Surge Music Gig Guide

"Music with the dirt left on" is how singer/songwriter Audrey Auld Mezera describes her music. "Closer to being organic, than something that's been manufactured." Whether humorous or poignant, Audrey's songs carry the ring of truth. With a healthy ...

The Don O'Lee Duo have been together for 15 years and have played all over the world.They have appeared on radio and television both here and abroad but their main love is playing LIVE! Over 15 years they have done more than 2500 live appearanc ...

Doyle & Hess are Ant and Andy from Chapel Ash, Wolves. They formed in April 2005, and have played hundreds of gigs since. They are available for all the usual events, parties, weddings, bar mitzvah's etc.

With covers and tribute acts ten-a-penny on the live circuit, it's going to take something a leeetle bit special to raise the genre above a quick session of milking the nostalgia cash cow. Step forward Dynamo's Rhythm Aces, whose particular brand of ...

Norcsalordie blow the cobwebs off folk music as they try to overcome the beard and cardigan image. The band is on a mission to take folk music out of the clubs, rip the label off and give it back to the people to enjoy. Find out what you are in for ...

Frank Cougar is a truly international musician: born in Russia in the mid-60s, Frank moved to Paris while still a child; only later in life did he become resident in Birmingham and sow the seeds of his musical career. This career followed in the foot ...

The Steaming Heads play full on high-powered hillbilly punk with heavy doses of cajun, country, folk, bluegrass, and rock. The material covered ranges from 1903 - 2005 and originates from various artists such as Johnny Cash, Iggy Pop, Greenday, Alber ...

An acoustic duo from Birmingham - they use concertinas, accoustic guitar, mandolin as their primary focus, and perform from an extensive repertoire of original songs, English traditional songs, and the occasional cover.

The Buzz are one of the Midland's hottest new duos, with a versatility and musical flair matched by few acts. Their original material and electrifying range of covers continue to wow audiences wherever they appear. From reggae to rock, indie to tra ...

The Freedom Ward formed in late 2005 and is made up of two musicians from Birmingham. We set out to explore further ways of capturing specific musical moods when playing live, and so our style incorporates many elements of acoustic, progressive and f ...

"they don't really sound like anyone else"

"The Rollright Project" A mix of folk, blues and some other stuff too. This group of very accomplished musicians, with a wide range of experience from 70's rock covers, to blues, to folk, to English madregals, and lots more in between, came to ...

Here's all that blurb that you can skim over.. We have a collection of songs and music that will keep you listening and thinking all evening. Our material with outstanding harmonies gently sway between traditional and contemporary folk, to music ...

Founded some years ago in stourbridge and having undergone several changes in name, and members the Smirkins are a unique band, blending european and british folk melodies with afro caribbean rythymns last year saw the Smerkin Merkins as they were th ...

Tom Martin plays both as a solo artist and with his band.Playing mostly his own material which ranges from folk/blues and beyond to celtic soul to acoustic rock n roll.plus interesting interpretations of tradiotional folk& blues underpinned by fi ...

Originally from Ireland now residing in the Midlands performing mostly hs own material solo and with his four piece band encompassing Acoustic Roots/Rock n Roll Celtic Soul..

This trio combines melody & madness in a wonderfully idiosyncratic view of the world. Wild Willy Barrett has always been a first-class acoustic musician. In Sleeping Dogz he is joined by two other fine players - celtic piper John Devine and celli ...