An Evening with Nick Hart and Tom Moore

Tom Moore and Nick Hart

We hosted Nick Hart solo last spring to a rapt capacity audience and are thrilled to welcome him back in May oh May! This time he is touring with Tom Moore to promote their recent album ”The Colour of Amber”, a wonderful collection of traditional tunes brought to life with Tom’s viola and Nick’s tenor viol.

Nick Hart and Tom Moore have been playing music together in various guises for well over a decade. Initially, they performed as an instrumental duo or dance band with Nick on either concertina or melodeon. Tom was subsequently a contributor to Nick’s three acclaimed solo records as both engineer and strings player, and since they have remained close collaborators.

November 2023 will see the release of the highly anticipated first duo album from Nick Hart and Tom Moore. 'The Colour of Amber' is a collection of traditional songs and tunes brought vividly to life with the unusual combination of Tom's viola and Nick's tenor viol, augmented by drones and basses from an old church harmonium.

Folk aficionados will be familiar with the work of both players, and neither is a stranger to critical appraisal. Tom's playing has been called “ingenious” (The Guardian) and “irresistible” (The Independent) and Nick has been described as “...probably the finest interpreter of traditional English folk songs this generation has produced...” (tradfolk.co).

Nick Hart is an award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist whose work with English folk song is rapidly gaining him a reputation as one of the most acclaimed performers of his generation. Raised on the Essex/Cambridgeshire border, he now lives in Bristol.

Tom Moore is a fiddle player, violist and producer working with folk and folk-adjacent music, usually with its roots in English trad. As well as performing all over Europe and at many of the UK’s top festivals, in recent years he has contributed as player, producer or engineer to a stack of albums from some of the brightest acts in the current folk scene. Originally from mid-Norfolk, Tom resides in south east London.

“The Colour of Amber breaks new ground musically, the viola and viol combination creating a unique setting that sounds both ancient and completely fresh, capable of adding richness and depth to the songs and tunes. This first album from the duo stands head and shoulders above just about any other English traditional album of the last few years.” (Folk Radio)

Doors are 7pm with music starting at 7.45pm. We recommend getting to the venue in advance of 7:45pm as the space is intimate and manoeuvring around can be difficult once the gig starts. You are welcome to bring your own liquid refreshment as we do not have a bar.