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It is enormously pleasing to be welcoming Heather Findlay back to The Lantern Theatre after the album launch of Wildflower in March 2025, this time accompanied by her son Harlan Findlay-Loftus on bass, keys, and guitar. Heather burst upon the musical scene in 1997 with Mostly Autumn, staying with them for 13 years, as well as having side projects such as Odin Dragonfly. A solo artist since 2010, she has continued to experiment with different band formats. Through 2025 Harlan has been increasingly providing additional instrumentation to Heather's sets, creating a dynamic sound behind Heather's guitar and voice. The evening will featuring songs from across her repertoire, including her own albums, Mostly Autumn tunes, plus music from other projects.
Support for the evening will be provided by local artist Duncan Parsons.
Expect a mixture of bluesy warmth, wistfulness, humour, and joy.
Heather Findlay
Known for her magical, evocative voice and an ability to interpret and inhabit a range of styles with a mix of power and feeling, Heather Findlay is one of the finest vocalists working in music today. Prog magazine lauded her, “Deliciously sultry vocals”, whilst Maverick magazine hailed her, “Pure, crystalline voice. She grabs your heart in an almost vice-like grip”. She has earned her stripes and honed her craft over the years, turning a natural love of music into a stock in trade, with never a dull moment along the way.
Heather Findlay was born and bred in Yorkshire. Brought up in a very musical household, where the radio was never off unless the turntable was spinning, from an early age the foundations for Heather’s future career were laid.
At the age of 18, Heather was studying Art at college and, as well as spending increasing amounts of time experimenting in recording studios, took the plunge and started performing her own small gigs around York. Following one such gig, having seriously impressed founder member Bryan Josh, 19 year old Heather was asked to join up and coming rock band Mostly Autumn. She was delighted to accept and, during the 13 extraordinary years that followed, Bryan and Heather went on to share much creative success, writing and recording many albums together. The band toured internationally throughout that time. In January 2010, however, Heather made the tough decision to part company with Mostly Autumn and to launch a solo career.
Heather recalls, “In 2010, I really felt ready to break out in a solo capacity and experiment with different styles and work with different people. I knew it wouldn’t be easy to establish a solo career whilst continuing to fulfil my role in Mostly Autumn as I had also given birth to my first child in October 2008. Something had to give and my growing passion to explore other avenues won.”
Heather’s appreciation for all forms of music has never left her, and Heather has relished the chance to team up with a huge range of contemporary artists. She has performed guest vocals with Ritchie Blackmore, Jethro Tull, Fish, John Wetton, Uriah Heep, Shed Seven, Iona, Troy Donockley, and with Marillion’s Steve Hogarth as a guest singer on Lonely Robot. With Ayreon, Heather has sung live and in the studio alongside James LaBrie of Dream Theater; Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt, Irene Jansen and Anneke Van Giersbergen of VUUR and UK rock band Thunder.
https://www.blacksandrecords.com/heatherfindlay
https://www.instagram.com/heatherfindlay.creative
https://www.facebook.com/HeatherFindlay.Music
Duncan Parsons
It sometimes feels like Duncan's part of the furniture at The Lantern! Always a welcome addition to an evening, he will be playing tunes from his various albums, taking in songs about Ladybird Books, Children's TV, The Green Cross Code Man, and Robots..
“..a slightly more assertive Nick Drake.. ..sounds like something beamed in from an earlier, more innocent musical era.” Prog Magazine on album “I'm Here, All Weak”
https://www.facebook.com/musicdsp
https://duncanparsons.roughdraftaudio.com/
https://duncanparsons.bandcamp.com/
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