The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Wednesday 14th January 2015

Tom Haacke has made a big impact on the local music scene in Tunbridge Wells.  

Expanding upon his influences of Ed Sheeran, Eric Clapton, Ray LaMontagne and many more, Tom has developed a fresh, personal style that’s true to himself.

Rave reviews for his recent appearances throughout the county have caused a groundswell of interest, a growing fan-base and huge demand for his debut album.

Tom is an artist with a bright, bold future with a performance that is not to be missed!

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Michael Wood is a singer, songwriter and an acoustic musician.

Michael grew up listening to the likes of the ‘The Who,’ ‘The Jam’ and everything 'mod' and began his own musical career as the second half of a band called ‘Mod Scene’ when he was just 16.

Michael went on to become the lead Singer/Guitarist in an Indie rock band known as ‘The Sessions.’ Michael penned a number of songs for the band and they recorded their own album-‘The Demise of Mike’ in 2011. The band played a UK tour in 2010, before going their separate ways in late 2011.

These days Michael is concentrating on his solo career and already has a solo album under his belt-‘Long Time Coming (2009)’. Michael has recently written his second album, which he will be recording later this summer.

Michael writes all of his own material and his style of music is Indie with a real emphasis on the Acoustic Guitar. Michael cites his own musical influences to be Ocean Colour Scene, The Smiths and Paul Weller.

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Meg Jordan is an 18 year old singer-songwriter who has been performing live for the last 3 or 4 years. Her performance experience ranges from gigs in cafés and pubs to weddings and private functions. Meg has been writing her own music since she began teaching herself the guitar and now has an album worth of her own songs which she is hoping to record in the coming year. Others have described her song-writing as humerous and relatable with a unique edge which makes her music recognisable. As well as playing the guitar she often accompanies herself on the piano and as well as this is a talented violinist, which she incorporates in her recorded work more than her live performaces (for now). Currently studying at Loughborough University, Meg is now performing outside of the southeast, hoping to develop her skills as a performer to a wider audience.

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Joe is the singer-songwriter behind popular local acts “Cyrano” and “The Ackerleys”. His style combines rich vocals, poignant lyrics, catchy melody and folk/rock acoustic guitar. At the end of 2012, Joe toured with Level 42 backing Dan Clews. This included playing to full house at the Royal Albert Hall! He has just finished an album with Cyrano which will be released this year. He is also busy working on The Ackerleys first record. His solo set includes some brand new material plus a few stripped down Cyrano songs. Influences include – Elbow, The Beatles, Dawes, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Scott Matthews, Pearl Jam, Crowded House and Radiohead.

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