An evening with Lee Bardsley & India Shan at Cafe No9
With special support from Rebekah Hawker
Presented by: Cafe#9| 0 | SHEFFIELD: Cafe No9 (info) |
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| P | Friday 11th July, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm Start time: 7:30pm |
| . | All ages (under 14s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
India and Lee are from over the hill in Hadfield.
Two friends who over the years found their sound over pub pints and good chat, then went ahead and crafted it into beautiful songs woven together with threads of wistful, harmonious melodies.
Lee Bardsley is a singer-songwriter/dreamer of poetic melodies that are born in the everyday and transcended to the sublime with his gloriously heartfelt voice of human experience and wonder.
Reflective themes of family, longing, and adventure feature highly, and are painted with the rich and complimentary melodic lines and accompaniment from India Shan on violin.
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With roots in church choir harmonies and songwriting prowess built on a folk-rock adolescence, it’s not so surprising that Rebekah Hawker ultimately found herself at the intersection of country and folk, embracing the full spectrum the genres have to offer. Hawker’s latest single “Ticket” is a classic midtempo country song about two things that never go out of style, in any genre: broken hearts and broken dreams. She sings of bastards and radio play but flips the script in a canny way, declaring a positive outlook despite the rest.
Rebekah's accolades include winning Folk Music Ontario's Songs from the Heart award in 2020, being a selected participant in the RBC Music Entrepreneurship Program in 2023, and winner of Mariposa Folk Festival’s Emerging Artist Showcase in 2024. Her music has been heard on The Strombo Show and other CBC Radio programming and her song “Ticket” can be heard on rotation at SiriusXM’s North Americana station. Her sophomore EP, Quit My Habit, set for release in June 2025 with funding from the Ontario Arts Council, represents her most authentic and ambitious work yet.
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Please note this ticket price DOES include a BYOB fee should you wish to bring alcohol to the venue.
All additional purchases of drinks and sweet treats from the cafe counter are always very much appreciated.
