SCOTTISH singer Claire Hastings is making a return to Cotleigh Brewery in Ford Road, Wiveliscombe, next month.

This time Claire is accompanied by 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee guitarist Jenn Butterworth. 

Claire is not only a folk singer but also a songwriter and ukulele player. In 2015 she earned the prestigious title of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year, and has since delighted audiences at home and abroad with her natural, effortless Scots voice.

An honours graduate of the Scottish Music degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Claire specialised in Scots Song with expert tuition from Gordeanna McCulloch (The Clutha) and Rod Paterson (Jock Tamson’s Bairns).

Since graduating, Claire has toured in the UK, Europe and New Zealand as a solo artist and with The Claire Hastings Band, and has performed at international festivals including Festival Interceltique de Lorient and Celtic Connections. 

Standout performances also include BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, singing alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and Deacon Blue at Glasgow’s City Halls and collaborating with soul singer Joss Stone for a video. 

Claire’s debut album ‘Between River and Railway’ was released in 2016 to critical acclaim. Her much-awaited second album ‘Those Who Roam’, launched at Celtic Connections 2019, features traditional and original songs under the theme of ‘journeys’.

Claire is performing in Wiveliscombe on Tuesday, September 3, and tickets (£12/£10 concessions) are available from Wiveliscombe Post Office or can be booked via www.silverstreetsessions.co.uk, email [email protected] or phone 01984 623308.