Roman Candle Presents Sam Grassie
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Roman Candle is delighted to welcome Sam Grassie to St Brides Church in Liverpool on Friday, 11th September. Special guests Caitlin Gilligan & Danny Bradley.
Tickets are £12 in advance from See Tickets.
SAM GRASSIE
Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, gaining a reputation on the circuit for masterful guitar playing, raw songwriting & dynamic sets that traverse traditional folk, acoustic blues and American primitive. Debut album “Where Two Hawks Fly” (released on scene leading label Broadside Hacks) has been championed by BBC 2,3,6 Scotland and has led to tours with Ryley Walker, Daisy Rickman & Gwenifer Raymond and US Tour with Liam Grant. Grassie is well known on the London scene, his unique guitar style finding him collaborating with singers such as Iona Zajac (Pogues), Mataio A. Dean (Shovel Dance) & Katy J Pearson. His debut album has been described as “remarkbly assured” KLOF WFMU “virtuousic pickin’”, Quietus “timeless presence” Guardian “Jansch’s ghost floats majestically” CLASH “Ferocious individuality” MOJO “meditative transporter”. Grassie music is fuelled by raw emotion, that is translated through his unique blend of 60’s folk and blues He has since shared stages with Jaqui Mcshee, Ralph Mctell & Robert Plant.
CAITLIN GILLIGAN
Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist Caitlin Gilligan hails from the rolling hills of rural Galloway. Though now based in Liverpool, her songs still echo the wildness of her Scottish youth.
Her live performaces combine haunting vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo and harmonium to create soul-stirring drones and melodies, weaving age-old folk songs into sets of bare-boned and poetically-crafted originals. She demonstrates refreshing insight whilst simultaneously summoning the voices of times gone by.
She draws much from the well of folk giants such as Anne Briggs, Jackson C Frank, Nick Drake and Lisa O’Neill as well as the traditional vocal music of Scotland, Ireland and America.
Caitlin has played alongside artists such as C.W. Stoneking, Fionn Regan, Nora Brown, The Unthanks, Jerron Paxton, Jim Ghedi, Sam Grassie, and Charlie Parr in beautiful venues across the UK; Komedia in Bath, The Ivy House in London, St. Mary’s in Chester and St. Michael’s Church in Liverpool, to name a few, as well as headlining well-established folk clubs in the northwest.
Caitlin is currently working on her debut album at Sloe Flower Studio in Chester, UK, which is due to be released in 2026. Her album so far features illustrious names such as Jude Brothers (backing vocals), dbh (fiddle, banjo, guitar) and Charli Wild (viola).
DANNY BRADLEY
Winner of the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Danny Bradley is a fingerstyle-guitarist & songwriter who has toured the U.K. as the support act for Richard Thompson, and Fairport Convention. He has also opened for Martin Carthy, Tony McManus, and Jon Gomm. Born in the USA, but having grown up in the UK, Danny has been described by Americana UK as "less a one man band, and more a one man orchestra... A poetic soul, and a sublime vocal range, reminiscent of the late Jeff Buckley". Danny's debut album 'Small Talk Songs' is available now.
www.romancandlepromotions.co.uk
Tickets are £12 in advance from See Tickets.
SAM GRASSIE
Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, gaining a reputation on the circuit for masterful guitar playing, raw songwriting & dynamic sets that traverse traditional folk, acoustic blues and American primitive. Debut album “Where Two Hawks Fly” (released on scene leading label Broadside Hacks) has been championed by BBC 2,3,6 Scotland and has led to tours with Ryley Walker, Daisy Rickman & Gwenifer Raymond and US Tour with Liam Grant. Grassie is well known on the London scene, his unique guitar style finding him collaborating with singers such as Iona Zajac (Pogues), Mataio A. Dean (Shovel Dance) & Katy J Pearson. His debut album has been described as “remarkbly assured” KLOF WFMU “virtuousic pickin’”, Quietus “timeless presence” Guardian “Jansch’s ghost floats majestically” CLASH “Ferocious individuality” MOJO “meditative transporter”. Grassie music is fuelled by raw emotion, that is translated through his unique blend of 60’s folk and blues He has since shared stages with Jaqui Mcshee, Ralph Mctell & Robert Plant.
CAITLIN GILLIGAN
Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist Caitlin Gilligan hails from the rolling hills of rural Galloway. Though now based in Liverpool, her songs still echo the wildness of her Scottish youth.
Her live performaces combine haunting vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo and harmonium to create soul-stirring drones and melodies, weaving age-old folk songs into sets of bare-boned and poetically-crafted originals. She demonstrates refreshing insight whilst simultaneously summoning the voices of times gone by.
She draws much from the well of folk giants such as Anne Briggs, Jackson C Frank, Nick Drake and Lisa O’Neill as well as the traditional vocal music of Scotland, Ireland and America.
Caitlin has played alongside artists such as C.W. Stoneking, Fionn Regan, Nora Brown, The Unthanks, Jerron Paxton, Jim Ghedi, Sam Grassie, and Charlie Parr in beautiful venues across the UK; Komedia in Bath, The Ivy House in London, St. Mary’s in Chester and St. Michael’s Church in Liverpool, to name a few, as well as headlining well-established folk clubs in the northwest.
Caitlin is currently working on her debut album at Sloe Flower Studio in Chester, UK, which is due to be released in 2026. Her album so far features illustrious names such as Jude Brothers (backing vocals), dbh (fiddle, banjo, guitar) and Charli Wild (viola).
DANNY BRADLEY
Winner of the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Danny Bradley is a fingerstyle-guitarist & songwriter who has toured the U.K. as the support act for Richard Thompson, and Fairport Convention. He has also opened for Martin Carthy, Tony McManus, and Jon Gomm. Born in the USA, but having grown up in the UK, Danny has been described by Americana UK as "less a one man band, and more a one man orchestra... A poetic soul, and a sublime vocal range, reminiscent of the late Jeff Buckley". Danny's debut album 'Small Talk Songs' is available now.
www.romancandlepromotions.co.uk
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St Bride's Liverpool, 34 Huskisson Street, Liverpool, L8 7LR, United Kingdom
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