‘GEORGE! THE CONCERT’

NICK BOLD

Saturday 1st February / 8pm / £18

The Phenomenal Nick Bold brings his love and passion for George Harrison to the stage in a tour-de-force evening of great Harrisongs, Beatle classics and Traveling Wilburys too. Joined by a stunning live band, it’s an authentic, heartfelt and astonishing experience not to be missed.
Bold’s performance, storytelling and authentic persona are as “George” as it gets.

George! The Concert is the show that ALL fans of, The Beatles will love. It celebrates the music of the,“Quiet one” in a performance that has been wowing audiences both in the US and the UK. The show is based on his 1992 live show, along with more up to date material, Nick and the band bring to life the outstanding array of George’s song writing skills. Songs such as: Something, While my guitar gently weeps, Here comes the Sun, Give me love, My sweet Lord, Got my mind set on you, What is life… and many more.
Nick Bold’s acclaimed performance of, George has taking him all over the world and he has become the “go to” man to play the great man. Plus a successful spot on “Stars In Their Eyes”.

KIM RICHEY

Thursday 6th February / 8pm / £18.50

Support Carla J. Easton

Being a singer-songwriter isn’t always the easiest job in the world. Armed often with little more than an acoustic guitar, the singer-songwriter has to go out night after night and let it all out with no band to hide behind, just them and the crowd. That’s what makes it even more amazing that someone like Kim Richey is able to still do what she does at a high level 2 decades into her career.
With her distinct Americana sound, a little bit country, a little bit pop, she has crafted some beautiful compositions, often taking the time to explain to the crowd their meanings and origins which helps to further build up the emotional tension surrounding her sets. Her voice is gentle but not weak, full of sorrow but powerful in its resolve. After years of sharing her emotions with eager crowds that hang on every word, Kim Richey’s talents have not diminished but rather have grown stronger, feeding off the connection she shares with her fans. If you’re looking for heart-felt acoustic music, there’s no one better than Kim.

CUTTING CREW

40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Thursday 13th February / 8pm / £25

Grammy nominated British rock band who’ve scored multiple worldwide hits including, of course, the USA number 1, the timeless, majestic “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” a song that earned them countless, prestigious awards and over 7 million air plays in the USA alone. 
Many years of hard touring has kept their brand fresh as a daisy witnessed by inclusion in many movies and tv shows such as the The Lego Batman Movie, USA Superbowl and Stranger Things. 
As they continue to play their anthemic hit songs like “I’ve Been In Love Before” and  “One For The Mocking Bird” the band ingeniously arrange and play some discerning covers alongside the coolest songs from their six album collection with fascinating and revealing stories thrown in.
In this superb trio show Cutting Crew’s Nick Van Ede teams up with Cutting Crew guitarist/vocalist Gareth Moulton and Tom Arnold (Steve Harley,  Wang Chung, Herbie Flowers).
This is a truly memorable night of music, laughter and memories. 

REBECCA DOWNES

Saturday 15th February / 8pm / £15

The exciting, multi award winning Rebecca Downes making her first visit to The Greystones. A fully independent artist she creates original blues/rock (with co writer Steve Birkett) which she releases on her own label Mad Hat Records. This is a full band show which will featuring tracks from her studio albums, new material and one or two classic covers. We can’t wait for this one!
“…whilst you have the likes of Joanne Shaw Taylor, Chantel McGregor and Rebecca Downes playing then blues in the UK is most definitely in a good place” Joe Bonamassa
“Musically brilliant and vocally stunning” Fireworks Magazine
“Dynamite talent, go see Rebecca Downes if she comes anywhere near you” Bernard Doherty, Planet Rock Radio
“The queen of British blues/rock” Tim Marcus, Jace Media Review, Loverocks Festival
“It still seems surprising that there’s still some within the realms of blues rock that have not yet come across the sheer power of Rebecca Downes and her band, the treat they are missing is of seismic proportions, a woman of the midlands to who stands easily in the pantheon of the greats of the area. The air of prosperity is overwhelming, the deep and dusky atmosphere a statement of intent.” Ian D.Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision.

THE JIM WHITE TRIO

WITH SPECIAL GUEST TREY BLAKE

Monday 17th February / 8pm / £18

Jim White gets around. When he’s not releasing his own critically acclaimed solo albums he splits time producing records for other artists, exhibiting his visual art in galleries and museums across the US and Europe and publishing award winning fiction. Numerous songs from White’s back catalog have appeared in film and television, with his Primus-esque Word-Mule being featured in the Heisenberg Episode of Breaking Bad, while more recently Jim’s dreamy duet with Aimee Mann, Static on the Radio, graced the closing credits of the feature film El Camino. Americana music fans may recognise White as the narrator and defacto tour guide for the award winning BBC documentary, Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus, a road movie set in the rural South which the LA Times described as “Decidedly strange, delightfully demented.” Released in 2003, the film has attained cult status among southern gothic fans far and wide.

