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Chris Brain and Johnny Campbell Double Header

Live at The Groovepad Shipley, 48 Saltaire Road, BD18 3HN

0	SHIPLEY: The Groove Pad
P	Thursday 26th October, 2023
N	7:00pm

Event information

Doors at 7pm.
Wheelchair accessible.
Free carpark on Crowgill Road.
NB Ticket guarantees entry but not a seat.

chrisbrainmusic.com
Chris Brain renders songs embedded in folk tradition with a contemporary resonance. Hailing from Yorkshire, Brain finds inspiration from pastoral landscape and soaring figures from the natural world.
He released his debut, critically acclaimed and widely distributed album, Bound to Rise, in 2022. Capturing 10 live performances of enthralling meditations on nature with glimpses of the confessional, Bound to Rise was driven by his distinctive fingerpicked guitar and warm vocals. Now working on a second album to be released at the start of October 2023 and to be toured nationally in October/November 2023.
Brain is deeply rooted in the UK folk scene, running two folk clubs in Leeds where he resides, which attract a wide range of audiences and musicians alike.

johnnycampbell.com
Johnny Campbell emerged onto the UK folk scene writing self-penned material and delving deep into Northern English folk song and story.
''A Modern-Day Billy Bragg'' - Tradfolk
The album From Hull & Halifax & Hell (2020) took him to The Faroe Islands where he recorded a live album on the island of Nolsoy. Since musical instruments hadn't arrived on the islands until the 19th century, this is perhaps the first time Northern English traditional song has been recorded on these islands.
''Nobody else seems to be doing what Campbell is doing right now, and his passion and determination deserve recognition'' - Jon Wilks

This album earned him album of the week with Blues and Roots radio

and reviews with British folk press:

''The spirit of the folk clubs in their heyday runs in his veins'' Folking.com
''I defy anyone not to be galvanised by the total integrity of his exceptional rendition of (Ewan MacColl's) Moving On Song'' The Living Tradition
''A truly entertaining work. Lose yourself in the true folk experience'' Fatea Magazine

Venue information

SHIPLEY: The Groove Pad

0	48 Saltaire Rd Shipley BD18 3HN
>	www.groovepad.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1vhFZYUyWorrjnjC51OF0FqxKeS4n9k6n7ub6fus_J2uteCb33qw8STlI
!	01274 586542
`	Parking on Crowgill Lane. Wheelchair accessible