Waverley Album Listening Event Birthday Party

This month’s event marks both the one-year anniversary of the opening of The Waverley bar in Chippenham and a full year of our monthly vinyl listening event fundraisers for Dorothy House Hospice in the bar.

This month we have versatile multi-instrumentalist Samuel Fox from Bristol coming along to play live for us. Samuel is deeply ingrained in Bristol’s music scene and works in many other bands with a repertoire spanning jazz, R&B, hip-hop, indie-folk, and pop, whilst excelling in improvised music. He is a man of many talents: for example, he also plays bass guitar for Sam Brookes’ indie-rock band Supalung and he toured Canada recently with them; and at Glastonbury this year, he also played bass for the Welsh rap artist. Lemfreck.

At our event he will be showcasing tracks he has written for his own indie-folk project band that he calls Mossfellow. He does not yet have a physical release on vinyl or CD for his EP ‘Quotidian’ that came out at the end of May this year, but we will be able to listen to a high-resolution digital copy to contrast with his live acoustic performance, accompanied by his band member, Nuala Honan. Samuel suggested we pair his work with an LP by Nick Drake, who he cites as one of the key influences for the Mossfellow project, so we will listen to Nick’s debut album ‘Five Leaves Left’. We have a brand-new copy of the vinyl LP to play which has been kindly loaned to us by the owner of Resolution Records in Bath, who is also a keen supporter of Dorothy House Hospice.

The music starts at 8pm and there is no charge for entry, but voluntary donations to the Hospice are welcomed. We will have a raffle of prizes to encourage you to dig deep – donations can be made in cash or by card via a dedicated online portal.