APPLETREEWICK: The Cruck Barn @ The Craven Arms

Friday 29th April, 2016

7:30pm

Event information

Ian Prowse - lead singer of the mighty Amsterdam and former frontman of the legendary Pele - returns to the Cruck Barn once more by popular demand!
Currently riding a wave of press plaudits and national radio play for his new album 'Companeros', Ian is the Scouse Springsteen! His emotive voice, superlative song-writing and high-energy performances combine to make a night out at an Ian Prowse gig a 'must-see' experience.
He's worked with the best - including regular onstage appearances with Elvis Costello (including on the Jonathan Ross Show).
His song 'Does This Train Stop On Merseyside?' used to reduce John Peel to tears and was covered by Christy Moore.

PLUMHALL are Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall, a feisty Yorkshire based duo whose award winning self-penned songs are already winning them plaudits from the likes of R2 Magazine (4 stars), Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff), Steve Knightley (Show of Hands) and many more. The pair deliver guitar and harmony driven textures of folk, Americana and pop, and have have been wowing audiences on the live acoustic circuit in the UK. Winners of the Yorkshire Gig Guide Outstanding Songwriters award 2014, PLUMHALL were recently joined on stage by Bob Dylan's legendary guitarist Larry Campbell for a performance of Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) at the BBC Radio 2 award winning folk club The Black Swan in York. PLUMHALL's debut album THUNDERCLOUD was released on 1st September 2014 through Splid Records and Proper Distribution, and is already BBC radio playlisted. The album has just been hailed one of The Guardian and Observer's Hidden Gems of 2014. Plans to tour Canada, the US and South Africa are in the pipeline.

Michelle Plum is a former member of Chumbawamba, Waking the Witch and The Accidental Tourists, and in her own right has supported Aimee Mann, Capercaillie, Ralph McTell, Nerina Pallot, Texas and Shane MacGowan to name but a few. She also provided guest vocals for Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts' UK spring 2013 tour.

Nick B Hall has been a member of the Hall Brothers band nearly all his life, and has supported Fairport Convention, Hugh Cornwell, Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, Glenn Tilbrook plus many more. He also provided session guitar for Magna Carta on their 2010 South African tour.

Together as Plumhall Michelle & Nick have supported Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls of The Wonderstuff, Larkin Poe, Dan Donnelly & Jon Sevink, The South, Andy White, Henry Priestman and Peter Tork of The Monkees among many others. Peter Tork even invited them onstage to perform Daydream Believer with him. A very special moment!

Nick & Michelle are proud to have been asked to endorse Tanglewood Guitars and use a wonderful Evolution series 12-string electro-acoustic guitar with a Fishman pickup, as well as a gorgeous rosewood reserve electro-acoustic 6-string, again with a Fishman pickup.