Sam Brookes and Hot Feet

About

1 April 2014

Free entry from 8pm

At 27, Sam Brookes is a seasoned veteran of the live music circuit. Not your stereotypical ‘folk bard' his love of singing and performing has been evolving since his days as a chorister, singing for the Queen at her private Chapel in Great Windsor Park; add to this his training as a gilder and a keen interest in sport and Sam already stands apart from his contemporaries.
 
Brought up in a creative family, his love of music was encouraged from a very early age. He attributes influences such as Joni Mitchell, Bert Jansch and Davy Graham to his father as well as more recent influences: ‘Travis’ and ‘The La’s’ to his own musical journey of discovery. His upbringing in a sleepy Wiltshire Town couldn't have been more different to the frenetic pace of life in London, where he has spent the last 4 years of his life. Both have impacted greatly on his career and contributed to his musical style. Sam has become part of the burgeoning folk scene gigging in and around London to an ever-increasing audience of enthusiasts.
 
The countryside is where Hot Feet make their music. The band draw together a range of musical influences including delta blues, sixties folk and world rhythms. Their debut E.P Wood House (Nov 2012) was written in a small cabin on the east coast of Sweden, and recorded in a remote studio in the Scottish Highlands, only accessible by boat. The five songs, ranging from stomping gallops to tender ballads, are set in the Cotswolds where the band (Marianne Parrish, Jack Page, Rob Pemberton and Lachlan McLellan) reside. Clamorous in places, delicate in others; sometimes a raucous, earthy uproar and a wistful yearning narrative existing in the same song.