Edwina Hayes and Alistair Artingstall at the Bell Driffield 14th of January.

Edwina has the most beautiful voice and writes some well crafted haunting songs even though she is probably best known for her cover of Randy Newman’s Feels Like Home which featured in the film My Sister’s Keeper. She does a number of other covers too – Leonard Cohen and Richard Thompson – and has a way of making them her own. She is the most English of singers. Couple that with such a bubbly personality and you have a winner.

Alistair Artingstall writes and sings delicate songs accompanied by nice equally delicate guitar coupled with a sad persona and witty asides that tell another story. He is good at stories as well. He is a very good sound engineer who has worked with the likes of Rufus Wainwright.

The two of them together compliment each other nicely. At the Bell they alternated songs and accompanied each other. There was great mutual respect and the combination worked well.

With a bit of effort I think Edwina could be singing on a bigger stage than this but she seems content to stay at this level.

I enjoyed it greatly.

Here’s a few photos:

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Ship Inn Sewerby – Edwina Hayes and Friends Alastair Artingstall, Stevie Mould and Brodie Milner Review.

What a great line-up!!  All for free!!

We enjoyed a great pint and listened to some brilliant musicians.

Edwina Hayes oozes quality; her voice is hauntingly pure and her songs are fantastic. It was great to hear her in such good voice and with great violin accompaniment from Donald? She should be performing on big stages around the world. But I suppose we are fortunate that she isn’t and is playing in small pubs and clubs around the area. I’m certainly off to the Processed Pea to catch her there in a week or so! Not to be missed.

If you’re new to Edwina then check out this performance of Randy Newman’s ‘Feels like Home’:

I also enjoyed Alastair Artingstall greatly. His music is quite low-key but extremely well done with delicate songs and great voice and musicianship.

Here’s a few piccies:

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Lovely to see Edwina looking so happy!!!

Edwina Hayes at the Ship Inn 2015 – with support from Alistair and Stevie.

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Edwina Hayes has the most delightful voice, writes great songs and can play beautifully. She deserves to be playing stadia with huge crowds and selling CDs by the ton. That voice is worth a million pounds of anyone’s money. When is an astute promoter going to move in and snap her up? She should be on TV all over the world.

On a cold day in Brid she lit up the Ship Inn with the warmth of her personality.

It was all to our benefit. We got to see and hear a true genius in a great informal surround. She is so personable that she warmed everyone.

It was a grey day but Edwina made it a great afternoon.

The support was also brilliant. Stevie Mould sang some great songs with confidence and panache. Alistair Artingstal played some brilliant delicate guitar and sang soft and gentle through a batch of melodic masterpieces.

Thank you to the great Ship Inn in Sewerby for putting it on!! I loved every minute!!