The Staves

Exciting newcomers to Cambridge Folk Festival line-up have been annouced including Benjamin Francis Leftwich, The Staves & Dry the River.

The Staves are pleased to announce details of a new EP which will be released in Spring together with a UK and Ireland headline tour.

We recently announced that Communion will be presenting the new one day Bushstock Festival on Saturday 7th May which includes Tom Williams & The Boat, The Staves and Fink. Further artists have now been confirmed, to find out who they are, read on…

The Communion Collaborations sprung out of a desire to continue on with the Communion franchise of home grown, generally London based, musicians. The night which began at the Notting Hill Arts Club in 2006 has been hugely successful in acting as a springboard for local musicians; catapulting the likes of Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling to fame.

The Staves, comprising of sisters Jessica, Camilla and Emily, are a melodious folk trio from Watford who are garnishing some well deserved praise for their infectious and seductive harmonies. Their new EP, “Facing West” is an excellent introduction to the girls’ music and a real promise of treats to come.

A tiny sticky-floored venue which I had shamefully never been to before, hidden somewhere between the fast-food chains of Notting Hill Gate, lies this shabby-chic club: battered leather couches and a stage area that is more akin to a garage practice space…but perhaps is it this that gives the venue and the on-going night Communion its cosy, homely feel. From the minute we stepped down the stairs to the Mumford …