Laura Reznek

www.laura-reznek.com

On Laura Reznek's raw and exacting new album, The Sewing Room, the Canada-born/UK-based singer-songwriter takes an unflinching look at the ways grief and joy function not as binary opposites but as companion states. Portalling listeners through deeply personal storytelling paired with an organic, DIY aesthetic, Laura's newest album is a feat of honesty and self-possession. Sharpening the blade of melancholy into something more active, more useful, Laura casts back through the familial characters of her life with a tenderness afforded by time. "I cut my teeth in those dark alleyways/Oh how could I have been so easily swayed?" she sings with the advantage of retrospect.

Martha St Arthur

The world’s a party and you’re not invited. That’s what Martha St Arthur’s music is about: the party, the bouncers, the people outside, and the consolations to be found at the fringes. You’re probably reading this bio to find out her age, but suffice to say: she’s a woman in London who writes songs in the gaps between living, laughing, loving, and labouring under late capitalism.

2025 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Martha. In May, she’s heading out on her second solo tour of Sweden, kicking things off with a spot at Gothenburg’s Westcoast Country Festival. Come June, she’ll be taking the stage at Glastonbury, and to top it all off, she’s just finished recording a brand new EP, due out later this summer.

Fritillaries

Fritillaries is the original project of contemporary folk songwriter Hannah Pawson, a Bristol-based musician using guitar and banjo. Taking her name from the Snake’s Head Fritillary, a flower of rebirth and hope, Hannah weaves worlds into her songs.

In 2024, Fritillaries released Thank God I Have The Songs (Cuculi Records), which gained critical attention from BBC Introducing, Folking, Americana UK, FATEA's album of the week, a 'fresh find' on Fresh on The Net and a feature in Spotify’s ‘Fresh Folk Finds’ editorial playlist.

This followed widespread praise for her self-titled debut album in 2022, including KLOF (Folk Radio) Album of the Month, plays on BBC Radio 6, BBC Radio 2, BBC Wales, BBC Devon, BBC Bristol and a nomination for FATEA’s Debut Album of the Year in 2022.

Laura Reznek + Martha St Arthur + Fritillaries @ Clifton Community Bookshop