Come and Join a fun and friendly room of live music lovers in the wonderful Archway Theatre Studio - Its like the Cavern Club- but in Horley ! On the 4th July we are joined by: MY GIRL THE RIVER Kris Wilkinson Hughes aka My Girl the River is a Louisiana native who is now based in the UK after a decade of songwriting in Nashville. She has recently released her third album, Songs About Space, to strong critical acclaim. As a performer, she is funny, warm and fearless with a sackful of hook laden Americana/roots songs and a voice of sweet sugared espresso. You might find yourself singing along or shedding a tear on your journey. Love, loss, Louisiana and Hot Chicken are just some of the stops along the way. MGTRs first two albums This Aint No Fairytale and Cardinal in the Snow received critical acclaim gaining 8/10 from Paste Magazine and 8/10 from Americana-UK, to name a couple. Their third and most recent album Songs About Space, brought together a collection of songs not a perfection of songs - Kris says these songs represent a unique situation, most of them recorded at home with different outcomes, this isnt a week in the studio full band jam. These are songs that mean something to me personally, recorded over the last few years and deserve their day in the sun. The most recent singles Information Highway and Helpless have really resonated with audiences. My Girl The River has performed at Black Deer Festival, Isle of Wight, YNot Festival and toured with Laura Cantrell, Darden Smith and Suzanne Vega. She has supported other notable songwriters such as Kim Richey, Bill Morrissey, David Olney, Fred Eaglesmith, Boo Hewerdine, World Party, Lambchop and others. She also tours with the ARC Songwriters, featuring Anna Howie and Kate Ellis, all three singing harmonies a la Dolly, Linda and Emmylou. Wilkinson has a voice that ebbs and flows to fill all those pools of emotion. - Your Life In A Song A lovely mlange of Americana-Roots music brings to mind works by other fellow alt-country musicians Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams. exceptional songwriting. - Paste Magazine Like Lucinda Williams, folk legend Joni Mitchell or kd Lang, we are so impressed-Rootstime Thought provoking lyrics delivered from the heart by Kriss smooth, soulful voice-Belles and Gals A masterpiece of listening pleasure. You Do Not Deserve My Tears is on my list of top songs for 2020.- Robsrawmusic SERIOUS CHILD I am about to utter the most fearsome words in folk, says Alan Young, aka Serious Child. This is a song about my grandmother and its a singalong. - Arts RepublicSongwriter and roots musician Serious Child hails from an old wood in West Sussex. He draws from a wide range of acoustic musical influences from folk to pop to bossa nova to explore the world around us with a poets ear for emotion and a comedians eye for everyday detail.His most recent album, Talk About The Weather (with Andy Ruddy) was shortlisted for Fatea Album of the Year.writes about Britain today in a way that is almost tactile with wit, style, intelligence and bags of melody Spiral Earth