The self-taught saxophonist plays his tenor sax out of the side of his mouth in a breathy murmur, all simple phrases and fluttering, low-volume flourishes. He sings in mantras, occasionally lapsing into quite funny Robert Wyatt-ish spoken-word excursions. He also surrounds himself with fine musicians who push his simple songs into more challenging territory.

Support Act: 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.