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Our host and curator of “Soundings”, ELANOR MOSS will play a set of her own songs, each of them new or works in process. Elanor is a folk songwriter from Lincolnshire, writing tender observations on the world, with a keen eye for the intimate details that make up our every day life. Taking inspiration from artists such as Judee Sill and Bridget St John to Fiona Apple, her songs are little vignettes as timeless as they are timely. Featuring on lineups including Green Man Festival to London Pitchfork Festival, with BBC6 playlisting, and opening for artists such as Christian Lee Hutson and CMAT, Elanor has become one to watch on the UK songwriting scene.
SAM GRASSIE is a fingerstyle guitarist & songwriter from Glasgow.
A rising star in the world of trad folk, he’s part of folk collective Broadside Hacks and wears his Bert Jansch influence on his sleeve, but his debut EP Sandwood — a flurry of woodwind, sax, drones, and double bass — carves out a sound of his very own, which is built on by his newly released 2025 EP, “Jarabi, Winter Has Gone.” This he describes as “a marriage of celtic trad and malian blues.” With support from the Bert Jansch Foundation and appearances at Green Man Festival among many others besides, he’s very much a force to be reckoned with in the world of trad folk music.
Guitarist and songwriter CIAN NUGENT hails from Dublin, Ireland. His playing style, while quite unique, derives from many sources. Early recordings reveal the deep influence of the American Primitive players including and and the great British folk guitarists such as , , and . Along the way, more idiosyncratic sources made themselves known in his playing and composing: he is equally obsessed with blues and traditional musics, late-’60s and ’70s singer/songwriters, jazz (of many stripes), 20th century classical composition (notably ‘s), electric folk (), and rockist sources such as and . His playing has also opened up to show that he’d spent serious time deep-listening to modern guitarists including , , and Jack Rose.
Nugent grew up a devoted rock fan (he has claimed that ‘ “Teenage Kicks” remains a personal influence) and played in several rock and ska bands in his teens. During his twenties, his playing evolved and he gravitated to playing solo acoustic guitar and developing a unique fingerstyle signature. His earliest recordings — a privately distributed self-titled EP in 2007 and the full-length Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter on / in 2008 — bear this out. He continued to play with bands, however, and in 2009 he took on the role of bassist for Limerick’s and became a founding member of the #1s. Despite his activity with others — including a touring guitar duo with called — Nugent spent a great deal of time expanding his own sound. Doubles, a solo guitar album, was released on in 2011, and consisted of two side-long tracks. One could hear the embrace of dissonance, repetition, and exploratory technique in his compositional method. Nugent toured with Fern Night, , and other psychedelic folk artists, following the album with a 7″ single that paired the original “Grass Above My Head” with “My War Blues,” a tune based on a song by former bassist .
Not content with the limiting solo guitar format, he formed . The band’s membership consisted of the guitarist, drummer David Lacey, electric violist Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, bassist Conor Lumsden, and organist Brendan Jenkinson. The group issued Born with the Caul on in 2013 (they had help on horns in a couple of spots). Over 45 minutes long, the set consisted of only three tracks; it provided a mercurial spin on late-’60s and early-’70s progressive folk. In the midst of touring and other musical activities, entered Bow Line Studios in Dublin on Valentine’s Day 2015 and cut a new album. For the first time, Nugent sang on a recording, and combined his approaches between band tunes and solo interludes. Night Fiction was recorded by Daniel Fox () and mixed by Brendan Jenkinson. It was released by in January 2016, before the group undertook a major North American tour. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi
Doors open 7pm. Music starts 8pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited and available on a first come first served basis so, if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!
