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The Red Lion Kings Heath, Birmingham.

Vicarage Road, Birmingham, B14 7LY

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Jez Lowe

The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham

Award-winning songwriter, novelist, and one of the busiest and most admired performers on the UK folk scene, Jez Lowe is celebrating forty five years as a touring singer, songwriter and musician. You may have heard Jez Lowe’s songs on albums by Fairport Convention, The Dubliners, The Unthanks, Wizz Jones, The Young Uns, The Tannahill Weavers, Megson, Bob Fox, The McCalmans, Liam Clancy, Cherish The Ladies, and many, many more… Or maybe you’ve heard one of the fifty or more songs he wrote for the award-winning BBC Radio Two series “The Radio Ballads… Or perhaps you’ve heard one of Jez’s many albums, either solo, with his band The Bad Pennies or in his many collaborations with the likes of Steve Tilston, James Keelaghan, Jake Walton and The Pitmen Poets… And no doubt many will have caught one of Jez’s solo shows in the UK, or on the many international tours across the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and mainland Europe… Jez has just released his fifteenth album of original songs entitled “Oubliette” and it’s already being heralded as a classic by folk radio presenters, reviewers and, most importantly, listeners all over the world. Jez’s backing band T...

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Wed 4 NovDoors 19:30

The Lost Notes - Full Band

The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham

The Lost Notes are a band born and based in the creatively fertile blaglands of Moseley, Birmingham UK. They write songs about things that matter. Like the perils of one night stands and plastic surgery, the plight of bankers, greaseballs, snakes, Greco-Roman health and safety failings, mules, mermaids and the downright miserable. The principal songwriters are Ben and Oli. Oli likes folk and Ben digs jazz. Both are stubborn. So each seeks to exert their own subtle influence on the music. The result is part folk with a drag of soul roots, a slug of gospel, or downright country with a thump of jazz around the edges. The band are: Ben Mills: vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica; Oli Jobes: lead guitar, vocals; Lucy Mills: vocals and, on a good day, cowbell. Pete Churchill and Max Tomlinson ignore the prima donnas vying for attention out front and thump out driving rhythms on double bass and drums. They have built up a loyal fan base across the folk and festival circuit through performances at places such as Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Costa Festival, Portugal, Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingahm Symphony Hall, Bromsgrove Folk Festival, Beardy Folk Festival, The Glee Club, The Jam House, the M...

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Wed 18 NovDoors 19:30

Alex Hart

The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham

Devon singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex Hart blends folk and country with a pop sensibility. At 18 she collaborated with electronic duo Electronic Youth on a cover of Angie Stones’ “I Wish I Didn’t Miss You” which had huge global radio success reaching No.2 in the Music Week Dance Charts and was supported by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1. This recognition spearheaded a run of high-profile festivals performances and a slot opening for UK folk sensation Turin Brakes at the Lyme Regis Folk festival. Alex’s opening performances landed her two record deals, as she was quickly snapped up by US label OK!Good Records and Right Track Records UK. Alex started working with Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer Terry Britten (famous for “What’s Love Got To Do With It for Tina Turner) and went on to release her critically acclaimed debut Album “On this Day” Following the success of Alex’s debut album, her voice and musicianship caught the eye of legendary Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, who asked Alex to be a part of his band as a musician and vocalist for their European and international tour dates. Alex has performed and toured all over the UK/Europe w...

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Wed 25 NovDoors 19:30

Will Finn and Rosie Calvert

The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham

Will Finn and Rosie Calvert are an award-winning husband-and-wife duo who perform traditional and contemporary folk music with vibrancy and flair – intricate harmonies; the rousing instrumentation of piano, steel pan, and ukulele; and joyful, warm stage presence. Having come together through their love of music, they first came to prominence with their acapella quartet The Teacups. Graduates of their native Newcastle’s Folk and Traditional Music degree, Rosie and Will’s music combines influences ranging from old English ballads to gothic Americana, but they are most defined by their spell-binding harmonies. With only two voices, their arrangements have been described as “deceptively full”, and their joy in singing is infectious – chorus songs abound and singing along is encouraged! Audiences are immediately put at their ease by the pair’s inviting stage presence and warm banter, and the duo rise to ever greater heights with their second studio album. Their musical chemistry and virtuosity have matured and developed, creating a transformative and evocative sound that leaves listeners eager for more.

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Wed 2 DecDoors 19:30

Abi Budgen and Rob Peters and The Slapdash Cowboys (double headliner)

The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham

A Birmingham double bill pairing Abi Budgen's blues-rooted songwriting with Rob Peters and the Slapdash Cowboys' full-band performance. ABI BUDGEN Singer, songwriter, guitarist, poet, Abi Budgen is an artist in the deepest sense of the word, her work a beautiful explosion of everything that makes us human. "A formidable force... Immense fun to watch, extreme and talented" Birmingham Review "A hidden gem in the chaotic universe." Songwall Abi's innovative musical style is born of a lifetime's love and study of traditional blues and gospel music, of which she is also an internationally respected teacher. Her song 'Cry' features on album 'Music Minds' alongside artists including Andy Fairweather Low, Chris Difford and Tom Robinson. “Hauntingly on point” Jasmine Gardosi (former Birmingham Poet Laureate) "Vibrant and strong and good for the heart" Phil Wiggins "It Is an honour for me to work with such an exceptional artist" MIchael Roach Abi is frequently accompanied by long-time collaborator Dan Wilkins (from the Destroyers) on drums and percussion. ROB PETERS AND THE SLAPDASH COWBOYS Born in Edgbaston and living in Kings Heath, Rob has been singing and playing the guitar for many...

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Wed 16 DecDoors 19:30

Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley

The Red Lion Kings Heath · Birmingham

Two of English folk's most distinctive voices in concert together singing songs traditional and contemporary with double bass, guitar, accordion and piano. After working together in 2024 to create and tour a show celebrating the centenary of the death of the song collector and author Sabine Baring-Gould, they decided to record and tour an album together: “Everything Possible”. Jim Causley is a folk-singer, award winning songwriter, musician, proud Devonian and all-round entertainer. He grew up in a wassailing village not far from Sidmouth Folk Festival and found his voice singing with local choirs. He studied Performing Arts and Jazz & Popular Music at Exeter College where he cut his teeth performing in bands on the Exeter music scene before heading to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to study on their brand new degree course in Folk & Traditional Music. He rose to prominence singing with The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as touring with Waterson:Carthy and David Rotheray. In recent years his work has focused on his musical settings of poems by his relative Charles Causley, penning his own songs and reviving lost gems from his home county. Miranda Sykes sta...

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