Red Shoes

Soaring, passionate vocals, chiming acoustic guitars and a superb catalogue of original songs in the Folk/Roots/Americana vein written by Carolyn and Mark Evans lie at the heart of the Red Shoes success story. They have become a live favourite on the Folk Club, Theatre and Festival circuit.

Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention/Jethro Tull) produced the album “Ring Around the Land” and went on to record his version of Carolyn and Mark’s song “Celtic Moon” for Fairport Convention’s “Festival Bell” CD.

Red Shoes follow up, “All The Good Friends” produced by Mick Dolan (Show of Hands, Traffic, Fisherman’s Friends) gained 5 star reviews in the music press.

“It Isn’t Over Yet” their third release was awarded “Band Album of 2017” by FolkWords and hailed as “A Classic!” by FATEA Magazine

Currently touring as a guitar based trio, they have shared stages with The Strawbs; Fotheringay; Iain Matthews; Pentangle; Show of Hands, Richard Digance, Steve Knightley, Fairport Convention, Los Pacaminos.

Sandy Denny-era Fairports and the contemporary American country-folk of Lucinda Williams sewn together neatly in these well crafted songs – SHINDIG

The Angels want to hear these Red Shoes – Maverick

Many years ago I had the good fortune to see Sandy Denny fronting Fairport Convention on several occasions. Red Shoes front-woman Carolyn Evans has the same kind of strong but fragile voice – Blues Matters

Acoustic gems with splashes of rocking country fire. The trio of Red Shoes make a comfortable, timeless sound and open a window into small town nostalgia, regret and real lives lived – Northern Sky

www.redshoes-music.com

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The Support Artist on the night will be …

Tom Patterson

A Birmingham based Geordie folksinger and guitarist, Tom has a growing reputation as a writer of songs in the traditional folk style, seventeen of which have won competitions at folk festivals in the UK and Ireland. Known for folk club and festival appearances across the UK and further afield, Tom has been described by folk music publication, Living Tradition, as “someone worth looking out for”.

His weekly Birmingham residency at Cartlands Café, Kings Heath Park, has also recently received a glowing review from the Birmingham Post and Mail.

Tom either plays solo, or in a long established duo with talented Loughborough multi-instrumentalist, Dave Morton. Together they have recorded two CDs of original material – “We Are The Lucky Ones” and “Just The Way It Is”, which Living Tradition called, “a CD of great songs”.

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Floor Singers booked to perform on the night …

Bob Brooker

Bob describes himself as a semi-retired Traditional Folk Musician. Retired, perhaps, but not retiring.

An excellent multi-instrumentalist with a wide range of songs, Bob is a local favourite for a very good reason.

Geg Palmer

Your residents are WatlingStreet

WatlingStreet are Anne Beeson, Phil Benson, and Pete McParland.

Separately, they have been singing for as long as they can remember, and together, on and off, since the mid 2010s.

They formed the new band in September 2023, in order to become the residents at Atherstone Folk Club.