Residing in Warwickshire, Lauren South is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist renowned for her original compositions and traditional melodies.

With the accompaniment of tenor guitar, fiddle, and shruti box, her songs exude heartfelt emotion and vivid imagery, drawing inspiration from her passion for the nocturnal heavens, the natural world, and her journey through motherhood.

Beyond her solo endeavours, Lauren is an enthusiastic collaborator and constitutes half of the dynamic new duo, Donnelly & South, alongside Keith Donnelly.

Her debut solo album Tiny Boat was released in November 2023.
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‘I love Lauren’s voice! It has a distinctive and unique beauty that allows her to turn every word she sings into a kind of magic formula.’ (Reg Meuross)

‘Enthralling, intricate, pure crystal vocal lines… some of the most beautifully melodic vocal lines I’ve heard.’ (The Woodman Folk Club)

laurensouthmusic.com

The Support Artists on the night will be …

Dave and Julia Taylor

Dave started writing songs in the mid 1970s with the high point being, perhaps, reaching the area finals of the “Melody Maker Folk Rock Contest” in 1976.

After a 15 year or so break due to career/family- the usual, he emerged as a “born again folkie” at the age of around 50. This resulted in 6 solo CDs , two with wife Julia in “On the Fence”, and more recently in collaboration in the production of a couple of fundraising CDs for “Rainbows Hospice, and now the “Legends of Leicester/Leicestershire – vol 2” album

He writes both comedy and serious songs with a strong element of social observation and a sense of humour often described as “wicked”.

and an extended session by

Steve Redshaw