Legendary English singer-songwriter Steve Ashley is making a rare solo appearance at the Corn Hall, Diss at 8pm on Saturday 7 May.

Described by one critic as ‘one of the finest singer-songwriters in Britain, if not the entire English-speaking world’, Steve Ashley is a folk-rock performer of international renown. For 40 years, his songs have won the respect of critics and fellow-musicians alike, prompting cover versions by many leading folk artists including: Fairport Convention, Anne Briggs, Wizz Jones, Phil Beer and Martin Simpson. Steve also worked with author and film-maker Roger Deakin, providing a memorable musical soundtrack to Deakin’s much-loved documentary The Ballad of the Ten-Rod Plot..

His award-winning debut album “Stroll On” (Gull, 1974) is now widely regarded as a folk-rock classic and his most recent release for Topic Records “Time and Tide” was described by fROOTS as ‘a modern day masterpiece’.

A former member of The Albion Country Band, Ragged Robin and his own Steve Ashley Band, Steve has also performed with members of Fairport Convention.
www.steveashley.co.uk

Something Happened

Also appearing will be Something Happened, the duo of Terence Blacker and Derek Hewitson, whose distinctive interpretations of bluegrass, folk and western swing from the past 100 years will be part of the forthcoming Radio 4 series Taboo-Be-Do!
www.myspace.com/somethinghappened2