Adam Beattie & The Consultants

Scottish songwriter Adam Beattie is taking his brand new album, The Road Not Taken, on an extensive UK tour and is bringing it to The Old Bridge Inn.

Adam Beattie’s “folk stews and dirty blues” mixes Celtic folk, American blues, country and early jazz balladry. Emotional but laced with wry humour, gentle but gutsy at the core, Adam’s beautiful melodies combine with inventive lyrics to tackle themes of life, love, death and hope. His exquisite voice and intricate guitar work fuse to create an intoxicating musical experience.

From the Celtic waltz of ‘A song of One Hundred Years’ (a song he wrote for his grandfather) to the blues-tones of ‘The Man Who Loves Too Much’, and from the melancholy jazz ballad ‘Catch the Biggest Fish and Let it Go’ to the Turkish infused 5/4 groove ‘I’m On Your Side’, Adam has created a breathtakingly beautiful sound that is all his own, and a show that has earned him support slots with the likes of Bert Jansch and Jolie Holland.

His band ‘The Consultants’ is a fluid line up of musicians featuring piano, violin, double bass, French horn and drums. He is often joined by long-term collaborator and singer-songwriter Brooke Sharkey

Adam has been playing and recording since 2003 and has released three studio album; ‘Songs Of One Hundred Years’ (2012), ‘We’ll Wave From The Shore’ (2009) and ‘Abu Bozy’ (2006), and one live album; ‘Arena Sessions’ (2015). He has a new album due for release in April 2016.

As well as extensive touring in the UK, Adam has toured in Germany, Ukraine, France, Italy, Cyprus, Holland and Belgium.