White recently completed his first novel, Incidental Contact, a “Magical Realism memoir”, centering around a series of uncanny coincidences that befell him during his days driving the taxi in New York City. Two chapters of Incidental Contact, The Bottom and Superwhite, have previously been published in the literary music journal Radio Silence, with Superwhite being awarded the prestigious Pushcart Prize for short fiction. White was a pro surfer. He served as literary commentator for the National Endowment of the Arts. He was a European fashion model. He once nearly got in a fist fight with Ellen Degeneres. There’s lots more non linear information that doesn’t really fit the usual bio format. But that’s Jim—he gets around.

JENNY DON’T AND THE SPURS

Tuesday 18th February / 8pm / £15

The band includes former members of Pierced Arrows (Dead Moon), Don’t and P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. Jenny Don’t And The Spurs have maintained a relentless schedule of recording and touring ever since their inception a decade ago. Now, after almost 600 live shows in a dozen countries, and with four albums and a slew of singles to their name, they have just about warmed up. The band is currently getting the release of their 4th album due out this coming June called Broken Hearted Blue. Founded by Jenny Don’t (vocals/rhythm guitar, ex-Don’t) and Kelly Halliburton (bass, ex-Pierced Arrows, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.), who had been playing in the aforementioned acoustic and punk bands and felt the need to switch gears up/down, it wasn’t long before they were rehearsing a set of seminal standards by the likes of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams Sr., as well as a sprinkling of original songs. Their friend Sam Henry (ex-Wipers, The Rats, Napalm Beach) soon joined them on drums, and this remained the core trio for almost five years, augmented by guest guitarists until Sam sadly passed away in Feb 2022 soon after the release of their last album – “Fire On The Ridge”.
Christopher March joined the group as full-time guitarist in 2017, bringing with him a wealth of talent and touring experience from years spent plying the Northwest country, rockabilly and honky-tonk circuits and drummer Buddy Weeks joined in 2023 touring across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, EU. The Spurs remain a force to be reckoned with, the intensity and energy of their live set a must-see for any gig goer who enjoys spirited garage-infused country music played with sincerity and raw conviction.
“Jenny Don’t has an absolutely heart-melting, authentic and appealing voice and when you hear her deliver the delicious ‘Be The Only One’, you’ll swoon and no doubt fall in love” VIVE LE ROCK
“Will no doubt provide a suitable soundtrack to the only worthwhile option as we hurtle headlong towards oblivion: a bottle, a hardwood floor and a willing partner”
RNR
“Draws heavily on influences of 50s and 60s rock ‘n roll and beat and blends them with western influenced swing. It’s an exciting combination and many of the tracks are downright thrilling”

SPIKE (Quireboys)

Saturday 22nd February / 8pm / £18

Here I Go Again… with Chris Heileman & special guests

We are so stoked to welcome back Spike – the original Quireboy – for a solo show at The Greystones, Sheffield. The previous THREE shows at the venue sold out so if you want to come down for a night of Rock n Roll Storytelling with one of the world’s great performers, best get your skates on!!

Spike is the founder and front-man of The Quireboys – one of the UK’s most enduring rock ‘n’ roll bands. It’s a band that’s been through different chapters and line-ups, with Spike the enigmatic constant throughout; songwriter, singer, and leader of a band with which he is synonymous. With lifelong friend Guy Bailey, Spike penned the benchmark Quireboys songs – Hey You, I Don’t Love You Anymore and 7 O’Clock – tracks which have defined the band musically for decades. Spike has also had a succession of critically acclaimed solo records and treasured collaborations..

As the world spins unsteadily around us, a new chapter in The Quireboys story has already begun – something which is, after all, a story of change and evolution. With his trademark bandana, songwriting prowess, and bigger-than-life stage persona, Spike is where he belongs with a new lineup and new album to take The Quireboys into a new chapter of the band’s story. We are delighted to welcome him back to Sheffield!

