The Teenage Cancer Trust sessions take the stage in the Wold Top Performance Marquee on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
EVERY DAY 6 YOUNG PEOPLE DISCOVER THEY HAVE CANCER - 2,100 PER YEAR !
Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer by building specialist units within NHS hospitals throughout the UK. Teenagers and young people who are admitted to a dedicated Teenage Cancer Trust unit have a 15% better survival rate than being on an ordinary hospital ward.
Supporters of the Trust include Roger Daltrey, Mark Knopfler and Fairport Convention. Its many fund-raising events have involved the likes of The Who, Kaiser Chiefs, and Arctic Monkeys - they do however rely greatly on regional fund raising groups for support.
Programmed by Hunsley Acoustic Music, (a very big thank you to Will Richardson for the tireless work!), All the artists donate their time and energy for free to raise money for this very worthy cause. The artists are the best of regional, unsigned talent.
Join us for an afternoon of great music and camaraderie – and leave a small (or large!) donation in the collection buckets too. The aim is to promote awareness of the need for a TCT ward at the new Castle Hill Cancer Hospital in nearby Cottingham. Currently all Hull and East Riding patients use facilities at St James Hospital Leeds.
Saturday 2oth June
12pm - Nick and Helen Stubbs
12.45 - Graham Hodge
13.30 - The Durbervilles
14.45 - Jam Factory -With Charlie Daykins and friends Annie Holmes/Accidental Tourists
15.45 - Jon Brindley
17.00 - Farino
17.45 - Tom Gorringe
18.15 - The Neumes
Sunday 21st June
12pm - Union Central
13.00 - Hall Brothers and John Carey
14.00 - Stony
15.15 - Circus Envy
16.15 - 'Hurricane'Geoff Watson
17.00 - The Acoustic Project
18.00 - Mean Eyed Cat
STONY Eleven years of constant touring, recording and performing has seen the acoustic-based duo's reputation as songwriters, and as one of the hottest live acts on the new-acoustic music scene develop and mature. Stony's mixture of often driving piano and acoustic guitar, combined with beautiful vocal harmonies has a very distinctive and original live sound.
THE HALL BROTHERS & John Carey generally fall into the singer-songwriter category, with high-quality, intelligent songs performed with a largely acoustic backing and are well-known for their wide-ranging musical styles and themes. Their songs deal with everything from love to politics without ever getting too earnest! An acoustic rock act.
THE NEUMES are a mostly very young female band playing some unusual self-penned material on a variety of instruments. With a unique fusion of pop, jazz, folk and rock, sisters Charlotte, Emily and Eleanor, who front the five-piece outfit, show a maturity well beyond their years.
GRAHAM HODGE, solo acoustic guitarist & singer, Graham has been playing since the 60's. He also plays with band Gabriel and is currently recording his first solo album.
MEAN EYED CAT The ever popular quintet from Hull play country and Americana covers and originals ("serve up Southern fried music in meaty bite sized chunks") and will soon have you clapping, singing and stamping your feet.
TOM GORRINGETom sings his own songs as well as covers of Elton John (you will think it is Sir Elton himself) and many others. Tom is surely going places
THE ACCOUSTIC PROJECTDescribed as a 'folky act with beautiful harmonies & intricate guitar lines' and already having a great collection of 'much loved, excitingly different' original songs, 'The Acoustic Project' really are something different, and are breath of fresh air on the youthful soon-to-be-cliche 'indie' rock scene.
The DURBERVILLES Direct from the Batley delta of West Yorkshire, the Durbervilles bring a meld of folk, roots and alt countrymusic, with strong harmonies, thoughtful (sometimes fun) lyrics and tasteful measures of music-like twiddling, to big eared audiences everywhere. From folk festivals to rock venues to folk clubs – The Durbervilles have an unbroken reputation for being invited back and keeping the dressing room clean
JON BRINDLEY - ‘He is a lovely singer and a terribly impressive guitarist, with an uncanny knack of turning tired old standards into fresh irresistible performances.’
Maggie Boyle in Tykes News
CIRCUS ENVY are a rootsy five piece based in East Yorkshire, who eschew the indie rock zeitgeist in their home town in favour of a sound equally influenced by classic rock, english folk and Americana to create a sound that is truly their own. With instrumentation as diverse as mandolins and bouzoukis backing up raw, soulful vocals, Circus Envy play both electrically and acoustically, playing to the strengths of each to create a different sound every time the band play live.
Nick and Helen Stubbs This is the third year that Nick has performed at TCT and although mainly a solo artist, Nick's wife Helen often joins him onstage to add that extra dimension of harmonies that sound great together with a mixture of self-penned songs, folk and world music.
Alan Raw from Radio Humberside said of Nick: "Really fantastic voice......a great lyricist."
And to add extra excitement this year, they will be joined on stage by fellow musicians and great friends Martin Wharton and Lisa Davies
