Pizza Express Maidstone, Thursday 16th August 2018
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Headline Act: Jon Grayson
"An undiscovered talent and a debut to beat all debuts'"
Genius Babble Music
Jon Grayson is a singer-songwriter from the Medway Towns in Kent.
Raised on a steady diet of The Police, City and Colour and Fleetwood Mac, Jon moved to London in 2014 and spent two years honing his songwriting and building a following by playing gigs in every corner of the capital as well as his home town.
In 2016, whilst playing at The Garage in Islington, Jon met producer Jack Watson (Jack + Ella, Changing Colour) and the two formed a relationship and spent the next 18 months writing and building a palette of sounds to start making music.
The Stranger EP is the first product of that time spent on stage and in studio and contrasts a sleek, exciting mix of pop hooks with honest, engaging and often very personal lyrics. These are showcased by Jon’s voice which was picked up by BBC Radio Kent’s Abbie McCarthy, who first aired the single.
"Stranger hooks you to Grayson’s flowing vocals as the sound twists and turns around his poignant outcries”
InQuire Media
Alana Hazzard
Alana’s presence is truly mesmerising. Alana delivers an abundance of heartfelt lyrics which create a meaningful and powerful work of art. Each song has a lasting emotional affect which deeply connects with the audience on a personal level. Alana’s unique tone and faultless vocals, coupled with her ability to generate a captivating melody from her emotions and personal experiences, produces a hypnotic experience for the audience when she sings. Alana is an artist with exceptional talent and skill who manages to leave an audience lost for words, purely by the sound of her voice and lyrical creativity.
Paul Dunton
The Frampton Sisters
Freddie and Charlie Frampton, born, raised and home educated on the Orkney Isles, have always had a love for music.
From a young age they began performing with their parents in their family band and have continued on as a duo, developing their songs and performing around the country.
Charlie is now studying musical theatre at The Brit School, Freddie focuses her time on songwriting and they both play a large range of musical instruments.
In February 2018 they reached the final 10 of the BBC Young Folk Awards and were able to join other young musicians for a weekend in the Lake District.
They are currently in the process of recording their songs to produce their first album and hope to release that some time in the near future.
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