Hey Shrewsbury music lovers! 🎶 Get ready for a night of original tunes at Albert's Songwriters Showcase!
Join us at Albert's Shed on Wednesday, June 25th, starting at 8:30 PM for a FREE evening featuring two incredible acts:
🎸 BirdBrother: A contemporary folk duo with Paul Beadle and Phil Stapely, weaving beautiful stories of love, life, and spirituality with captivating melodies and heartfelt lyrics.
🎻 A Different Thread: This amazing duo, Alicia (US) & Robert (UK), met busking in Ireland and have been creating stunning music ever since! Expect a transcontinental sound blending British folk rock with alt-country melodies, inspired by life, love, and a little bit of social commentary. Think Gillian Welch meets The Avett Brothers!
Don't miss out on this chance to discover some amazing original music in a cozy setting! See you there! ✨
Artist's Biographies & Links:
BIRDBROTHER
BirdBrother is a contemporary folk duo composed of Paul Beadle and Phil Stapely, known for their original songs of love, life, and spirituality. They blend Phil's songwriting, vocals, and guitar with Paul's flute and percussion. The duo has a growing following in the UK.
https://www.facebook.com/BirdBrother
https://open.spotify.com/album/0b4nVSpFmfjntj7fR2Z203...
A DIFFERENT THREAD
Some things are just meant to be. Alicia Best (US) and Robert Jackson (UK) met while busking on the cobbled streets of Ireland and discovered both a musical and personal harmony that was serendipitous. In the decade since forming A Different Thread, Best and Jackson have taken their act on the road, touring over a dozen countries, supporting artists such as Milk Carton Kids and Jody Stephens (Big Star), and garnering critical praise from the likes of Folk Radio UK, which hailed the duo as “warm, deep songwriters that have drank from the well of 20th century tradition.”
Their new album, Over Again (out Sep 2nd 25’), was written during a period of transition, marked by their arrival stateside and a solar eclipse. Recording began in their tiny home studio, continued in Sylvan Esso's Betty's (The Mountain Goats, Watchhouse), and finished at Alma Vale Studio (Phantom Limb/Yola, Elles Bailey) in the UK.
Their sound is transcontinental, blending Jackson's British folk rock background with Best's North Carolina-bred alt-country melodies. Informed by their life experiences (navigating visas, vanlife, love across oceans) and liberal commentary on both environmental and social justice topics, the album mixes electric guitars with Appalachian dulcimer, gospel-tinged vocals with honky-tonk fiddle. While inspired by artists like Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, and John Prine, A Different Thread maintain a distinct sound that is all their own.
Alicia and Robert see the creation of Over Again as a testament to the power that music has to heal and transform: “For us, this album marks a new beginning—like a rebirth—as we shed negative cycles to work towards a brighter future.”
https://www.facebook.com/adifferentthread
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Qrx4GlbbRqpUkUvHNqItg
https://music.apple.com/ie/artist/a-different-thread/1214738812
https://www.instagram.com/adifferentthread
https://www.tiktok.com/@adifferentthread
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CntgQQt3H4CZ4HsliJGAH
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