The Costa ConcertsWe are delighted to continue our partnership with Costa Coffee in Nantwich, who have hosted acoustic sessions for us every year since the festival's inception in 2008.
Once again we'll be presenting a mouth watering bill of informal acoustic music and spoken word adventures at Costa ... and this year we're going back for seconds!
WEDNESDAY 5th October
FESTIVAL LAUNCH 5.30 pm Admission Free
Acoustic music from singers both local and from further afield, punctuated by original poetry and all washed down with a latte and a panini. Come and celebrate the start of the Fourth Words and Music festival in style.
SANDRA GIBSON is a locally based writer who has recently published "Ain't Bad For A Pink" through Troubadour books. The book tells the heady story of Crewe's Pete "Snakey Jake" Johnson, globally acclaimed blues musician and longstanding proprietor of 'Custom Amplification' which has serviced three generations of North West musicians. The tale also reveals the colourful cast of characters who have populated his life, as well as his celebrated guitar collection. Sandra will be reading from the book and Pete himself will be performing live blues to punctuate the story.
DAYVE DEAN writes and sings melodic songs with a dark twist. Crewe based Dayve is currently back in the studio with a new band and a new album in the making, and will be showcasing some of his new material.
JAMES DEWDNEY and ELEANOR CROSS are a virtuoso duo performing on acoustic guitar and double bass. Although inspired by American traditional music, their set takes in a diverse range of influences from jazz to folk, old to contemporary material.
SUNDAY 9th October
ACOUSTIC SUNDAY 2.30 pm
Admission Free
Hosted by JIM FARMER, Nantwich based guitarist/singer, late of acclaimed bands Baby Silverskins and The Moobs, the Sunday session has become a popular fixture of the Words And Music Festival. Jim will perform some of his own material and will also introduce a quality packed and highly varied afternoon ...
ROB BARRATT is a comic poet based in Bodmin, Cornwall. Rapid wordplay and hilarious topical subject matter. Not to be missed
!NIGEL STONIER is a Nantwich based producer/songwriter/co-organiser of the Festival delivers acoustic material from his 2010 album "Notes From Overground".
CHRIS CAPEL an emerging Southampton born singer/songwriter whose brilliant lyrics carry an acerbic Richard Thomson/John Hiatt like twist to them.
HELEN KAY a locally based poet, gives a first reading at Words and Music.
Acoustic Sunday is nearly always rammed, so come early!
