Roman Candle is delighted to welcome Robin Adams and Sam Grassie to St Mary's Creative Space, Chester, on Thursday, 21st May.

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Tickets are £12 in advance from Grey n Pink Records or See Tickets.

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ROBIN ADAMS

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Hailing from a rich Scottish musical heritage, singer-songwriter and finger style guitarist Robin Adams carries the torch passed on by his parents, Chris and Pauline Adams, the driving forces behind 1970s folk rock ensemble String Driven Thing. Since 2011, Adams has released six full-length albums and two instrumental guitar EPs, ranging from his evocative debut "Be Gone" to his 2022 foray into American Country and Blues, "Wrong Road Home". Drawing inspiration from the likes of John Martyn, Nick Drake and Bert Jansch, Adams has carved out a distinctive niche in the folk singer songwriter landscape.

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He is also an active member of the travelling folk collective Les Caravan alongside Sam Grassie (Avocet, Broadside Hacks), Alfie Jones, Sam Fryer (Parma Violets, Gently Tender), Mataio Austin Dean (Shovel Dance Collective).

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In 2021, Adams received the Celtic Music Radio Album of the Year award for his album "One Day". The following year, Americana UK lauded his latest work, "Wrong Road Home" with a 9/10 review, asserting that listeners would be hard-pressed to find a more enjoyable record that year or the next. In 2023 he released his sixth album "Sun Behind The Storm" to similar praise.

 

"If Robin had been on the circuit I was on back in the day, he would already be an underground guitar singer-songwriter star!" -Ralph McTell

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"It might be hyperbole to mention Robin Adams in the same breath as such greats as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young, but his songs are of such quality that you can't help thinking that, like those legendary songwriters, his work will stand the test of time in ten, twenty, or fifty years. While he is writing songs in relative obscurity for the time being, Robin Adams' music will reward anyone who cares to listen to it." - Is This Music

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SAM GRASSIE

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Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, gaining a reputation on the circuit for dynamic sets that traverse traditional folk, acoustic blues and American primitive. Off the back of his debut EP “Sandwood” Grassie has toured with Ryley Walker, Naima Bock & Daisy Rickman, and is set to release his debut album this spring.

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"His guitar playing has a relaxed yet precise fluidity reminiscent of Bert Jansch, as is the timbre of his vocals." - KLOF Magazine