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About the show
Sam Carter returns with a tour of intimate venues, previewing material from his fifth studio album, which is due for release in 2024.
Over the course of his fifteen-year career, Sam has earned a reputation for vivid, narrative-driven songwriting ?as penetrating as Richard Thompson?s best work? (Uncut). A highly regarded instrumentalist to boot, Sam is renowned by many as ?the finest English-style fingerpicking guitarist of his generation? (Jon Boden) and has been described as having a ?killer voice? by Ivor Novello- winning musician Nitin Sawhney.
His impressive back catalogue and captivating live shows attest to his ability to bring together a diverse set of influences from English folk song and American shapenote singing through to hard rock. Sam has made appearances on national TV, won a BBC Folk Award, and has toured the world, sharing stages with some of folk?s leading lights, including Richard Thompson, Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson and Nancy Kerr.
Jon Wilks is a singer, songwriter and acclaimed fingerpicking guitarist whose work is rooted in English folk traditions, memory, and place. Described by The Quietus as being at the centre of the current folk scene, he began by exploring traditional songs from Birmingham and the wider Midlands, releasing two regionally focused albums: Midlife (2018) and Up the Cut (2021). Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost (2023), was named Folk Album of the Month in The Guardian, and his latest, Needless Alley (2025), marks a shift toward original, autobiographical songwriting. ?If you?re looking for a thread,? he says, ?maybe it?s the way we carry the past with us, whether we mean to or not. For me, the album is a patchwork of memories ? what you'd find if you rummaged around in my head for an afternoon.? A former journalist for Time Out, The Guardian, and Dazed & Confused, Wilks brings a sharp storytelling sensibility to his songwriting and stagecraft. He founded and was the original editor of Tradfolk.co, and has been featured regularly on BBC Radio 2?s Folk Show. He performs both solo and with his occasional band, The Grizzly Folk.
Doors at 7pm, music at 7:30pm.
Featuring
Sam Carter
Having spent the last few years busily honing his craft both as a writer and performer, and described as an acoustic virtuoso reminiscent of John Martyn, Sam Carter is armed with a ‘killer voice’ (Nitin Sawhney) and his ability to play the guitar ‘like a harp’ (Time Out).
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Jon Wilks
With his background as a former editor of Time Out magazine and contributor to Dazed & Confused, The Guardian and other publications, Jon has a keen eye and ear for storytelling. During his live shows, he mixes entertaining folk song performances with fascinating tidbits about the original singers and collectors that he has unearthed during his extensive research on traditional folk music in the UK.
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