WHAT’S ON
FRIDAY
BIG TOP STAGE
12:00
13:45
BRILLEAUX
JENNY WREN AND HER BORROWED WINGS
Brilleaux is a highenergy, hard driving, British-style rhythm and blues band from New Zealand in the style of bands such as Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson, and Nine Below Zero, and in a similar vein to earlier exponents of the genre such as The Yardbirds, early Rolling Stones, and Johnny Kid and the Pirates.
Acoustic Rhythm and Blues stripped back and blushed with country. Powerful emotional vocals delivered with an open-hearted honesty, supported by a heartbeat bass and dancing dirt-road guitars. A UK trio with a gutsy style, playing original music with an intuitive togetherness and impressive musicianship.
15:30
17:15
19:00
21:00
REVEREND ROBERT
ADAM SWEET BAND
BEX MARSHALL TRIO
Robert hails from Illinois and is a master of pre-war blues. He has delved deep into the styles of Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and other delta blues giants. In the past two decades he has become accomplished at many other early 20th-century styles including ragtime and early jazz, Hawaiian, African and Caribbean.
Adam Sweet has been performing as a guitarist since the age of 15, heavily influenced at first by the classic rock and blues of the 60s and 70s. Since then Adam has steadily honed his craft and found his voice, and with well over 1,000 gigs under his belt is now successfully carving out a solo career.
UK British Blues Award winner Bex Marshall’s unique style of guitar playing is a combined technique of slide, blues rock, ragtime and roots pickin’. Her voice is a powerful melting pot of old black woman’s heartache and rock diva soul. Bex is a writer of distinction and notability, she pushes the boundaries of blues, and now she tours with an incredibly tight three-piece band.
ROB HERON AND THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra don’t care what genre you choose to put them in – western swing, country blues, ragtime hokum or whatever else – as long as you understand that they’re 100% sincere and 100% immersed in this stuff. This is no lazy pastiche, no dressingup box. They live and breathe this music and want you to get immersed with them.