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The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Sunday 11th November 2018

Headline Act: Jez Harley

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Jez Harley is a singer/songwriter who is a regular performer with both The Good Ship Band and Harley & Woods. Jez has achieved commercial and critical success as a songwriter with Scott English and as a singer/songwriter in the early 2000’s.

Jez wants to share some of the songs and sentiments that he feels are more appropriate for solo material - using just piano and voice, the work is delivered through stripped-back, intimate performances that aim to illuminate and contemplate life's most precious and delicate facets whilst inspiring the audience to respond to the material on an instinctive level.

 

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The Ackerleys

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It is a year now since Cyrano’s Joe Ackerley teamed up with his sister Alice to form ‘The Ackerleys’ as a side line - turned major project!  Already they have a fast-growing repertoire of folk/pop tunes, some light and uplifting, some moody and soulful, but all featuring close harmony, strong chord structure and catchy melody.  Joe employs his prodigious song writing skills and his own rich baritone to complement and showcase Alice‘s striking voice.  Joe’s roots are in rock music as is well known to many of on the TW music scene, his deep seated influences an unusual mix of Pearl Jam/ Radiohead/ Elbow/Crowded House/Jeff Buckley. His sister Alice, just turned 17, provides a more contemporary vibe – Laura Marling, The Staves, Florence and the Machine, Emmy the Great, Marina & the Diamonds. The result is delightfully different - but judge for yourself. The dynamic duo has now added lead guitar and drums in the form of Steve McCormack, and Matt Wilson.

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Rachael Gow

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Songwriter, singer and guitarist. Recording music under record label 'Lucky Boy Records'.

Single 'Nice' produced by Tom Gulliver, was released in February.

Debut EP 'How to Lose You - EP' is out now, featuring that single and three other tracks. Here is what Rachael had to say about this EP:

"This summer for me has been probably the worst I can remember for mental health and unhappiness with who I am and where I’m at in life. But one thing that has stayed constant is my love for writing and making music. So being able to spend a whole day in the studio creating music was a serious dream come true. Every song on this EP explains some of the feelings I held in my heart at some point these last couple of months. There’s a lot more music that’s come out of this but I’m not quite ready for everyone to hear those quite yet. So for now here’s a little piece of me that I hope resonates with you."

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(TBC) Artist

To be confirmed.