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Wandering Oak brings you:Jana Horn
plus Nev Clay • Eddie Doyle
at The Cumberland Arms
• Jana Horn • (USA. No Quarter Records)
Jana Horn is an American songwriter whose work traces the quiet edges of experience with rare precision. On her self-titled third album (out in January 2026 via No Quarter), recorded at Sonic Ranch in the West Texas desert, she sharpens her minimalist language to its most elemental form – dry air, open space, spoken-sung lines that land like observations overheard in a dream.
Working as a trio with bassist Jade Guterman and drummer Adam Jones, Horn creates a friction between her stark delivery and the band’s melodic pull, while clarinetist/flutist Adelyn Strei and pianist Miles Hewitt add ghost-tones and grounding figures. The music evokes early Cat Power or the sparse poetics of Loren Connors – but ultimately feels entirely its own: distilled, searching, quietly intense.
Written during a disorienting first year in New York, the album captures a period of upheaval and re-formation. Songs emerge like field notes from a life in motion – city fragments, desert clarity, letters between friends, glimpses of renewal. What remains is a voice that cuts through the noise by refusing it, shaping a world from silence, detail, and the unguarded moment.
https://www.janahorn.com/
• Nev Clay •
Nev grew up in Forest Hall, and has spent the last 39 years in Longbenton. Until he smashed his wrist in 1994, he wanted to be a heavy metal guitarist. He was once kicked in the face (accidentally) by Nick Cave, and was introduced to DADGAD tuning by Talk Talk's Mark Hollis.
FFO Jake Thackray / Ivor Cutler / Victoria Wood
https://nevclay.bandcamp.com/
• Eddie Doyle •
Emerging originally from the acoustic scene of Newcastle, Eddie Doyle is a singer and songwriter balancing her soulful, raw vocal with intricate melody.
Her cross-genre experimentation pulls keenly from her classical training and Catholic hymn-heavy upbringing, but influence from her teen-hood of art rock and electronic alternative shines through. This alongside her delicate lyrical introspections make for an exciting new sound in UK independent music.
Since a debut gig ‘By The Fire' at The Cumberland Arms in spring 2025, Eddie has been booking gigs across the North, and is developing her sound and following rapidly. Lyrically sincere and vocally captivating, Eddie Doyle is a promising new voice.
https://www.eddie-doyle.com/
Tickets on sale via See Tickets:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/jana-horn/the-cumberland-arms/3566942
via DICE:
https://link.dice.fm/fa6770ca0fe3
and in person from Reflex CD Vinyl Newcastle.
The Cumberland Arms
James Place Street
Ouseburn
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE6 1LD
For ages 18+ only, from 7:30pm
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