SEAMUS FOGARTY

Monday 1st February / 8pm / £16

London based alt-folk alchemist Seamus Fogarty recently released his new album to critical acclaim. Since then he’s enjoyed widespread coverage across BB^Music (“Fantastic” Guy Garvey), and recorded a live session for Gideon Coe and Marc Riley, while BBC Radio 3’s Elizabeth Alker lauded the albums mix of electronica, German avante-garde and Irish folk inspiration summing it up neatly “It’s robotic, and it’s got soul”. Little wonder Cillian Murphy has proclaimed Seamus to be “one of my favourite artists around at the moment”.
Augmenting his performances with a range of analog synths and drum machines and a stellar cast of supporting musicians including multi instrumentalist EMMA SMITH (Pulp, Beth Gibbons) and drummer ARAM ZARIKIAN ( Grass Cut, Peaky Blinders), his live shows are no less ambitious and have seen him travelling around the UK as headline capacity or supporting act on sold out shows and tours by fellow artists Lisa O’Neil, Kathryn Priddy and This Is The Kit as well as playing in front of huge audiences at the Green Man, End Of The Road and All Together Now Festivals.
This is a very special duo show featuring Seamus and Aram.
“Amazing musicianship” Huw Stephens BBC 6 Music
“The ghostly emotional wallop of the tunes will take your breath away” Irish Times
“…a real original” The Observer
Picture credit Little Trousers. Tickets can also be bought from Record Collector, Broomhill.

ELIZA CARTHY AND THE RESTITUTION

Frenemies album launch tour

Friday 5th February / 8pm / £25

Eliza Carthy returns with Frenemies, a new album created with her long standing band The Restitution. Co written and co produced with Ben Seal the record combines sharp humour, traditional folk and punk spirit as Eliza reflects on motherhood, betrayal, forgiveness and the state of the modern world. Tackling everything from complicated relationships to solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community, Frenemies captures the wit warmth and fire that have defined her career. More than 30 years on from her debut she remains one of English folks most distinctive and uncompromising voices.

REBECCA DOWNES

Saturday 6th February / 8pm / £17

Award winning, fully independent, English blues/rock singer, guitarist and songwriter.
A must see show for anyone who likes powerful, modern rock with a blues heart. A masterclass in musicianship of the highest order.
“Whilst you’ve got the likes of Chantel McGregor, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Rebecca Downes playing the blues,  then the blues in the UK is definitely in very safe hands” Joe Bonamassa
“Dynamite talent, go and see Rebecca Downes if she comes anywhere near you!” Planet Rock Radio
“It seems surprising that there are some in the world of blues/rock that have not yet come across the sheer power of Rebecca and her band, the treat they are missing is of seismic proportions” Liverpool Sound and Vision
“Musically brilliant, vocally stunning” Fireworks Magazine
“…a thunderous, emotionally charged masterclass in blues/rock” Jace Media Music
Photo courtesy of Mark Roberts, Far Forest Studio

Support: Killin’ Floor “A special acoustic duo set”

ELIZA CARTHY AND THE RESTITUTION

Frenemies album launch tour

Sunday 7th February / 3pm / £25

Matinee show added! Doors 3pm.

Eliza Carthy returns with Frenemies, a new album created with her long standing band The Restitution. Co written and co produced with Ben Seal the record combines sharp humour, traditional folk and punk spirit as Eliza reflects on motherhood, betrayal, forgiveness and the state of the modern world. Tackling everything from complicated relationships to solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community, Frenemies captures the wit warmth and fire that have defined her career. More than 30 years on from her debut she remains one of English folks most distinctive and uncompromising voices.

SOFT MACHINE

Friday 12th February / 8pm / £23.50

With a giant International reputation Soft Machine are one of the greatest avant jazz/rock bands of all time.

