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Sunday 12th April 2026ADRA promotions and Puzzle Hall Inn presents ...
Toby Hay
Lauded landscape-inspired fingerstyle acoustic guitar from Wales “one of folk-rocks greatest modern names” — UNCUT
https://tobyhay.com/
Holly Blackshaw
Progressive psych-folk singer songwriter from Hull via Wales ex-Crooked Weather.
https://hollyblackshaw.bandcamp.com/
at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF
4pm - 6pm
FREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted
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Toby Hay
Toby Hay is a guitar player and composer. Fascinated by the connection between landscape and music, he is inspired by the landscapes of the Cambrian Mountains where he lives, and is interested in the connection between improvisation and composition. Toby has toured all over the UK & Ireland performing solo, or collaborating with other musicians. He is the founder of Cambrian Records.
“One of the finest guitarists of his generation.” — KLOF
“Magical work of vast melodic scope.” — RnR Magazine
“These instrumentals are propelled by a restless breeziness that carries them beyond the familiar landscapes of folk…. A shimmering beauty.” — Uncut
“…prolific mid-Wales musician Toby Hay with yet another gorgeous release by the skilful guitarist” — The Guardian
"New Music For The 12 String Guitar is a humble title for this magical work of vast melodic scope." — RnR Magazine
"Humanity pours forth from every note on this rewarding collection. Images of dew-soaked countrysides emerge as the pastoral folk settings play, the guitarist gifted with an ability to evoke the soul-nourishing rapture of outdoor landscapes not yet despoiled by human intervention. Here's hoping Hay never loses his ability to translate authentic experience into music of equivalent character." — Textura
"Toby Hay is a master player and this album, his fourth, is a complete delight from his first raga like chord to its final notes of future promise." — Fatea
"Each time I listen to these twelve tracks though I hear a new phrase, a different melody that suggests a different mood, an alternate vision. It’s a sound-shifting record in a very positive way and completely captures the excitement and revelation of genuinely new music being made.” — Caught by the River
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"I say it is full of human warmth, but it is also tinged with wildness, and this I think is the beauty of Toby Hay, and of New Music For The 12 String Guitar in particular: he is able to convey multiple different emotions and represent multiple objects or landscapes, often simultaneously, and all with nothing more than a single instrument. This is the sign of a master musician at work, and Hay certainly fits that description. It is only two years since his debut and he is already one of the finest guitarists of his generation.” — Folk Radio
Holly Blackshaw
Never being much of a city girl, Holly was born and raised in and around Hull, East Yorkshire, but always found sanctuary in what wild she could in the warp lands. Holly grew in psych/rock/folk band Crooked Weather, where world wide travelling and touring ensued, before parting ways in 2020. During the pandemic Holly uprooted and moved to Radnorshire, Mid-Wales where she honed her sound as a solo artist and now, her first release is eagerly anticipated. Holly still holds all the places she’s set foot and settled close, carried by her lilting vocals and guitar playing.
“With a voice that comes around, at best, once in a generation, Holly Blackshaw is a crucible of sounds of both folk and psychedelia. She manages to produce music that breaks and follows tradition”
— Jeff Conklin, WFMU
“Gave me goosebumps all over my soul”
— Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
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