Biography Source: Facebook and Website Dead Mans Uke are a two man band playing dirt swing, hokum and old blues tunes as well as crazy covers and anything else they fancy on double bass and a resonator ukulele that belonged to Tiny Tim… they play shows in bars, music venues, parties, festivals and theatres across […]
Artist Category: Artist
Banjo Jen
Biography Source: https://www.banjojen.com/ Based in Sheffield, British singer-songwriter Banjo Jen is the “all-singin’, all-dancin’, banjo-pickin’ girl”. Using banjo as the lead instrument for her original songs, weaving clever lyrics with catchy melodies, and incorporating Appalachian step-dancing and no-nonsense Yorkshire charm and humour into her sets, she’s making waves on the UK Americana and folk scenes. Tipped by Maverick magazine for a […]
Ash Gray and the Burners
Biography Source: https://ashgraynews.com/ Born in US East Coast steeltown of Pittsburgh, the middle son of expat Yorkshire parents, he’s had an eye on the highway practically ever since he was old enough to play a gig.Raised in Austin, Texas – the Live Music Capital Of The World – Ash cut his musical teeth on the […]
Martin Simpson
Biography Source: Facebook & https://martinsimpson.com/ One of the best acoustic, finger-style guitarists in the world and a multi-award winning artist, including 6 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Martin has worked with Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Steve Miller, Richard Hawley, June Tabor, Martin Taylor and more!
20ft Squid Blues Band
Biography Source: thefolkforest & Facebook The 20ft Squid Blues Band are a Sheffield band playing upbeat, irreverent blues. They combine elements of the 1950’s Chicago style with some of the more wayward aspects of 1960’s blues explosion. They mix in self penned songs with numbers made famous by the likes of Howling Wolf and Little […]
Sieben
Biography Source: https://matthowden.com/wordpress/about/ Matt Howden, Sieben, and Redroom Records… fiercely independent, home-grown music. So independent you may have missed me. I take that as a badge of honour, of course, whilst crying into my small beer Live, Sieben is a one-man rawchestra, looping and layering a heady mix of sounds. Always hypnotic. Previously much more […]
The Fargo Railroad Company
Biography Source: Spotify & http://fargorailroad.co/ The Fargo Railroad Company, a Southern Rock quartet from Sheffield in the UK. The songs are heart breakers, foot stompers and sing along anthems. The New Album “Under These Lights” is set to be their boldest statement yet, recorded in one of the finest equipped studios in the region. The album […]
Half Deaf Clatch
Biography Source: https://www.halfdeafclatch.com/ Eleven Time British Blues Award Finalist: 2013 – Original Song (I’m No Superman) 2014 – Emerging Artist, Acoustic Act and Songwriter of the Year 2015 – Acoustic Act, Songwriter, Original Song (Deathly Blue) and Album of the Year (The Blues Continuum) 2016 – Acoustic Act, Songwriter and Album of the Year (The […]
Mark Harrison
Biography Source: www.markharrisonrootsmusic.com I’ve been playing for ages and not very long. A few years ago, I started listening to music again, after a lengthy layoff, and then I started playing again. It was all about the Blues, in the loosest sense of the term. It was pretty much the only kind of music that […]