AMERICANA NIGHT WITH JACKDAW, JACK HARRIS, DAN RAZA

We have three excellent joint headliners tonight, all completely different!

JACKDAW

JackDaw is an acoustic gathering of Rob Anderson, Gaby Szabo and Lyle Zimmerman. Sometimes joined by Charlie Austen and/or other friends, they play a combination of songs written by Rob, his old bandmate, cult 1970’s Oregon songwriter Wayne Drury, and beloved others. 

The 2023 release, ‘Ghost InThe Big House’, began as a lockdown project with Rob working out

songs, emailing vocal and acoustic guitar tracks to Lyle, who sandpapered, waxed and weeded a band-and-a-half’s-worth of dusty twang and jangle from his home studio’s instrument menagerie. Drums from Jay Shaw and Dan Purtell and plush harmonies from Gaby, Charlie and Lizzy O’Connor, were added, ending up with an album that RnR magazine described as “Neil Young reworking the Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’”.

Their intimate live performances strip the songs down and bring forward dusty roots and harmonies.

RnR magazine... Four stars…dusty but lucid high desert stories”

Americana-UK magazine  November 2023   - “ A joyful confident album … a sage-like quality to the songs”

JACK HARRIS

Steeped in myth and mystery Jack Harris's  songs bring the narrative tradition of folk and blues music into the here and now.

His debut album 'Broken Yellow' received great acclaim in song- writing circles. Influenced by the old country blues masters (and folk singers of the British Isles), his performances are a riveting display of soulful, smoky vocals and intricate, finger-style guitar playing. 

 https://youtu.be/ZlyiriRai0U?si=YGbvuyZaXBISKXOV

 "Jack Harris is a priest of song who holds himself to a rigorous ancient code of beauty most of us have forgotten exists" - Anais Mitchell

DAN RAZA

Dan Raza replaces Joe Wilkes, who has had to pull out for unavoidable reasons.

However, we are very lucky to have been able to book the very excellent Dan Raza!

Plucked while still a student to tour with Joan Armatrading, and championed by Neil Young on his "Living with War" website, Dan Raza has spent the first chapter of his career weaving folk troubadour magic around the clubs and halls of the UK, America and Europe, while quietly building a reputation as one of the UK's best-kept musical secrets.

With two critically acclaimed albums under his belt, the singer-songwriter has won support from some of the biggest names in folk music, such as Tom Paxton, and he has just released his third LP - Wayfarer. The core elements of his music remain rooted in the troubadour tradition, but the album has an eclectic mix of styles including soul, folk, blues and country.

At The Ivy House, London’s first community-owned pub.

Tickets are £12  advance, £14  on the door (cash or BACS only) 

Door 7pm. Live music starts 8pm and finishes 11pm.

This concert will be half seated, half standing, so come early if you want to be sure of a seat!

Please be aware that whilst our events are held in The Ivy House's  beautiful Grade 2 listed ballroom, this is a pub, so there may be some  background noise from adjoining bars. We and the pub management  have done our best to minimise this, however as this is a listed building there are restrictions on what kinds of soundproofing can be done. We hope you understand.