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Jade Helliwell seeks out authenticity in all aspects of life. She writes her truth into her music and
makes a friend out of every fan.
Born and raised in a small town in West Yorkshire UK, Jade’s world was burst open in 2017
when a video of her singing with a busker on a night in Leeds went viral. It quickly amassed 23
million views across Facebook and YouTube, and her previously released EP ‘Forget the Night’
shot back into the UK charts, reaching #1 in the country charts and #8 in the official charts. She
became a Yamaha endorsed Artist, left her job as a teaching assistant to carve a career in
music, and has never looked back.
Jade has mastered a notably British blend of pop and country in her sound. With her production
she draws influence from the likes of Maren Morris, Cassadee Pope and Danielle Bradbery,
while her lyrical storytelling is inspired by the greats, such as Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton.
Writing songs about her own life and the people close to her, she forges a connection with every
listener. Her honesty stirs up universal feelings to which all can relate.
Like most artists, Jade’s 2020 schedule was greatly impacted by COVID-19. When the UK went
into lockdown, shortly after her performance at Country on The Clyde festival in Glasgow, Jade
responded to uncertainty with sheer resilience. Since March 2020 she has performed a weekly livestream gig and unknowingly brought her fans together into a thriving online community. Her
weekly viewers rallied to create the “Jade Brigade” fanpage on Facebook where they have
produced fan merch and themed challenges to connect with each other and support Jade.
Beyond her own page, Jade has performed other livestream shows for Song Suffragettes,
Buckle & Boots and Modern Age Music.
Over the past couple of years Jade has been making her mark on the UK festival circuit
performing alongside some of the biggest names on stages at Country to Country (C2C), Buckle
and Boots, Tennessee Fields Festival, Country on the Clyde, and Nashville Meets London
Festival. At the beginning of 2019 Jade toured Australia as part of the international Buckle and
Boots Festival incentive, which saw her perform on the International Stage at the famous
Tamworth Country Music Festival as well as shows in Brisbane, Toowoomba and Twead
Heads.
In 2018 she released her EP Infatuation preceded by single ‘Drive’ which premiered on Chris
Country Radio. The EP was met with rave reviews, and radio support, with ‘Drive’ amassing
over 145k streams on Spotify. Jade continued to release a series of singles throughout 2019
and 2020, including ‘Put It On You’, ‘Telephone’ and ‘Stay’ which premiered on Matt Spracklen’s
Country Hits Brits show on Country Hits Radio, and ‘Stormchaser’ which featured on the Wild
Country playlist on Spotify and has had over 250k streams.
Following her Nashville Meets London performance, Jade was approached by tyre giant
Firestone, to become the face of their international music competition. The role kept her
particularly busy, representing Firestone at a number of events throughout 2018 in collaboration
with BBC Introducing presenter Abbie McCarthy. The following year Jade became an Orange
Amps Artist and won British Country Music Awards (BCMA) for the Video and Song of the year.
Her successes are added to a growing list of achievements which include previous BCMA
Awards for Best Song and Best Female two years running, as well as nominations and awards
for ‘Best Female’ and ‘Best Solo’ at the Box Radio Awards, ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘UK Female
of The Year’ from UK Country Radio, ‘Best Unsigned Female’ at the Best of British Music
Awards, and ‘Outstanding Artist’ at the Yorkshire Roots Awards.
Throughout 2021, Jade grew her weekly livestream fan-club to nearly 800 members, performed
an electric headline performance at Buckle & Boots Festival and was once again voted the
BCMA Female Vocalist of the Year, having impressed a panel of independent judges drawn
from all sectors of the music industry. Alongside this, She is excited to have collaborated with
Viktrs, an exciting new brand who are using innovative technology set to be the future of music
videos, with the video for ‘Smoke’ being the first of her visuals using the Viktrs technology,
providing new partnership opportunities, greater audience insight & interaction than ever before.
Check here out here: https://www.jadehelliwell.com/

Lexy’s vocals combine 1950’s rock and roll with bop and blues giving the band a broader dynamic with their signature guitar sound and making them a cut above other female fronted bands.

They are truly an international act having performed worldwide and have recently returned from performing in Las Vegas. Forget any stereotypes, this foot tapping, finger snapping 3-piece outfit will leave you breathless on the dance-floor and screaming out for more. For fans of: 1950’s Rock and Roll.
Check them out at ladylucklexy.wixsite.com/rockabilly

Two Ways Home are the songwriters: Isabella MaK, originally from Vienna, Austria and Lewis Fowler, who grew up in Gloucestershire, UK. The pair fuse catchy melodies with luscious harmonies and rocky guitars, often referring to their style as folk/rock with a country twist. After their inception in 2014, presenting 3 well received Eps, a debut album and several standalone singles, they have crafted a sound, which pairs well with artists like Lady A, The Lumineers and Fleetwood Mac.

They started 2021 with a bang, winning ‘Best Duo/Group’ at the Country Music Spotlight Awards and releasing 3 re-worked tracks from their debut album followed by a run of shows including appearances at several Foodies Festivals across the UK between Lockdowns. In late 2021 the pair were nominated for best band/duo at the British CMA and have spent time writing and recording new songs creating an ever-growing buzz for new releases in 2022.

