The Hyde Tavern

Based in Minnesota, but with roots in Tennessee, Chastity grew up surrounded by country and soul music. In the full gospel church of her childhood, she played saxophone and drums and found her singing voice and a passion for music. Her first show was in Knoxville, TN, and then it was on to Minneapolis. Since then, she's…

With just an upright bass, two old guitars and a bucketful of aching harmony, THE GOAT ROPER RODEO BAND are preaching 'Country Blues' like you never heard It's up, it's down, it's soft and loud, it's dark and lonesome too, there's hurt and shame and some mean old pain but there's love in what they do! There's a hint of…

Hamell's caustic wit and devil-may-care attitude has long been a favorite of anti-establishment icons Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson, Ani DiFranco and the critical elite inciting Rolling Stone magazine to call him "Bald, bold and superbad!" Henry Rollins says "Hamell is a one man rock show!" He has been described as "Bill…

Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith are one of the finest duos to have emerged onto the British folk and acoustic scene in recent years. Their combination of outstanding vocal work, sensitive instrumentation, and a powerful social conscience has brought them widespread critical acclaim. "To be a great folk singer, you have…

London based Dubliner Louis Brennan is a singer-songwriter in the folk tradition. His folk however aren't the field hands and travelling minstrels of yore but the repressed middle managers and ennui-ridden urbanites of late stage capitalism. They populate tales of bad sex, half-drunk commutes and interpersonal…

For Ma Polaine's Great Decline's first dates since January they return to The Hyde Tavern, Winchester. Described as "like a young Billie Holiday gate-crashing a Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones recording session", blues and roots duo Ma Polaine's Great Decline continue to build a reputation as an intriguing and hard to…

Michele Stodart of 'The Magic Numbers' performing with guest musicians. MICHELE STODART Over a decade since The Magic Numbers landed in the top ten with their double-platinum-selling debut album, Michele Stodart has taken temporary leave of the band she formed with her brother Romeo, to release her second solo album…

Its the Hyde Tavern's annual beer festival and entertaining the swaying masses will be Mitchell and Vincent. David Mitchell and Graham Vincent are a folk duo from Dorset and Somerset who bring traditional and contemporary styles on Fiddle and Guitar to folk tunes and songs from around the British Isles with their own…

Extraordinary The Guardian ★★★★ Confident, assured and truly unique Fatea Magazine Truly original Her new album's a killer fRoots Ruth Theodore's songs fascinate audiences with their gripping honesty and distinctive lyricism. Over an array of unconventional guitar tunings, Ruth sings stories of the known universe…

Sparky, charismatic and intensely assured. An exciting and innovative young trio. A hefty thumbs up fRoots ? "An excellent debut album" ???? R2 Magazine A hugely talented lass - Mike Harding The Shackleton Trio (formerly The Georgia Shackleton Trio) features fiddle player Georgia Shackleton alongside guitarist Aaren…