Mean Mary’s Woman Creature Tour: An Evening of Fast-Picking Fun + Rebecca Hollweg

Mean Mary, an award-winning musician and writer with over 35 million views on her YouTube videos, has captivated audiences since her childhood days playing for tips on the streets of Nashville. Described by The Tennessean as having “startling talent” and by No Depression as possessing “the voice of a ragged angel combined with the banjo playing of the Devil,” Mary is a seasoned performer with over 4000 festivals and concerts under her belt.

Named Deering Banjos’ Goodtime Ambassador, Mary’s banjo playing is known to give chills, as noted by Janet Deering herself. Equally adept on the guitar, fiddle, and eight other instruments, Mary’s lightning-fast fingers, haunting vocals, and intricate storytelling make her performances truly unique. Whether it’s ghost pirates or demon guitars, you never know what fascinating tales will unfold in the show. Prepare for a high-energy evening filled with guitar, banjo, fiddle, and upbeat rhythms!

‘Akin to an old Brill Building songsmith, Carole King couldn’t have written a better pop song’, UNCUT ****

‘A singer I love very much’, Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2

London based singer-songwriter Rebecca Hollweg has Jamie Cullum and John Hegley among her many fans, and her 4 albums have been played on BBC Radio 2.  She has performed everywhere from the Southbank Centre to Ronnie Scott’s, and has toured in Europe and further afield.

Live, she is warm and unpretentious, and as one listener said ‘it feels like she is reaching out and enfolding you in a warm embrace’. With a resumé ranging from support tours for Roger McGuinn of The Byrds and Paul Carrack of Squeeze, to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’, she appears here with her husband and producer Andy Hamill on double bass (Laura Mvula, Natacha Atlas, Rumer).