The Nightjar is Bath’s newest regular live music night, a collaboration with Burdall’s Yard and the acclaimed 7 Hills Festival. Held every Tuesday on London Road, it pairs top award-winning musicians with exciting local talent. The Nightjar seeks to unite Bath’s artistic communities, fostering an intimate space in which to catch up with friends and musicians from across the city.
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About this Show
It was the start of 2020 when Robert’s third LP, the critically-acclaimed ‘In This Town You’re Owned’, was released by Thirty Tigers and walked straight into a worldwide pandemic. Despite stalled promotional plans and tours, the record resonated enough to win the Americana Music Association UK’s ‘Album Of The Year’ award for 2021. Receiving critical acclaim, the record also charted at number 2 in the UK Americana Charts and American Songwriter Magazine named ‘In this Town You’re Owned’ in its top 20 albums (every genre) of 2020. “I had to try to take the positives as an artist’ Robert says when recalling the experience of lockdown. “I hadn’t had any time off from performing in many years and that gave me a bit of a reset…but I’m now looking ahead to a successful year and excited to be playing new songs to people”.
Somerset Velvet are a five-piece Psychedelic Folk Funk band from Somerset, with a hint of Whilstshire. Ellen Colyer fronts the band weaving hypnotic patterns with her strong, soulful vocals entwining with Sam Pledger's vocal harmonies and his funky rhythm guitar. Joseph Adams and Jamie Fry complete the rhythm section on electric bass and drums to create an unrivalled groove machine with Jasper Sheppard's lead guitar binding them all together.