Spotlight 111: Friday 25th April 2014 – Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby

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FRIDAY 25th APRIL 2014

LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE

Virginian singer Cathryn Craig and virtuoso Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby to perform song of encouragement for Hillsborough families this Friday

Top international acoustic duo Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby will be headlining the next Liverpool Acoustic Live on Friday 25th April 2014 at the View Two Gallery. Following the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report into the 1989 disaster, Virginian singer Cathryn Craig and virtuoso Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby wrote and recorded a song called Time Has Proved You Right, a moving tribute to the Hillsborough families and survivors.
The song is featured on their current album Real World and will be performed at the award-winning Liverpool Acoustic Live event this coming Friday. The song can also be heard on the Liverpool Acoustic SoundCloud page. Supporting Cathryn and Brian on Friday 25th April will be local singer-songwriter, and member of both Elbow Jane and Ashley Hutchings’ Rainbow Chasers, Joe Topping, along with  an opening set from impressive 17 year old singer-songwriter Paddy Clegg.

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1. Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby – Time Has Proved You Right
craigandwilloughby.com
Buy the album Real World from their website

2. Joe Topping – This Love
www.joetoppingmusic.com

3. Paddy Clegg – Back To The Start
facebook.com/paddy.clegg
Buy Paddy’s music on iTunes

BONUS TRACK
4. Antiqcool – Girl In A Room
antiqcool.co.uk

 

ARTIST INFORMATION

CATHRYN CRAIG & BRIAN WILLOUGHBY
craigandwilloughby.com

Cathryn Craig is from Virginia, USA, and has built a strong reputation as both performer and songwriter. She has sung with Chet Atkins, The Righteous Brothers, Shel Silverstein and Jorma Kaukonen. Cathryn’s family is steeped in music – her great-grandfather Jacob Sowder was recorded by Cecil Sharp and is featured in Sharp’s book English Folk Songs From The Southern Appalachians.

Brian Willoughby is best known for his virtuoso performances on electric and acoustic guitar, with progressive folk/rock band Strawbs. He has also played with Mary Hopkin, Joe Brown, New World, Roger Whittaker, Bridget St. John, Jim Diamond and Monty Python.

Both Cathryn and Brian have accompanied Nanci Griffith.

Their Alice’s Song was an Aled Jones highlight of the year on BBC Radio 2.

Cathryn was Simon Mayo’s star guest on BBC Radio 2Day, live from Nashville.

Real World is the current album, featuring live studio recordings of strong Craig/Willoughby compositions.

  • “They catch a mood that could produce goosebumps on sheet metal (The Glasgow Herald)
  • “Long live traditional music, even when it’s only just been written” (The Living Tradition)
  • “…sublime guitar work and one of the finest voices around” (Folking.com)

VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/TsDN54LVPfI – Great singing and top class guitar playing are showcased in this live recording of Cathryn and Brian performing the song Mr Jefferson.

JOE TOPPING
joetoppingmusic.com

Joe Topping is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been described as a “cross between Ry Cooder, Woody Guthrie and Paul Brady”. From the traditional music heard in the folk clubs he grew up around to the Americana and blues influences from his adventures in the USA which have included living in a pickup truck and driving around America for the best part of a year and later walking 1400 miles with a guitar on his back from Chicago to New Orleans!

Joe has developed his own unique bottleneck guitar style which he employs in many of his original songs and has a voice that can move from velvet soft to steely and powerful. Joe has played on stage and in the studio with many legends of the British folk scene including members of Fairport Convention, While and Matthews, Andy Irvine and most recently as stand in lead vocalist in the BBC2 award winning “Best live Act” Home Service whilst John Tams recovered from surgery.

Joe also currently plays in the bands  Elbow Jane and The Rainbow Chasers (with Ashley Hutchings).

VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/t8esDnETz4s?t=1m13s – Enjoy Joe performing the song Everything with his newest band The Vagrant Kings at last year’s Fylde Folk Festival.

PADDY CLEGG
facebook.com/paddy.clegg

Paddy Clegg is a 17 year old singer songwriter from Huyton, Liverpool.
From a young age the teenager has had a great interest in music with him being a drummer in bands in the past. However, since October 2013, Paddy picked up his second instrument (the guitar) and started to write/compose and record his own songs in his bedroom. Shortly after having a few original songs under his belt he began to gig in and around the Liverpool area displaying his musical talents to the public.
As soon as 2014 kicked in, Paddy burst onto the Liverpool Music scene releasing his catchy debut single Back To The Start. The single had a very positive response with it being played on Dave Monks’ BBC Introducing show on BBC Radio Merseyside.
Many people have described Paddy’s music sound to having similar sort of elements to big stars such as The La’s, Newton Faulkner, Jake Bugg and Mumford & Sons.
Paddy released his debut 4 track EP called Head In The Clouds in early March and which is available to purchase on iTunes.VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/hBQmQSucjiw – WARNING!!! This song Back To The Start by Paddy Clegg is infectious!!! You’ve been warned!

 

 

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Spotlight 111: Friday 25th April 2014 – Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby

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