Acoustic Originals at Quay Arts is the Island’s popular monthly showcase for original music with an eclectic line-up and memorable performances from talented songwriters from the Island and beyond. Free entry and everyone is welcome. Love Island music? Then don’t miss out on this fantastic night of music.

January Line-Up:

Laurie McVay & The High Rollers

‘I don’t come from Chicago, so I sing my own kind of blues’. So sings Laurie McVay on the title track of his new album, My Kind of Blues. Laurie’s blues are indeed unique, incorporating elements of jazz, funk and Southern soul – but they are recognisably blues tunes. In the timeless spirit of the music, the themes of the songs are also personal yet universal. McVay’s songs talk of the trials and joys of life – including love, passion and loneliness.

Laurie McVay (vocals/harmonica/guitar) will be joined at the Quay by the High Rollers: Tim Hollis (bass), Graham Matthews (percussion), Andy Charles (guitar) and Dave Gledhill (keyboards). The performance will offer a rare opportunity to hear a normally all-electric band in quiet mode – the better to hear Laurie’s sophisticated blues tales.

Lauran Hibbard

New, young and fresh Island talent.

Sam Sheasby

Sam Sheasby is a Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist, currently performing as a soloist, falling into the style of Alternative Country/Soft Rock. His Storytelling thought provoking lyrics and tranquility can capture an audience, with influences such as Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer and Ryan Adams. Sam recently enjoyed some time playing in Thailand and the Canary Islands. His first EP has just been released Just Me.

Angelina Grimshaw

Angelina Grimshaw is a UK songwriter who works in a variety of acoustic musical genres and has a voice to be reckoned with. Steeped in a family tradition of song-writing, painting and music, by the age of 14 she was busking in the street and doing floor spots at her local folk club and is now a touring artist playing at pubs, clubs and festivals across the UK and Europe. There is a purity and wildness about her songs, using a voice of uncanny power with grace, gravity and depth. She leaves an impression which hangs in the mind like a painting you need to revisit again and again.

“Her work winds hauntingly through a kind of dark dreamscape” Maverick Country Music magazine

“Deep, dark and wonderful” Mike Plumley, 12 Bar Club

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Doors 7pm with Bar and Menu.