Performer

Stacey McNeill and Jonathan Smith

North Wales based Stacey McNeill & Jonathan Smith are a singer/songwriter duo, formed in early 2020.

​Stacey and Jonathan’s joint musical journey began by chance in early 2020 when the two realised their close musical alignment in song writing and harmony.

​Since then, the pair have co-written and created a number of songs from across the breadth of the singer-songwriter genres, with a lean towards an acoustic folk sound, complimented by hints of country and pop. With their song ‘Between the Lines’ reaching the finals in the internationally recognised Blues and Roots song competition, and a further three songs achieving semi-finalist status in the UK Songwriting Competition, Stacey and Jonathan are set to release their third collection of self-penned songs in the summer of 2021.

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​Taking influences in their individual and joint writing from the likes of Ron Sexsmith, Nanci Griffith, John Prine and The Civil Wars, the duo’s moving and heartfelt song writing provides an emotional, unfeigned look at the real world through the lens of earthy metaphors and delicate imagery. While leaning towards a largely acoustic sound, their more recent releases showcase the breadth of the duo’s style and musical flexibility, with songs from diverse genres including latin, contemporary ballads and American bluegrass.

Boundless Brothers

British, Americana-Pop/Rock 3 piece dedicated to creating music with electric and acoustic sounds.
They blend voices together to create 3 part harmonies, adding depth and magic to their live performances.
Forming in 2014, they’ve built up a well respected reputation across the South West of England.
Living in Cornwall, following their passion for playing Live Music and Recording.
The band have been performing relentlessly to bring their music to audiences of all ages.

Having supported artists such as:
The Proclaimers, Newton Faulkner, The Red Nex and Top Loader, the band are in high demand across the UK.
With 8 Singles and 2 EP’s under their belt, they have been described as ‘ones to watch’. 

Dom Prag

Southampton based singer-songwriter bringing together folk, blues and intricate classical guitar.
Dom Prag has been described as “Brighton’s best-kept secret talent”.

Singing songs of passion, loss, comical social disasters and everyday fears, this is singer-songwriting at its finest. Dom Prag’s perfomances feature raw musical talent, savoury guitar skills and poetic original writing.

Dom Prag is emerging as a fresh new folk talent. Currently operating anywhere he gets an invitation, Prag performs as a solo artist these days but used to play with The Knight’s Project and with his own band, The Toast.

Steve Tilston and Hugh Bradley

Steve is one of our most celebrated song smiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music; the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else.

Fatea Awards Male Vocalist of the Year 2015, proof if needed, that after more than 45 years in the business Steve can still deliver the goods; Truth to Tell one of The Telegraph’s best folk albums of 2015 too.

The writer of such classic songs as The Slipjigs and Reels and the award-winning The Reckoning. He’s toured with John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools, traditional singer Maggie Boyle (the classic recordings Of Moor and Mesa and All Under the Sun), as guitarist with Ballet Rambert, with Maartin Allcock & Pete Zorn in WAZ! with Brooks Williams and with his daughter Martha. Plus collaborations with alt-country band The Durbervilles and old Bristol pals Keith Warmington and Stuart Gordon as the Steve Tilston Trio.

Steve is joined by the extremely talented Hugh Bradley who will be playing the double bass.

George Sansome

George Sansome is a well-regarded singer of traditional songs, shanties, ballads and broadsides from the British Isles and beyond. George is most often seen out and about lending his voice and subtle guitar playing to the high-energy BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees Granny’s Attic. His relaxed stage presence and love of traditional song make for a captivating and exciting performance.

Daisybell

Since forming in 2016, Daisybell have been making waves on the local and national folk scene, delivering performances of passion, wit and raw emotion at clubs and festivals from Minehead to Gateshea, Worcester to Lincoln, releasing an EP and a video, fitting in a couple of live radio appearances and drawing acclaim for their “Sing Like A Daisybell” vocal harmony workshops.

The original songs, traditional arrangements and occasional quirky covers are performed by Katherine Fear, Anya Fay and Charlie Adams. Listen out this summer for some songs from Katherine’s new folk-opera, The Undoing of Polly Button, which Warwick Folk Festival will be the first English festival to showcase in 2022.

Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

A musician since the age of 6, Cohen took to squeezeboxes in his teens and has since developed into a fine player of both the melodeon and anglo concertina.

As an instrumentalist Cohen is experienced in playing for dancing, playing as part of groups, both as an accompanying and as a lead instrument, and playing as a soloist.

Cohen is also a well-regarded singer and in 2014 won Bromyard Folk Festival’s Future of Young Folk Award for singing.

Cohen’s main passion is for songs and tunes from the English tradition.