Foyer Folk: Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf is an acoustic Americana/old-time folk band from the Welsh Marches playing traditional instruments such as banjo, fiddle, guitar, dulcimer, mandolin and double bass alongside fine vocal and harmony singing.

The band has headlined several of the prestigious UK's Old Time American Music and Dance Festivals and has appeared on radio, at folk clubs, festivals, and music and literary venues throughout the UK.Grey Wolf was born in 2010 when Jim Allen and Martin Thomas began playing as a duo blending their shared love of American old-time music with British folk music.

The band have worked with some great fiddle players over the years, including the richly talented Ben Walsh who also recorded and produced their latest album.

More recent additions include versatile and experienced bass player, Andy Offer in 2021 and fine Americana and Old Time Fiddle player Richard Coleman in 2023.The band was completed with the addition of the wonderful vocalist and Appalachian dancer Rosie Green – also in 2023.The Birmingham News said of Grey Wolf's performance at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Birmingham "There’s an equality to the group’s spread of sound, but each player is continually soloing-in-motion, rising up in turn, according to where the ears of the audience might alight at any one moment.Saturday 15 August – 8.00pmTickets: £14 + £1.20 per ticket if booked online