Tarren *
Tickets £14.
Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.
This gig is for a seated audience.
Tarren is made up of Bristol-based artists Sid Goldsmith (Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, Awake Arise), Alex Garden (The Drystones, Harriet Riley & Alex Garden) and Danny Pedler (Pedler // Russell). They combine cittern and concertina, fiddle, and accordion to create their music, which they call New-Folk.
Tarren began with a sharing of compositions over the internet during the lockdowns of 2021. Fast forwards a few months and they were able to meet in person with a set of songs and tunes that they’d each explored separately but never heard with their collective instrumental voices. Fun was had, plans were made.
Tarren’s debut album REVEL was released in 2022 to high acclaim and was compared with the work of Faustus and Lau’s legendary debut album Lightweights and Gentlemen. They toured this material nationally in April 2023 and are on tour in 2024.
Tarren’s second studio album Outside Time was released in September 2024 and presents a developed sound and gained high praise from across the Folk scene.
“Simply an excellent Folk trio” “Thrilling” – **** Songlines
“Just the kind of band we need on the Folk circuit today. Brilliant!” - FRUK
“A Mini Folk Supergroup” - Tradfolk
Tarren is made up of Bristol-based artists Sid Goldsmith (Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, Awake Arise), Alex Garden (The Drystones, Harriet Riley & Alex Garden) and Danny Pedler (Pedler // Russell). They combine cittern and concertina, fiddle, and accordion to create their music, which they call New-Folk.
Tarren began with a sharing of compositions over the internet during the lockdowns of 2021. Fast forwards a few months and they were able to meet in person with a set of songs and tunes that they’d each explored separately but never heard with their collective instrumental voices. Fun was had, plans were made.
Tarren’s debut album REVEL was released in 2022 to high acclaim and was compared with the work of Faustus and Lau’s legendary debut album Lightweights and Gentlemen. They toured this material nationally in April 2023 and are on tour in 2024.
Tarren’s second studio album Outside Time was released in September 2024 and presents a developed sound and gained high praise from across the Folk scene.
“Simply an excellent Folk trio” “Thrilling” – **** Songlines
“Just the kind of band we need on the Folk circuit today. Brilliant!” - FRUK
“A Mini Folk Supergroup” - Tradfolk
Support... Andrew Millham is a nature and folk history writer, with features and columns published in a wide range of national publications including BBC Wildlife and Coast. His debut book, Singing Like Larks (2023), is about the fascinating relationship between birds and traditional folk songs and has been described as "absolutely charming" by the Copper family and "a beautiful, informative and fascinating book" by renown ornithologist Stephen Moss. Andrew performs songs from the book both unaccompanied and on acoustic guitar.
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