Naomi Bedford and The Ramshackle Band: Folk in the Library

Join Naomi Bedford and her band for an evening of potent, exciting and emotional folk music - live in the Library!

Naomi Bedford is an English singer working in the folk and country genres. She has made five acclaimed albums; most recently Strange News Has Come To Town which entered the UK folk charts and received great national press. Her previous albums have featured contributions from UK music legends such as Justin Currie, Andy Summers, Alasdair Roberts and Paul Heaton.

She also regularly performs and records with Paul Simmonds, chief songwriter and mandolin player with The Men They Couldn’t Hang.

Naomi has toured widely throughout the UK and appeared at many prestigious Festivals including Glastonbury, Cambridge, Celtic Connections, Sidmouth and Wickham. She has also appeared in session for Mark Radcliffe on Radio 2 and on BBC Radio Scotland. Among her many supporters are:

Iggy Pop, ‘Amazing. Naomi pulls no punches’

Shirley Collins, ‘The best singer of Appalachian ballads that I know’

Del Amitri’s Justin Currie, ‘An English Emmylou’.

The Ramshackle Band are a revolving troupe of musicians that feature guitars, banjos, lap steel, harmonica, bass, percussion and rich harmonies, all of which combine to produce an entrancing folk/country/ceilidh hybrid that is all their own.

For more details of Naomi: https://naomibedford.com/

Doors Open 7pm, performance starts 7.30pm. A limited cash bar - wine, beer and water - will be available from 7pm.