class song-writing, quintessentially English in style and typically Tilston, marking him out as one of this country’s finest writers. Whilst the instrumental Swans at Coole is testament to his guitar virtuosity. Though known as a songwriter, Steve has always had an ear for the tradition and included new interpretations of old favourites on his original recordings. Of Many Hands is his first “all-traditional” album; with unique arrangements of timeless classics. There’s also a “best of” anthology, The Greening Wind and a live album Live Hemistry recorded on tour with Fairport Convention. Back on song-writing form, he released Ziggurat in 2008 from which A Pretty Penny made it into Acoustic Magazine’s top 50 songs.
He joined an illustrious band of guitarists including Martin Simpson, Michael Messer and Wizz Jones, when he was invited to contribute to the Guitar Maestro series of DVDs; a combination of live studio performance and interviews, revealing the real passion behind these talented musicians…If anyone ever deserved the moniker Guitar Maestro, it’s Steve Tilston!
He’s toured with John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools, in a stunning partnership with traditional singer Maggie Boyle (producing the classic recordings Of Moor and Mesa and All Under the Sun), as guitarist with Ballet Rambert, with Maartin Allcock and Pete Zorn in WAZ! with Brooks Williams in A Transatlantic Song-Swap and with his daughter Martha, in the charming “like father, like daughter…” show. More recently he teamed up with Yorkshire alt-country band The Durbervilles and old Bristol pals Keith Warmington and Stuart Gordon as the Steve Tilston Trio. His latest project is Writes and Songs with fellow songwriter Jez Lowe.
A celebrated artist in Britain and abroad, winning accolades in Europe, Australia and the USA, others have also recorded his songs. Here’s to Tom Paine is the adopted theme song for the Tom Paine Society of America and it’s rumoured, has featured in Bruce Springsteen’s live set.
Tickets for Steve Tilston are £14 in adv + 10% booking fee from we got tickets. £17 on the door on the night.
Truck Store 101, Cowley Rd £14 + £1 handling fee in cash in person.
Kim Lowings and the Greenwood
December 2019
Saturday 7th December
Kim Lowings and the Greenwood (support Jess Distill)
Quaker Meeting House
I am very excited to visit Holywell Music in December for a full band show with the Greenwood. It will be our final show of the year and we may even have a few surprises in store. Grab a ticket and come along to find out more!".
Kim Lowings.
With a fresh approach to traditional folksong, Kim Lowings and The Greenwood have firmly rooted themselves into the British folk scene. Their sound is “punchy and authentic” (Mike Harding) and cleverly combines original songs with familiar traditional tales highlighting the continued relevance of tradition today. Singer-songwriter Kim Lowings heads up the four piece with a grace and charisma that draws you in, reminiscent of troubadours of old. Greenwood musicians Andrew Lowings, Tim Rogers and Dave Sutherland bring together their creativity and experience earning the reputation of “Stourbridge’s finest music export since the Mitre-fuelled heady days of late 80s indie-rock.” (Three Chords and the Truth UK). I am thrilled to have Kim and the Greenwood playing the Quaker Meeting House in December. Kim last played there in 2018 as part of the Folk Weekend Oxford and is a welcome return to the venue. If you have not seen Kim yet, do check her out via youtube to get a flavour of what to expect, you will be very pleasantly surprised at what you hear. We look forward to welcoming Kim and the Greenwood in December.
Tickets for Kim are £14 in adv + 10% booking fee from we got tickets. £17 on the door on the night.
Saturday 7th December
Kim Lowings and the Greenwood (support Jess Distill)
Quaker Meeting House
I am very excited to visit Holywell Music in December for a full band show with the Greenwood. It will be our final show of the year and we may even have a few surprises in store. Grab a ticket and come along to find out more!".
Kim Lowings.
With a fresh approach to traditional folksong, Kim Lowings and The Greenwood have firmly rooted themselves into the British folk scene. Their sound is “punchy and authentic” (Mike Harding) and cleverly combines original songs with familiar traditional tales highlighting the continued relevance of tradition today. Singer-songwriter Kim Lowings heads up the four piece with a grace and charisma that draws you in, reminiscent of troubadours of old. Greenwood musicians Andrew Lowings, Tim Rogers and Dave Sutherland bring together their creativity and experience earning the reputation of “Stourbridge’s finest music export since the Mitre-fuelled heady days of late 80s indie-rock.” (Three Chords and the Truth UK). I am thrilled to have Kim and the Greenwood playing the Quaker Meeting House in December. Kim last played there in 2018 as part of the Folk Weekend Oxford and is a welcome return to the venue. If you have not seen Kim yet, do check her out via youtube to get a flavour of what to expect, you will be very pleasantly surprised at what you hear. We look forward to welcoming Kim and the Greenwood in December.
