Kathryn Williams is a big deal - a Mercury Prize-nominated British singer-songwriter with 17 albums under her belt. Her last solo album, Night Drives, debuted at #2 in the official folk album charts, and her collaboration with Withered Hand, Willson Williams, was nominated for the SAY and AMA awards. Those who caught them at The Bear during their tour last year will remember it well…
Her novel, The Ormering Tide, debuted to critical acclaim, and she also hosts her own popular podcast, Before the Light Goes Out, which appeared in The Guardian’s Top 10 Music Podcasts. Kathryn tutors at the Arvon and Moniack Mhor foundations and writes with many artists worldwide, including Paul Weller, Chris Difford, Ed Harcourt, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Michele Stodart.
One Little Independent Records has celebrated her career thus far with a 20-CD and 2-book box set, Anthology, which is strewn with her artwork, and her latest album, Mystery Park, will be released this autumn.
Kathryn will be joined by British folk’s most enigmatic lost son, Matt Deighton. You may recognise Matt from his time fronting acid jazz heroes Mother Earth, or you may remember him as Paul Weller’s guitarist in the late 90s, or Noel Gallagher’s recommendation for who should replace him when he quit the Oasis European tour in 2000. Or maybe you don’t - for almost two decades, the man they keep calling the natural successor to Nick Drake, Davey Graham, and John Martyn has been himself more of a rumour.
Matt will play a support set before joining Kathryn for a few songs together.
“We should savour Williams’ talent – a soft soul with hard edges, who shows us how quietness can resound so loudly”
“It’s impossible to imagine fans of Nick Drake and John Martyn not falling in love with Matt Deighton”
Doors 7pm / Music 8pm / Tickets £14
All seating/tables are first-come, first-served.