A dynamic four-piece of fiddle, flute, guitar and percussion, Gnoss tackle energetic tune sets and driving folk song with a ‘maturity of ability many of a greater age will envy’.

Six albums in, Joanne Shaw Taylor has nothing to prove, but plenty to say.

The story of Smoove & Turrell began in the post-millennium North East of England with a group of working-class lads and a shared passion for soul.

Tim Burgess is lead singer of one of the defining bands of the ’90s, The Charlatans.

Mary Coughlan is one of Ireland’s greatest female jazz and blues singers, a true artist who has carved out a highly regarded career and a legion of devoted fans worldwide.

Sharon Shannon is a musician who continues to surprise. While she is known for her arrangements of traditional Irish tunes and Irish-influenced compositions, she has always been eager to explore new styles, and to meet and work with other musicians.

What was Philadelphia’s loss is Manchester’s gain, with the inimitable force behind BC Camplight, Brian Christinzio.

Cara Dillon, the multi-award winning Northern Irish singer, returns this Autumn to perform some of her favourite and most popular songs along with her band.

Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of Donald Fagen & Walter Becker

Mystery Jets are an English indie rock band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London.

British Indie outfit The Rifles rose to popularity in the mid-2000s with their swaggering, jaunty garage rock & roll sound.

For one night only, St Johns Hospice Choir and Fellside singers come together for a beautiful evening of contemporary choir music in aid of St Johns Hospice.

Attention Earth!… Do not be alarmed…. Contact with the extra-terrestrial musical collective – HENGE – is imminent.

Attention Earth!… Do not be alarmed…. Contact with the extra-terrestrial musical collective – HENGE – is imminent.

Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline, Fife.

Encompassing a rare and virtuosic selection of the fiddle’s diverse Highland and island voices, with ensemble and solo-led sets both backed by powerhouse guitar and piano, the Blazers pack all the power, passion and sensitivity of Scotland’s traditional music, into a single show.

2020 sees the 35th anniversary of The Smiths’ legendary second album “Meat is Murder”.