Kathryn Williams
& Matt Deighton
Fri 27 Feb, 7:45pm
The Leconfield Hall
£15 + booking fee
“Mercury nominated songwriter with Paul Weller’s guitarist”
With 17 albums under her belt in the last 27 years, her last solo album, Night Drives debuted at no.2 in the official folk album charts, while her last album, a collaboration with Withered hand titled Willson Williams was nominated for the SAY and AMA awards. Label One Little Independent celebrated her career (thus far) with a 20-CD and 2-book box set, Anthology, strewn with her artwork.
Her novel The Ormering Tide debuted to critical acclaim, and she also hosts her own popular podcast, Before the Light Goes Out, which appeared in the Top Ten best music podcasts by the Guardian. Kathryn tutors at the Arvon and Moniack Mhor Foundations, and writes with many diverse artists around the world including Paul Weller, Chris Difford, Ed Harcourt, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Michele Stodart. She is the only female included in the Top Ten list of Greatest Liverpool songwriters of all time.
Her current album, Mystery Park has just been released which this concert will showcase alongside the brilliant guitarist and singer-songwriter Matt Deighton.
Matt Deighton
Solo artist, collaborator, British folk gem. If you don’t know Matt Deighton you’ve been missing out. When Kevin Lee Brown's loving documentary aired on Sky Arts, it received pick of the day or week across the board including The Times, Telegraph, The Sun, Observer, Mail, Mail on Sunday and Radio Times; as well Critic's Choice in the Sunday Times, and Very Best of the Week in the Sunday Telegraph. It asks how he went from early beginnings in the Wolfhounds to frontman in Mother Earth, Paul Weller's guitarist in the late 90's, Noel Gallagher's temporary replacement in Oasis, and playing or writing with a snow globe of musical greats from Terry Reid to Dr John, Brian Auger to Bill Fay, Chris Difford to Linda Lewis, Beverley Martyn to Steve Nieve, to seemingly vanishing into complete obscurity.