HANNAH READ, MICHAEL STARKEY, VERA VAN HEERINGEN

Sunday 23rd February / 8pm / £18

Over recent years, Hannah Read and Michael Starkey have fast become one of the most sought-after fiddle-banjo duos on the UK acoustic music scene. Their richly dynamic take on Appalachian old-time music has seen them enthrall audiences up and down the country, both during their live shows and on their critically acclaimed debut duo album ‘Cross The Rolling Water’, released on Hudson Records. They bring a unique depth of expression to traditional music, looking forwards and reaching out whilst still finding an anchor in its timeless language. At the heart of their sound is the complex and driving rhythmic interplay between fiddle and banjo, which draws the listener in “the way lungs draw in air” (Songlines), as they shine a light on “the powerful essence of the music” (RNR Magazine). To complete their sound, they bring a range of old, contemporary and original folk songs, sung with charismatic voices that are “destined to be appreciated for a very long time” (Old Time News). On the tour they are also have a special guest in Vera Van Heeringen, an accomplished and highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. She was part of the brilliant comedic New Rope String Band for five years and has toured with several Cajun and old-time greats such as Eddie LeJeune and Dirk Powell.

“So exciting to hear such a diversity of old and new tunes and depth of expression, all in the language of old-time music, but at the same time reaching out” – Bruce Molsky

“Gripping… all in all, it’s a foot-tappin’ delight, music and playing that draws you in the way lungs draw in air, the tunesmithery interspersed with fine balladry” – ★★★★ Songlines

“Wow! World Class.” – Andy Kershaw (broadcaster/journalist)

“Gem of a recording, an infectious, dynamic, richly layered album that’s a timeless, irresistible and thoroughly entertaining treat” – Folk Radio UK

“Nothing has brought me as much pleasure as this record this week” – Ricky Ross, BBC Scotland

“Skilled players with a focus on the powerful essence of the music, their intuitive interactions draw every last nuance of sentiment in both the old and new” – ★★★★ RNR Magazine

“Outstanding performances, charismatic voices, well balanced instruments, great synergy between Hannah and Michael, admirable choice of tunes and songs, impressive musical virtuosity… destined to be appreciated for a very long time” – Old Time News

CHUCK PROPHET

FULL BAND SHOW

Monday 24th February / 8pm / £27

For 12 long days Chuck Prophet waited. A stage 4 lymphoma diagnosis had knocked the wind out of him, dragged him off the road and into surgery and now here he was, a perpetual motion machine forced to sit still, confronting his mortality for the first time as he wondered if he’d live long enough to see the end of the year let alone get back on tour.
“I was going through a tunnel” he recalls. “It was dark but I had music: music to play, music to listen to, music to get me out of my head. Music was my saviour.”
That much is plain to hear on Wake The Dead, Prophet’s extraordinary new album. Recorded with Qiensave a band of brothers from the Central Coast farming community of Salinas, California the album dives headfirst into the world of Cumbia music which consumed and comforted Prophet during his illness and subsequent recovery. The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic with arrangements that blur the lines between tradition and innovation, between past and present, between cultures and countries. There are flashes of rock n roll, punk, surf and soul all filtered through the streets of San Francisco and wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces it’s roots back hundreds of years and thousands of miles.
Decades of relentless touring and bold artistic reinvention came to a screeching halt in 2022 when doctors found a mass in Prophet’s intestine.
“I had a lot of time to sit and listen when I was sick” he explains. “When I finally got back to feeling better I started jamming with this Cumbia band called Quiensave that I’d fallen in love with.” The immediate reaction from audiences made it clear they were onto something special.
Chuck is touring the UK with his own band, and with Quiensave, playing his classics and tracks from the new album.

Greystones presents

LADY MAISERY with O’HOOLEY AND TIDOW

Wednesday 26th February / 8pm

At The Leadmill – £22 advance £20 concessions / all seated show

KATHERINE PRIDDY

Thursday 27th February / 7.30pm / £20

February 2024 saw the release of Katherine Priddy’s eagerly awaited second album: The Pendulum Swing. Greeted by critical acclaim in the press including MOJO who called it “simply brilliant”, the album landed at #1 in the official UK Folk Charts. It saw the likes of Iggy Pop, Guy Garvey, Craig Charles, Mark Radcliffe and Gideon Coe giving it a spin whilst RTE in Ireland added tracks to their recommendations list for 3 weeks running.
With her biggest headline tour to date selling out most cities and her reputation growing, she was asked to perform on the legendary Later.. with Jools Holland (25th May) on BBC Two. She now returns for the final run of The Pendulum Swing Tour in March 2025.
Since Richard Thompson chose Priddy as “The Best Thing I’ve Heard All Year” in Mojo Magazine on the strength of her 2018 “Wolf” EP, her star has risen exponentially. Winning fans from Guy Garvey, Mark Radcliffe, Stuart Maconie and the late Janice Long and garnering glowing press reviews across the board for The Eternal Rocks Beneath. Her live performances are engaging, moving and amusing by turn, delivering original songs with emotional maturity, depth and particularly noteworthy lyrics. Despite the delicate nuances of her sound, Katherine Priddy is not a fragile wallflower, but a determined young woman making her mark.
All tickets are seated (unreserved).