Emma Tricca / Pete Astor (Loft / Weather Prophets)
An evening with two of the country's finest singer-songwriters
Presented by: Sonido Polifonico| 0 | SHEFFIELD: Bishops' House (info) |
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| P | Saturday 30th August, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm Start time: 7:45pm |
| . | All ages (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - General |
Event information
Two of our favourite artists in a wonderful double bill!
Pete Astor
‘A songwriter who never falters and is maybe even getting better with age.’ All Music
‘The master of less is more’ The Guardian
Pete Astor led Creation Records’ groups The Loft and The Weather Prophets, writing songs and releasing records that helped define the sound of the label and the emerging Indie genre. He has gone on to a lengthy solo career since then; writing, recording and releasing music on a range of labels including Matador, Heavenly, Warp, EMI and Fortuna Pop. Since 2017 Astor has been signed to Tapete Records, home to Robert Forster, Lloyd Cole and Comet Gain among many reputable others.
He will be playing old and new music along with a selection from his album Unsent Letters (Home Recordings 1984-2024), all unreleased songs spanning Astor’s career from The Loft to the present day.
A lifetime of listening has led me to believe that Pete Astor’s songs would have always found a way to reach an audience. If he’d been a Californian baby boomer, he’d have ended up in the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles, laying down late-night grooves with the Wrecking Crew for a largely-neglected, slightly gloomy, pop album that’d now be worth a fortune. If he’d been born into post-War Britain, earnest girls in sweaters would’ve fallen in love with him, and his songs, in Embassy-fogged folk clubs. - Danny Kelly, NME
Emma Tricca
Emma has been on the live folk circuit since the early 2000s and put out her fourth and latest LP, Aspirin Sun on Bella Union in 2023. Emma's style covers classic, acid and psychedelic folk.