FOLK-ROCK WITH A COUNTRY TWIST
“SOARING HARMONIES AND THOUGHTFUL SONG”
SUNDAY MIRROR
Website: https://www.twowayshome.com

Warwickshire-based bluegrass band The Folly Brothers began when brothers Mark and Jonny Roden started playing in pubs and clubs in and around their stomping ground, Leamington Spa. Inspired by outlaw country legends such as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, their blend of rollicking bluegrass and introspective lyrics was a huge success in their hometown. Double bass player Wes Stanton soon joined the band and they enjoyed success as a trio, going down a storm on the festival circuit with slots at Black Deer and renowned folk venue The Green Note.

In 2016 the band released their debut album, Bridge 101, named after the bridge near their father’s pub where they first began playing together. A brutally honest blend of smoking hot bluegrass and Americana, the album delves into traditional outlaw country music with an unmistakably modern twang.

But it’s their live performance that sets this band apart from the rest. The band are renowned for whipping up a frenzy at every gig, often moving into the crowd to play songs with the audience dancing around them. Fierce banjo chops and rapid slap-double-bass are the backdrop for Mark and Jonny’s harmonies, while newest member Alfie Amadeus plays melodic solos on mandolin or dobro.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2019, it meant that a whole year’s worth of shows were rescheduled or cancelled. During lockdown, the lads began writing new material to bring to festival stages all across the UK, focusing on four-part harmonies and the addition of dobro and mandolin to their sound. Selling out Green Note two years in a row and playing very well-received sets at festivals such as Maverick and Tennessee Fields in 2021, the lads are preparing for what already looks to be a very successful 2022. Sounds as if you need to dig out those dancing boots for a Hoedown !
Check them out here https://thefollybrothers.com/

Born and raised in Cambridgeshire, Chris Fox cut his teeth playing for pints in local drinking establishments along the river Great Ouse in 2014. Fast forward to an award-winning singer songwriter who has played a variety of stages from Dorset to The Western Isles, and from intimate 10-seater venues to a packed out set in the Den at Cambridge Folk Festival 2019.
Marking rapid progress through the UK folk and roots scene with his songwriting, vocals and mastery of the loop pedal, he won the Lichfield Folk Festival song writing competition in 2019. Genre-defying and hard to pigeonhole, his perceptive lyrics reflect overlooked stories in everyday life. He underpins his lyrics with a variety of musical styles ranging the roots lexicon of folk, blues, country and Americana. A modern-day troubadour, he’s released three EPs and one studio album to wide acclaim.
Find out more at https://www.chrisfoxmusic.org

James White & The Wild Fire formed in 2020 and are a musical blend of Country, Bluegrass, Rock and Americana from Saffron Walden, in Essex, UK. The group consists of James White on vocals and guitar, Brooke Bond on double bass, Ed Goldsmith on banjo and Lee Dorrington on cajon. Despite being unmanaged and unsigned, the group achieved charting at Number One on both the Folk and Country Albums charts on Amazon with their debut EP, Making Tracks, released on 5th June 2021. They are released live album on 19 November following a sold out home town show at Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden.
The band describe themselves on their Twitter page (https://twitter.com/jwhitewildfire) as being part-Country, part-Indie, part-Bluegrass and part-Blues and that is a pretty accurate and original description. The live album is full of Bluesy vibes augmented by Bluegrass instrumentation but there is a distinctly Indie vocal delivery and an almost Gallagher-like sneer from White that is both unusual and original. Nowhere is this more in evidence than on opening track ‘Don’t Look Back’ which blends all the aforementioned influences into an almost punkish three and a half minutes that culminates in a ‘Well, shit, y’all!’ cry from White to the audience

London based band Ruby and the Dukes play Vintage 1950’s R&B, RocknRoll, Blues, Rockabilly and Retro Swing.
The line-up is double bass, guitar, drums, vocals with additional saxophone.
We deliver 40’s & 50’s classics by the likes of Ruth Brown, Varetta Dillard, Etta James, Wanda Jackson, Little Richard to contemporary hits by Imelda May and the Stray Cats.
The style, sound and theme of the band is authentic for that era and will get people dancing

https://www.rubyandthedukes.com/

We are Eric and Jensen, two brothers who were born and raised on the outskirts of the cultural city of Cambridge. As younger children we were very much a family influenced by country, blues, soul and a little southern rock music which managed to stick with us and became our way of life.

We are Young singer songwriters who are looking to make our mark on the British country music scene. We’re still in the early stages of our career. We have a long journey ahead of us, as we’re still young and have a lot to look forward to!

We both loved music from such a young age but when we were in secondary school we found ourselves in music rooms during lunch and break playing and singing our hearts out to the likes of Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton, Travis Tritt and some times a little Otis Reading. It wasn’t till a year or so later we decided to take the next step!

We decided to create Eric & Jensen (original we know…) and produce social media where we could share our covers of songs we like; hopefully you do too!

We’re now at the stage where we are ready to take the next step and release some of our original material and create an EP for you all to listen to. If you already follow our social media accounts you’ll already know about it. If you don’t, be sure to scroll to the top of the page and follow us on social media and on our music journey!

We’ve got a long way to go we hope you can be along for the ride! See you at Smoke and Fire!

Eric & Jensen out.
Check us out here: https://www.ericandjensen.com/