The Leen Valley Band bring you authentic roots Americana, playing honky-tonk classics from the streets of Nashville, rip-roaring hoe-down banjo and fiddle tunes from the mountains of Kentucky, heart-rending soulful ballads and bluesy country/gospel… This all-acoustic band, featuring guitar, fiddle, banjo, dobro, stand-up bass, harmonica… and creamy-rich, high mountain harmonies, have a long-established reputation for memorable evenings of great musicianship and classic, old-time, good-time atmospheric music from the years before country music went glitzy. Drink your broken heart away to honky-tonk classics… then repent your drunken sins through rousing old-time, hell-fire gospel!
Expect to be reminded of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, The Everly Brothers, Skip James… and be introduced to a few old-timers you maybe never heard of…
Tim Garland
Tim Garland (cittern, guitar, fiddle and vocals) founder member of Nottingham based folk group FIELDWORK has been performing songs, tunes and his own material at clubs, benefits and festivals nationally for over thirty years. He has appeared as a solo artist and with various line ups including duos with Dave Walker and Nitin Odedra; Bandicoot! And the ceilidh group Kasutima. He has recorded 5 CDs with FIELDWORK and made 2 well received Solo albums. Tim is currently preparing new material with former FIELDWORK colleagues Patrick Grey and William Johnson for Autumn 2016 as well as continuing to play solo gigs.