Live Music
Edwina Hayes
Sunday 19th September
Doors @ 7.00pm
Tickets £7.50
Edwina Hayes is a singer/songwriter who has been a regular performer on the UK acoustic scene since 1999. Born in Dublin in June 1973 and grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East coast of Yorkshire as a teenager, where she has been based ever since. Dividing her time between the UK and America, Edwina’s second home is Nashville where she is much loved as a songwriter and artist.
In March 2003 Edwina signed as a writer with Warner Chappell. Her influences include Mindy Smith, Ray Charles, Carole King, Van Morrison, Nanci Griffith, Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin and Bob Dylan.
Edwina has opened several shows for Van Morrison, twenty-six shows for Jools Holland, toured the UK four years in a row with Nanci Griffith and performed twice for Michael Parkinson at his Maidenhead pub The Royal Oak. She has also toured the UK with and supported shows for Gretchen Peters, Ricky Ross, Loudon Wainwright III, Roy Harper, Tommy Emmanuel, Sam Baker, Julie Fowlis, Sandi Thom, John Tams, Daniel Beddingfield, Chris While, Julie Matthews, Tom Baxter, Boo Hewerdine, KT Tunstall, Clive Gregson, Chris Difford, Ruby Turner and Lulu.
Edwina appears as a guest vocalist on recent albums by Alastair Artingstall, Christopher Holland, Kate Bramley, Jimi Alexander, Shane Lynch, Joan Coffey and Dan Webster.
In 2008 Edwina released her second album ‘Pour Me A Drink’ on her own label Twirly Music. Much more acoustic and reflective of Edwina’s onstage style, it continues to attract an increasing number of sales and excellent reviews.
Nanci Griffith’s June 2009 album ‘The Loving Kind’ features Nanci’s recording of Edwina’s song Pour Me A Drink and Edwina’s version of Randy Newman’s Feels Like Home features in the New Line Cinema major motion picture My Sister’s Keeper (June 2009) starring Cameron Diaz and Alec Baldwin.
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Sinead Madden
Wednesday 29th Sept
Doors @ 7.00pm
Tickets £7.50
After flirting with the folk side of life for over ten years, Sinead Madden has taken a definitive step into the singer-songwriter genre with ease and grace. Her sensational debut album ‘Honey Promises’ is a stunning collection of beautifully crafted songs playing on every human emotion. Her storytelling is full of immaculate melodies that captures the heart and soul and seduces you to live in the moment. Her vocals hint at the sincerity and warmth of Jewel and the maturity and elegance of Sarah Mclachlan. Her songs exude an air of mystery and intrigue that snares an audience like a sizzling drama. Mesmerizing and exquisite at every turn.
Sinead’s soulfulness is captured in its true essence when she takes to the stage. If her self-assured and hearty debut in The Academy, Dublin is anything to go by then we have much to be hopeful for. She has all the makings of the Queen of cool. Showing no signs that this was her first step into the spotlight she positively owned the stage from the word go. Graceful delivery in a powerful understated performance.