**This show has been postponed to May 9th, 2021. All tickets remain valid**
Jessie Reid’s folk-influenced, percussive fingerstyle guitar playing has drawn comparisons with the likes of Ben Howard, Lucy Rose and Nick Mulvey. Her latest single has earned support from BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins, BBC Wales’s Janice Long and BBC Introducing’s Tom Robinson. Jessie’s music has caught the eye of Spotify editorial playlist curators, gaining over 100,000 streams in the past year. She was shortlisted for last year’s Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition and received support from the Alan Surtees Trust to record and release her new EP. Jessie travelled as far as New York and Brazil in the promotion of her singles, as well as supporting and touring with the likes of Seafret, Dan Owen, Ciaran Lavery and Brooke Bentham closer to home. She has recently been working on new singles set to be released early next year.
Jessie Reid Links: Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
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Lucy Shaw is a folk singer songwriter and guitarist from Birmingham. She has already accumulated a wealth of experience in the music industry, including performing at festivals such as: BBC CarFest North and South (2017, 2019), HowTheLightGetsIn Festival 2019, Statfold Barn Festival 2019, Lunar Festival 2018, Gilwell 24 Festival 2019, Worcester Music Festival 2018 and more. Lucy also performed at The Great British Folk Festival in November 2019. Lucy has headlined her own shows, performed around the country and been a support act for established artists on their European and Nationwide tours including Mahalia, Declan J Donovan, Lucy May Walker, Jerry Williams and Ben Ottewell. She seeks to take her audience on a story telling journey through her acoustic folk-Americana style. In January 2020 Lucy was BBC Introducing Hereford and Worcester's featured artist. Lucy was also set to play the main stage at Sunshine Festival 2020 before corona virus put the festival on hold.
Lucy has released five singles on Spotify and is set to release 4 more over the next 12 months. These tracks have received national radio play from stations such as BBC Introducing West Midlands, BBC Introducing Hereford and Worcester, BBC Radio Shropshire, Touch FM Radio, Switch Radio, Brum Radio, Island Radio and many more.
Lucy was a winner of GT's Records 'Young Entertainer of the Year' (2015), finished in 6th place out of 96 entries in the national 'Stripped Back' singer-songwriter competition (2016), and finished in 4th place out of 100 entrants in the national 'Search for a Star' competition (2018). Lucy has been likened to artists such as Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Lucy Spraggan and Kate Nash.
Lucy currently performs across the UK & is certainly one to watch as she emerges from the Birmingham music scene. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to see this up and coming songstress tell her story on stage.
“I think she has a wonderful voice…a very unique voice…it’s kinda just a cool voice…Lucy’s style is cool, it’s edgy, it’s quirky, it’s different, it stands out” Liam Clarke - Touch FM.
“She has a real Lily Allen vibe…..charming but no nonsense lyrics” Alex Noble - BBC Introducing.
Lucy Shaw Links: Facebook | Website | Spotify
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Ali Gilbert is a Singer/Songwriter from Tamworth West Midlands and has been performing music since the age of 18. He has since gone on to release his debut EP ‘Truth Be Told’ which includes 5 tracks based including popular singles 'Runaway' and 'Only You' which have been supported by BBC Introducing WM and other local radio stations. His Music is based on real life personal experiences about love rejection and mental health.His main influences in music are artists such as Plan B The 1975 Soul and Motown. He has recently released his new single 'Shes On My Mind' earlier this year which is now available across all music platforms.