“Any tune could warrant a mention given the accomplishment displayed on Apparitions” – R2 ★★★★
“A deeply personal, meaningful and enjoyable debut album from a promising British artist” Maverick ★★★★
“An impressive debut album from the Midlands musician, who has a neat fingerstyle technique and a sweet voice” – The Daily Telegraph
Chris’ trademark solo live sound is at times likened to the magnitude of a full orchestra to only moments later pull audiences to the very edge of their seats to soak in the delicate spider-like touch of his fingerstyle guitar playing.
The critically acclaimed debut album ‘Apparitions’ sailed into The Telegraph’s top 70 folk albums of 2015, while national music press heavyweights such as Acoustic Magazine, fRoots, R2, Maverick and Folk Radio UK encouraged readers to keep a close eye. Since winning Bristol Folk Festival’s 2014 ‘Isambard Folk Award’, Chris’ national presence has grown exponentially, gracing BBC radio airwaves and the stages of top UK folk festivals.
A truly singular and innovative artist of the new British Folk Scene; Chris Cleverley is a name to remember.
Wednesday 13th December – The Sound Lounge, Tooting
Sunday 17th December – The Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
I’m really excited to be playing at The Stables in Milton Keynes for my next solo headline show with the incredible songwriter and Company Of Players bandmate, Minnie Birch opening the evening. Advance tickets are available for £10 – click here
I’ll be headlining the opening night of a fantastic new Birmingham event the ‘Nights At The Circus Folk Club’.
I’ll be performing with my live band and the evening will open with very special guests, and my bandmates from The Company Of Players, the Hertfordshire based threepiece Said The Maiden.
Advance tickets available at http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/nights-at-the-circus/10042791?ref=let_aft
I’ll be looking forward to catching you at one of these dates over the coming weeks, or perhaps with my new Folk Supergroup project, The Company of Players
Here’s what they’ve been saying:
“Meaningful and Enjoyable”– Maverick ★★★★☆
“Accomplished” – R2 ★★★★☆
“Impressive” – The Daily Telegraph ★★★☆☆
“Sheer Stylishness” – fRoots
“Album of the week” – Cherrie McIlwaine, BBC Radio Ulster
You can pick up the digitial download from any good online retailer like iTunes of Amazon, and make you way over to the Shop section of the site to pick up the digipack from the official Bandcamp page.
And in the meantime have a peek at the first official single, The Dawn Before The Day, released on Youtube: