Doors & bar 7.30pm. Performance 8.30pm.
Tickets in advance - or from the venue or on the night (cash please).
THE WOOLVERSTONES
The Woolverstones are an alternative folk duo formed at the end of 2019. In March 2020, they released their debut single "A Song For Harlequins". The single was greeted with positive reviews and was hailed as a "Folk Masterpiece" by David Postal of Laurel Canyon Radio. The single got airplay on radio stations in the USA, Canada and the U.K. and was praised by distinguished members of bands such as The Byrds and Woodstock legends Country Joe and the Fish.
In January 2022, The Woolverstones recorded their debut album "Grey Eyed Dandy" at Slate Room Studio (located in the quiet village of Pencaitland, just 20 minutes to the East of Edinburgh). The record was produced by John Wood who produced classic albums such as "Pink Moon" (Nick Drake), "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (Richard and Linda Thompson), "Solid Air" (John Martyn) and "Solomon's Seal" (Pentangle). The album garnered positive reviews, received a "Track of The Week" on BBC Introducing and aired on multiple radio stations across the world.
In July 2024, The Woolverstones played Cambridge Folk Festival before embarking on a six date UK tour in October 2024. The tour included dates at London's Troubadour (supporting The Incredible String Band's Malcolm Le Maistre), The Horn in St. Albans and Coda in Colchester. In November 2024, they toured Hungary and in January 2025 they commenced a tour of Ireland including supporting Leo O’Kelly (Tír na nÓg) at Walters in Dún Laoghaire. The Woolverstones also took part in several sessions at The Cobblestone in Dublin and performed at some of the city’s key music venues including The Sound House.
Album reviews:
LITTER OF KINGS & FRIENDS: "The album is a triumphant rekindling of an older style of folk-jazz now lost to popular culture. To listen to it is like travelling back in time but its persistent sadness and embracing of melancholic themes makes it a very mixed self-aware piece, an up-to-date trawl through issues of self identity, anxiety and acceptance of the way the world truly is now. The album is a relentless study in melancholic disappointment: disappointment at fame, the nature of truth, of how relationships fade and how time moves on. Conversely, it also displays a jazzy Pentangle-like swing with elements of Nick Drake and, to some extent, Bert Jansch: that mixture of jazz and folk which enveloped the British folk scene at the latter end of the 1960s."
FOLKING: "In ‘Parted Ways’ the narrator warns that they can’t be trusted having parted ways with truth. It sets the tone for the album both lyrically – dark and soulful – and musically. With acoustic guitar accompanying atmospheric flute playing, I immediately thought of the folk psychedelic sound of the early 1970s. As journeys into the unknown go, this was interesting and often rewarding. There are some very good tracks on Grey Eyed Dandy. The vocals are softly spoken and heartfelt, complementing some impressive musicianship. Its often cryptic lyrics tell about the sufferings of real life rather than scary mythology, but Grey Eyed Dandy is certainly dark. Very dark."
MARDLES: "If any of you feel like looking back to the early 1970s (even if you weren’t actually there) then you couldn’t do much better than listen to the debut album from a duo known as The Woolverstones. The sound of early 1970s music weaves in and out of ‘Grey Eyed Dandy’ from start to finish. It’s a mixture of psychedelia, the dark folk of bands like Comus, the pastoral sounds of Vashti Bunyan or Nick Cave, the folk-rock sounds of Fresh Maggots and with the musical jumping-about of the Incredible String Band (although this album sounds nothing like them). It’s a great debut album and the songs have a freshness about them from being well but not over-produced."
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The Bookshop Band - Friday 18th July 2025
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Please note that the tickets will not be posted - they will be ready for collection on the door.
Doors & bar 7.30pm.
The Foehn Effect 8.30pm + The Bookshop Band 9.30pm
The Bookshop Band came to life as an artistic collaboration with their local bookshop Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in 2010. They write and perform songs inspired by books and released 13 book-inspired albums collaborating with over 100 authors.
Between them Beth Porter and Ben Please bring the books to the stage along with a multitude of instruments, including cello, harmonium, glockenspiel, guitars and ukuleles which, along with their distinct voices, create a cinematic sound that draws the audience right in to a highly intimate performance, at once touching and mesmerizing, heart wrenching and funny. No previous knowledge of the books is required as the band guide the audience through the stories behind each song’s inspiration.
On June 28th 2024, during Independent Bookesellers’ Week, The Bookshop Band will release their 14th studio album, EMERGE, RETURN, produced by, and featuring, Pete Townshend. The album’s songs are inspired by books, including The Book Of Dust, by Philip Pullman, The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood, The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, and Underland by Robert Macfarlane. It features cover art by artist Stanley Donwood.
The band are now based in Wigtown, Scotland’s Book Town, but will be on tour this year to promote the album, playing in bookshops, libraries and festivals all over the UK.
“The Bookshop Band is not just good but achingly good" The New York Times
“I am enchanted, such variation and delicacy… such latent power, really great work.
It reminded me of my days listening to Sandy Denny and Fairport [Convention] and The Incredible String Band… - a great discovery and inspiration.” Pete Townshend
“If I had a bookshop, I'd stock all their albums!" Margaret Atwood.
“Really fabulous new music.” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
www.thebookshopband.co.uk
www.facebook.com/TheBookshopBand
The Foehn Effect is a Contemporary Folk artist from Aberystwyth Wales.
Inspired by music of Leonard Cohen, Simon Garfunkel and contemporary folk artists Paper Kites and Gregory Alan Isakov.
Their second studio album was released 20th October 2024 and the band are currently playing live music venues around mid Wales.
thefoehneffect.bandcamp.com/album/the-mountain-road-home
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=932860445379549
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