Sugar Magnolia, Lorraine Wood, Dan Raza

Sugar Magnolia is the new collaboration between Jack Day and Bryony Afferson.

Bryony Afferson is part of folk-trio Troubadour Rose, whose record Tell Me, released in September this year, attracted rave reviews from The Guardian and the Daily Express amongst others.

Jack Day’s The First Ten, released in January this year, also attracted top reviews across the music press, including being named Best Roots Album in Q Magazine.

"very individual, very beautiful" - Folk Radio UK

"exquisitely beautiful" - FolkGeek

Lorraine Wood is a singer songwriter from East London. Her voice is reminiscent of Mary Margaret O'Hara snorting coke through a broken saxophone. Her songs about love, loss and disappointment have been known to make grown men cry.

“Now I see and hear a lot of great singer songwriters! But I will put my head on the block and say that Lorraine Wood just maybe the best unrecorded / undiscovered female Folk Roots singer songwriter in the UK at the moment! This is a tall order, and I do not say it lightly, but seeing Lorraine live is the only way you will find just how captivating and moving her performance actually is.

I hope this session she did on my show gives you a glimpse of that. I have had more E-mails sent to my show about Lorraine than any other artist that has been on my show and there has been a lot of truly great ones on over the last three years.” (Bob Meyer, Bob's Folk Show)

Dan Raza has established a considerable reputation on the UK singer songwriter and folk roots scene.

His distinctive approach has led to him supporting Joan Armatrading on a recent European tour, as well as opening for artists such as Mary Gauthier, Badly Drawn Boy, Cara Dillon and Alejandro Escovedo at concerts throughout the UK and USA. He also had a song, Every Little Dog endorsed by Neil Young when Shakey chose it for his 'Living with War' website.

Of mixed British and Indian heritage, Dan grew up in Bedfordshire and has spent his adult years in London. His songs glow with a strong sense of place, bearing an enigmatic wistfulness at their core

His debut album (released Spring 2012, Cargo/Auralee) was produced by Charlie Hart (Ronnie Lane, Ian Dury, Eric Clapton, Mose Allison) and features appearances from Geraint Watkins (Van Morrison, Paul McCartney), BJ Cole (Dolly Parton, Martin Simpson), Steve Simpson (Eric Bibb, Ronnie Lane), Frank Mead (Albert King, Eric Clapton) and Mosi Conde (Mory Kante, Salif Keita)