Americana Music Event with Jonathan Byrd and Guests

Kyshona Armstrong plus Robert Lane

Presented by: Fish Records

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0	MARKET RASEN: Festival Hall
P	Friday 16th June, 2017
N	7:15pm

Event information

A special evening of Americana Music headlined by Jonathan Byrd.
JONATHAN BYRD is “one of the top 50 songwriters of the last 50 years,” says Rich Warren of WFMT in the Chicago Tribune. Scott Alarik of the Boston Globe says, “This rootsy North Carolinian may be the most buzzed-about new songwriter in folkdom. He displays John Prine’s gift for stark little songs that tell big, complex stories, Guy Clark’s lean melodicism, Lyle Lovett’s wry mischief, and Bill Morrissey’s knack for the revealing image.” Byrd grew up singing in the Southern Baptist church, where his father preached and his mother played piano. After four years in the Navy, he returned to home to play in rock bands. It was at an old-time fiddle festival in the mountains of southwest Virginia where his writing began to change. Assimilating the sounds of southern traditional music, Byrd wrote new songs in an ancient style. After 10 years as a full-time touring songwriter and 7 acclaimed albums, it seems this native of Cackalacky is getting the attention he deserves. After the positive reaction to his last years tour Jonathan is back in June with his Pickup Cowboy Johnny Waken and it is not to be missed.

After a sold out tour with Sarah Darling and Jenn Bostic as part of Nashville In the Round in September 2016, Kyshona Armstrong returns to the UK.

Originally from South Carolina, Kyshona has been resident in Nashville since 2014. Her songwriting skills and powerful, emotional voice are demonstrated on her latest two albums \'Go\' and \'The Ride\'. We encourage you to check out Kyshona\'s songs and voice to understand the buzz that followed her last visit to the UK.

Kyshona was recently named one of the Top 5 Roots Artists to watch by CMT Edge (country music television) been featured on NPR\'s \"World Cafe Live\" and network television shows \"Conviction\" and \"Criminal Minds\".

Robert Lane is a singer songwriter based in Birmingham. His EP Ends and Starts was released via Fish Records in March 2016. The lead track, My Love\'s In Deep, has been featured on several radio stations as well as Fatea Magazine\'s summer showcase session and received a tweet of recommendation from Telegraph Music. He was recently a Laurel Canyon featured artist, performed at Fatea Magazine\'s Busk Love Folk Festival and embarked on a tour in support of Ends and Starts which has visited venues across UK as well as a two trips to Germany.

\"a talented songwriter and singer. EP Ends and Starts is full of deceptively simple songs with clever and witty lyrics across a range of styles.\" R2 Magazine