Their work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band who were contemporaries of, and shared the stage with, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience all the way to being one of Europe’s best known fusion bands, has influenced several generations of bands and continues to be name checked by todays hip experimentalists. The bands spirit of musical adventure, and the ease with which it freely avoids being pigeon holed and can move from powerful progressive jazz fusion to atmospheric psychedelia to improvised jazz/rock to ambient loop music, continues to make it both unique and contemporary.

Tickets can also be bought from Record Collector, Broomhill

JIM MORAY

Saturday 13th February / 8pm / £18

A defining figure in contemporary British folk, reshaping traditional song through a distinctive, often cinematic approach.
For more than 2 decades his work has actively reconfigured the modern folk landscape, driven by a singular, unflinching vision and his arrangements of traditional songs now stand as modern classics of the genre.
He’s toured extensively with artists such as Billy Bragg, Richard Thompson, Ani DiFranco, Anais Mitchell, Bellowhead, Martin Simpson and Eliza Carthy. These associations place him firmly within a lineage of musicians who continually test the boundaries of folk and song-based music.
Sometimes as a collaborator, sometimes as a producer, he’s worked alongside artists such as Jon Boden, Blair Dunlop, Frankie Archer, Angeline Morrison, Sam Carter, Nick Hart and Jon Wilks maintaining a practice rooted in shared curiosity and creative exchange across the folk landscape.
“I love this singer of old ballads” Iggy Pop
“A landmark artist for our times” Mojo
“The most significant musician since Bob Dylan to decide that the folk idiom is the perfect vehicle for his musical adventures and experiments” Sydney Morning Herald

BEN POOLE

Wednesday 17th February / 8pm / £18.50

Highly acclaimed British blues/rock guitarist, singer and songwriter described as one of the most exciting rock/blues/soul artists to come out of the UK for a long time and with fans including Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ritchie Kotzen and Beth Hart he has to be something special!

“Exudes class and prowess” Guitar Techniques Magazine

“Ben Poole is the full package” Maverick Magazine

Tickets can also be bought from Record Collector, Broomhill

An evening with MARK MORRIS of The Bluetones

Friday 19th February / 8pm / £18

A welcome return to Greystones for lead singer and songwriter of legendary Britpop band THE BLUETONES. 

With 13 Top 40 singles and 3 Top 10 albums under their belts Mark is no stranger to success. 

As well as his work with The Bluetones he’s also had a successful solo career since 2006.

Support from Scarlett Kirwan

ROBB JOHNSON

Sunday 21st February / 8pm / £15

Robb’s songs move between the personal and the political with a catalogue that ranges from intimate love songs to sharp observations on politics, work, war, class and everyday life.
His songs have been recorded by ROY BAILEY and BARB JUNGR while his work has earned praise across the folk, independent and national press.
As well as playing regularly in the UK Robb performs in Belgium, Germany and Holland at festivals, venues and political events and has toured the USA with David Rovics. He’s been a regular presence at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival for many years. He’s also a contributor to music journalism.
“There is no songwriter to compare with Robb Johnson operating in the UK” R2 Magazine
“One of this country’s most important songwriters” fRoots

McCORMICK, McCUSKER, DOYLE

Friday 26th February / 8pm / £22

“Traditional music at it’s most, graceful, ingenious and jaw dropping” The Guardian
One of the most important and sought after collaborations in contemporary Celtic music…a true folk supergroup whose influence goes far beyond the tradition.
Individually they are world renowned artists; together they form a trio whose instinctive interplay, decades deep friendship and effortless command of their craft have made them a benchmark for modern folk musicianship. Bridging the Irish and Scottish traditions with grace and innovation they’ve become a defining ensemble of their generation.
Audiences and critics alike praise their shows as moments of musical alchemy: spontaneous, moving and thrillingly alive. As individuals they are exceptional, as a trio they are iconic.

Support from Niamh Corkey.

THE QUARKNESS

The spirit of Hawkwind

Saturday 27th February / 8pm / £12

Hawkwind tribute band and custom light show focusing on the classic years 1970 – 1979.