This show has been rescheduled from December 2024
BC Camplight is the moniker of maverick songsmith Brian Christinzio. The Philadelphian turned Mancunian is considered one of indie music’s most forward-thinking artists with a discography which acts as a soundtrack to a life rife with bad fortune, mental illness, running afoul of the law, and ultimately absolute redemption. Whilst living in Philadelphia Christinzio performed live with The War On Drugs in between releasing two critically successful, yet commercially ignored records. He was also a coveted session pianist lending his talents to scores of albums, perhaps most notably Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Epic’. After a period of homelessness and running on fumes creatively Christinzio made a move across the Atlantic to Manchester, UK in an effort take control of his life and reshuffle his musical deck. The result was the recording of 2015’s ode to Manchester and baroque pop tour de force ‘How To Die In The North’. The recordings resulted in a record deal with Bella Union and placed Christinzio on a path towards artistic fulfilment.
Michael Cassidy is a singer songwriter from Paisley who’s music is best described as contemporary folk/pop. Michael sites a great variety of influences ranging from Folk heavyweights such as Richard Thompson and John Martyn to more contemporary acts such as Rufus Wainwright and Laura Marling. Michael is the inaugural winner of the Gerry Rafferty songwriting award with his song ‘The men who stood beside me in the war’. Over the last couple of years Michael has also been invited over to North America to play at the CMW and NXNE festivals. As well as these festivals Michael has also travelled the length and breadth of the UK supporting established acts such as Ben Howard, Frightened Rabbit, Amy MacDonald, Stornoway, Martha Wainwright and John Grant.