Late last year, Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe released The Janus Game which was also a Featured Album of the Month here on Folk Radio UK. In his review of the album, which you can read here, Thomas noted that the album was a true collaboration in the sense that both musicians sat down and wrote the songs together. He also concluded that “these two well-travelled veterans of the folk music scene have still got a great deal to say and can still say it with style. That they have chosen to say it together, for this album at least, is something we should all be grateful for.”
It’s a golden opportunity to catch both Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe performing together, and you can. Beginning on 17 March they kick off their ‘The Janus Game’ spring tour at Buxton Opera House which runs through to the end of April. Before this Steve has some solo dates and Jez is touring The Pitmen Poets alongside Bob Fox, Billy Mitchell and Benny Graham.
The Janus Game – Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe – spring tour:
Fri 17 March Buxton
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre, Water Street, Buxton SK17 6XN
Tue 28 March York
Black Swan FC at NCEM, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL
Wed 29 March Birmingham
Red Lion Folk Club, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7LY
Thu 30 March Wiveliscombe
Silver Street Sessions, Cotleigh Brewery, Ford Road, Wiveliscombe TA4 2RE
Fri 31 March Torrington
The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, Devon EX38 8HQ
Sat 1 April South Petherton
David Hall Arts Centre, Roundwell Street, South Petherton TA13 5AA
Sun 2 April Hitchin
Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Hotel, Sun Street, Hitchin SG5 1AF
Tue 4 April Tewkesbury
Roses Theatre, Sun Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5NX
Thu 6 April Keighley
The Exchange Arts Centre, Corner House, Russell Street, Keighley BD21 2LE
Fri 7 April Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL14 7NP
Sat 8 April Etal
Etal Live Music, Etal Village Hall, Etal, Cornhill on Tweed TD12 4TL
Sun 9 April Kinross
39th Glenfarg Folk Feast, Backstage at the Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire KY13 8AS
Sat 29 April Upton upon Severn
Upton upon Severn Folk Festival
Sun 30 April Raunds
Raunds Music Festival, The Saxon Hall, Thorpe Street, Raunds NN9 6LT
For details of Steve’s solo dates visit www.stevetilston.com
For details of The Pitmen Poets tour visit: www.thepitmenpoets.co.uk