Tickets for Kim are £14 in adv + 10% booking fee from we got tickets. £17 on the door on the night.
December 2019
Wednesday 11th
A Winter Union (Support Stew Simpson)
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre
Now in its sixth year the festive roots music super-group A Winter Union is ready to dust off the decorations and hit the road again! After a busy year releasing albums in their other respective bands, all of which have featured on Folk Radio UK, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts (BBC Folk Award nominees Gilmore & Roberts, Emily Askew Band) and Jade Rhiannon (The Willows) are excited to roll out their unique festive show. The band perform folk songs from across the Yuletide traditions and will delight you with glorious wassails and carols of course, but also a smattering of country classics and covers, and original songs heralding the joys of the season. These songs are stirred together with such beautiful 5-part harmonies that you won’t be able to resist but join your voice with theirs. And not only that! There’s dobro and fiddle, mandolin and dulcimer, guitars a-plenty and a shruti box thrown in for good measure. A Winter Union are touring throughout December 2019
Wednesday 11th
A Winter Union (Support Stew Simpson)
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre
Now in its sixth year the festive roots music super-group A Winter Union is ready to dust off the decorations and hit the road again! After a busy year releasing albums in their other respective bands, all of which have featured on Folk Radio UK, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts (BBC Folk Award nominees Gilmore & Roberts, Emily Askew Band) and Jade Rhiannon (The Willows) are excited to roll out their unique festive show. The band perform folk songs from across the Yuletide traditions and will delight you with glorious wassails and carols of course, but also a smattering of country classics and covers, and original songs heralding the joys of the season. These songs are stirred together with such beautiful 5-part harmonies that you won’t be able to resist but join your voice with theirs. And not only that! There’s dobro and fiddle, mandolin and dulcimer, guitars a-plenty and a shruti box thrown in for good measure. A Winter Union are touring throughout December 2019
Trials of Cato
March 2020
Saturday 14th
Trials of Cato ( support Julu & Heg)
Holywell Music Rooms
Originally from North Wales and Yorkshire, The Trials of Cato formed whilst living in Beirut, and spent
a year boiling down the roots of their sound into a hybrid of traditional influences that intrigued
Lebanese audiences in the country’s biggest venues. Returning home from Beirut in the winter of
2016, they have since torn a shape very much their own into the canvas of the UK folk scene.
Back in the UK, they set to performing tirelessly up and down the country, leading to BBC Radio
2’s Mark Radcliffe hailing them as “one of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in recent times.”
Musical development in the run up to their debut album proper was swift and sure, with Hide and Hair
winning acclaim and receiving repeated national airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
The Trials of Cato’s rapid ascent shows no signs of abating with the band recently nominated
for the Horizon Award and Best Album Award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Praised for the diversity
of their material and influences, The Trials of Cato live show “invariably stuns audiences wherever they
play.” (FATEA) Whether plying their trade busking, performing in front of thousands at festivals across
Europe, or frequently selling out their own shows, The Trials of Cato have the wind behind them.
Saturday 14th
Trials of Cato ( support Julu & Heg)
Holywell Music Rooms
Originally from North Wales and Yorkshire, The Trials of Cato formed whilst living in Beirut, and spent
a year boiling down the roots of their sound into a hybrid of traditional influences that intrigued
Lebanese audiences in the country’s biggest venues. Returning home from Beirut in the winter of
2016, they have since torn a shape very much their own into the canvas of the UK folk scene.
Back in the UK, they set to performing tirelessly up and down the country, leading to BBC Radio
2’s Mark Radcliffe hailing them as “one of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in recent times.”
Musical development in the run up to their debut album proper was swift and sure, with Hide and Hair
winning acclaim and receiving repeated national airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
The Trials of Cato’s rapid ascent shows no signs of abating with the band recently nominated
for the Horizon Award and Best Album Award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Praised for the diversity
of their material and influences, The Trials of Cato live show “invariably stuns audiences wherever they
play.” (FATEA) Whether plying their trade busking, performing in front of thousands at festivals across
Europe, or frequently selling out their own shows, The Trials of Cato have the wind behind them.
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