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Leeds musician Lewis Pugh is one of UK music’s prime, and proud, proponents of Celtic punk. Brought up on bluegrass and folk music, he plays traditional music with a vibrant passion and uplifting force with his early influences filtered through his love of skiffle, rockabilly and punk. "Tragically Beautiful Left of Centre Insurgent Folk From the Wild West of the People’s Republic of Yorkshire." Rocking Magpie
"Pugh has an appreciation for the full breadth of American roots music, a talent for exorcising his personal demons through his craft, and a knack for a memorable melody" -On the radar
"the cowpunk Billy Bragg!" - At the Barrier
https://lewispugh.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/lewispugh777/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuce7TfmQkjEykVfwS0BPFA
Serious Sam Barrett is a hard touring, folk and country singer/songwriter from Otley, West Yorkshire. Playing honest, heartfelt self penned and traditional songs on 12 string guitar and banjo.
Raised in the Dales village of Addingham, Serious Sam Barrett began performing in and around Leeds in 2004, with word spreading further afield with the release of his 2009 debut album Close To Home. Performing at SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2010, he has toured the US widely, usually in the company of friends and fellow skaters The Pine Hill Haints. Along the way, Sam has shared stages with the likes of Martin Carthy, Dave Burland, Katherine Tickell, Lucero, The Young Un's, Frank Fairfield, Deer Tick and Karine Polwart, and received airplay and praise plaudits from the BBC’s Bob Harris, Marc Riley and Mark Radcliffe as well as Mike Harding.
"A skater boy, slide guitar whizz and fine solo singer" 4/5 MOJO
"With alluring vocals and instrumental prowess the continued health of the British folk tradition is safe in the hands of exponents such as Serious Sam Barrett." - The Hobbledehoy
https://www.instagram.com/serioussam1980yadig/
https://www.serioussambarrett.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGKpMjCrfHcb4iqETCvnV5A
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21 Hollins Mill Lane, HX6 2RF Sowerby Bridge, United Kingdom, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2, United Kingdom,Halifax, West Yorkshire
