Caoilfhionn Rose

Manchester’s Caoilfhionn Rose has come of age as an artist, digging deep to find experimental new ways of expressing her wonder at nature’s beauty, her love of music in all its diversity, and her belief in the restorative powers that both afford in the troubled post-COVID world. Vigorous, searching and ever-curious, Caoilfhionn has found a voice at once ancient and modern, intrepidly exploring contemporary technology to transform traditional songcraft for the mid-2020’s.

Caoilfhionn’s music is rooted in a knowledge of folk, jazz and all the twentieth century’s classic tunesmiths, and seems to create a magical, otherworldly space of her own imagining, blending Caoilfhionn’s core piano with synths, and pitting a live rhythm section and saxophone embellishments against ambient samples and future-facing production techniques.

Her new album ‘Constellation’ will come out May 24th on Gondwana Records.

Sennen Timcke

In Sennen Timcke, one finds a storyteller’s soaring vocals, compellingly original melodies and subtly political lyrics, all drawn together with the rhythmic assurance of his life-long immersion in classic American and British folk. Throughout his work, Sennen seeks to engage listeners in a quest for human connection, whether that be through the simple clarity of songwriting and singing or by an engagement with the physical space that binds us – a concert hall, a city street, an open plain. With a deft finger-picking and rhythmic guitar playing style, described as “gorgeously atmospheric” (BBC Introducing), Sennen’s work demonstrates his commitment to keeping space for honest and intimate performance in today’s highly-produced music culture.