Upstairs@Indigo

Welcome to Upstairs@Indigo:

Building on the success of the previous Upstairs@Indigo events, come join us again at Indigo Venue for another intimate evening of original music from highly talented singer / songwriter musicians. This month we have Liz Jones, Mike Ryan and The Tree Gnomes.

Liz Jones

Liz is a roots blues artist based in Edinburgh. Liz shocks first timers with an unexpected sailing raw and incomparable voice, Liz swings from soothing the mind to "raising the dead". She holds audiences with unruly songwriting and a display of release in natural performance and intense delivery of stories and ideas.
Waving goodbye to genre, each tune is simply taken where it needs to go to tell the tale, but Jones’ vibe lies within the 60s, Lauren Canyon spirit of free song craft, no rules or boxes. Solo shows include the honest and unphased character of Liz, who openly discusses her failures, journeys and acute moments and triggers for her songs.

Woman from nowhere - Liz Jones writes and sings from the rough and ready starting point of a deep love for the Blues, Classic roots rock and American folk.

Ballsy original music with "a voice that could wake the dead" (Radio Scotland) and "subject matter that punches into your thoughts for a long time" (Express).

Mike Ryan

Mike is an award winning singer-songwriter from Wirral. Blending Indie-folk and melodic-rock, Mike has played throughout Merseyside, including performances at the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room and Future Yard in Birkenhead. A two-time winner of the Liverpool Acoustic Song Writing Challenge Award, Mike is an accomplished songwriter citing his personal influences as Elliott Smith, Lisa Hannigan, Radiohead, The Beatles, Nirvana, Bill Ryder Jones and David Bowie.

The Tree Gnomes

The Tree Gnomes are a mother daughter folk duo from Wirral. Together they perform trad.music with flute, fiddle and vocals. Mum Laura firmly believes trad.folk music is something for us all to enjoy and share, The Tree Gnomes continue this long established tradition of musical story telling. The recently formed duo have already performed at the Liverpool Irish Centre and we look forward to their Upstairs@Indigo debut.

Host or Publisher Brian Clarke