Vera van Heeringen & Brooks Williams @ Centenary Centre

Schedule

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Peel Centenary Centre | Peel, IM

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🎶 Peel Centenary Centre & Live Roots Music IOM proudly present an unforgettable night of roots music! 🎶
Join us on Friday 10 October 2025 as two masters of the genre, Vera Van Heeringen and Brooks Williams, bring their extraordinary musicianship to the Peel Centenary Centre stage.
Expect soulful harmonies, dazzling guitar work, and heartfelt songwriting in an intimate, acoustic setting. This is roots music at its finest – not to be missed!

Vera Van Heeringen, originally from The Netherlands, is firmly rooted in transatlantic traditions. Her emotionally astute song writing is underpinned with an understated rich instrumental craft on guitar and mandolin.
In September 2019, Vera released her third album, Won’t Be Broken, receiving rave reviews and described by the press as her best recording yet. Her songs are poignant and personal, heart-breaking and uplifting, her playing stripped back, potent, and full of groove.
High praise for Vera:
“This lady oozes class” — FRoots
“Vera has a gift that brings guitar a life in a way that’s entirely her own.” — FolkWords
“Vera is a master of the less-is-more lyric, conveying more in half-a-dozen words than lesser mortals do in half-a-dozen verses. Towering, powerful and impressive songwriting. ”
— RnR Magazine

Brooks Williams is one of those select few ‘'how on earth does he do it?” artists. He can sing. He can write. And, man oh man, can he play guitar.
Cambridge UK-based, Statesboro, Georgia US-born, admired by both listeners and fellow musicians, Brooks Williams has been a leading light on the acoustic music scene for three decades. FATEA says his performances show “the greatest level of true expertise.”
Statesboro, Georgia-born, Cambridge, England-based guitarist singer and songwriter Brooks Williams, a leading light on the roots acoustic music scene, has over 33 recordings and has appeared at countless venues and festivals for over three decades.
High praise for Brooks:
“It is pure talent, hard work and relentless touring which has brought him to the pinnacle of his career.” Blues In Britain
"Williams is a guitarist in possession of rich vocal powers and a talent for lyrical imagery, his songs are imbued with uplifting generosity" - RnR magazine
“Brooks Williams is quite simply one of the most unassuming, natural performers on the circuit, and his easy, relaxed manner conceals the greatest level of true expertise.”
- Fatea
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