Sam Moss + Leah Sinead

The opportunity to put on a gig by musician and woodworker Sam Moss at Nottingham's premier music/woodworking space, By Our Hands We Make Our Way, was not something to be missedSAM MOSSSam Moss is a musician and instrumentalist based in Staunton, Virginia.He crafts thoughtful, memorable indie-folk music which rambles through various offshoots of Americana.

Gentle, finger-picked guitar.

Captivating, evocative melodies.

Warm, rich vocals.Sam's latest album, Swimming (2025), was acclaimed by publications including Spin, Uncut, Bandcamp and Aquarium Drunkard.

He has played hundreds of shows across the US, sharing bills with Jake Xerxes Fussell, Joan Shelley, Diane Cluck, Doug Paisley and others.This fingerpicking guitar virtuoso characterizes the folk spirit in its finest sense.

PasteSwimming foregrounds his graceful guitar playing, his quietly intense vocals, and most of all his observant songwriting, all of which reveal new wisdom with each spin.

Spinhttps://sammoss.bandcamp.com/LEAH SINEADLeah Sinead is a musician and writer whose work quietly gained attention for its fragile, haunting sound under her previous alias, Keto.

Dark, boldly individual, lo-fi folk music.

Leah's debut album, Blackened Pool, was described as "minimal but utterly compelling" by The Quietus - an impressive album that "imbues millennial folk with post-rock tension".In 2024 and 2025 Leah released Piece of Sky and the Western Buzz EP, which received love from BBC 6 Music, Radio X, BBC Introducing and more."It's a spellbinding, slowly unfolding, haunting song, stripped back to bare bones.

Leah's voice is chilly and lonely, coming from somewhere across a darkening room and delivering carefully obscure lines" LeftLionhttps://leahsinead.bandcamp.com/Plus one more artist TBC.Tickets are £10.There will be communal food (free) provided by Tied Up In Notts.All ages.BYOB.Nobody turned away for lack of funds.By Our Hands We Make Our Way, Unit 42, Sneinton Market, Freckingham St, Nottingham, NG1 1DQ.