Scott Wainwright + Michael Woods

Scott Wainwright is the Barnsley-based bluesman who's not afraid to mangle genres in the most pleasing of manners and lucky for us, he's playing Claypath Deli, Durham on December 11th.

'Beloved of Cerys Matthews BBC Radio 2 Blues show, Scott Wainwright is certainly a man to be reckoned with; someone who can rummage around his soul to give us real authenticity just like bluesmen of yore. But I doubt even greats such as Robert Johnson could have pulled a bit of beatboxing out of their battered hats to enhance their live performances in the easy manner of Wainwright. For this is a musician who really manages to enhance his live stuff with elements of hip-hop and folk and gospel and country and maybe even a bit of Beefheart and not afraid to drop a Stop. Hammertime when the mood takes him. He's a great raconteur too, down to earth and funny with it, and time spent in his company is never time wasted.' - The Crack

Bluesman Scott Wainwright is a one-man tour de force with great slide-guitar, harmonica and rasping vocals and his between-song banter, including how he invented hip-hop on his allotment is a riot. NE Volume

Michael Woods is a solo acoustic Fingerpicking, Ragtime Bottleneck Blues Guitarist based in the North East of England with four well-received albums under his belt to date. He has appeared on the main acoustic stage of many of the major UK blues festivals and is making a name for himself on the acoustic blues and roots scene inspired by the great country blues guitarists like Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller and Rev.Gary Davis

'Michael is a terrifically accomplished player.' - Blues Matters