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Unbelievable Truth + Bond Girl + Leo & Tingley + Jennifer Lee Ridley + Sophie Charles + Clint Mann + Richard Murison

Entry Requirements: 16+ (under 16s accompanied by an adult)

Line Up

Iconic Oxford indie band, Unbelievable Truth are back after 25 years.

Unbelievable Truth released two critically acclaimed albums, 1998’s Almost Here’ (Virgin) - which reached No.11 in the album charts and contained two Top 40 singles - and the follow-up ‘sorrythankyou’ (Shifty Disco), developing a passionate fan base both at home and abroad, particularly in Japan. In 2023, vocalist/guitarist Andy Yorke, bassist Jason Moulster and drummer Nigel Powell reunited for some gigs to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Almost Here’, and following these shows the band began writing music together again.

A plea for community and solidarity among friends, ‘Citizens Band’ sounds as if Unbelievable Truth picked up from where they left off two and a half decades ago while adding all their extra experience and insight.

Bond Girl
Leo & Tingley

Emotive songstress, *Jennifer Lee Ridley *passionately uses influences of a Romantic folk nature to create poignant and touching music. She has studied in depth the poetic nature of song and has a strong affinity with writers such as William Shakespeare, John Keats and William Blake. More recently she has combined these influences with her own song-writing to create more modern fusions whilst carefully retaining the purity of the lyrical content. Her dark warm vocals combined with her individual folk sound mirrors the poetic lyrics which explore the many facets of emotions.

This has had a profound effect on her own songs which she continues to develop and enhance through working with other composers, musicians and writers locally and in London. She feels strongly that collaborating is an important part of growing and building an understanding of the nature and the impact of poetry and prose on music. She has played with artists such as Deborah Rose, Emily Mae Winters at Cambridge folk festival and had the delight of playing there as a solo act last year and has worked with EFDSS on a number of youth folk projects. She is currently working on some tracks with Lauren Deakin Davis and a new album she hopes to release in 2018.

Music can be heard at:

https://www.reverbnation.com/jenniferleeridley https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-ridley[link description](https://www.reverbnation.com/jenniferleeridley/song/26663349-song-for-every-man)

Sophie Charles
Clint Mann
Richard Murison