Spoon Speaker Man + TV Pins
Friday 3 April 20267:30 pm - 11:00 pm
£15adv (+ booking fee) The Tin At The Coal Vaults
Spoon Speaker Man is the electrifying musical collaboration born from the decades-long friendship between Dan Worton and Craig Walker. Having first crossed paths in 1991 during extensive tours with their bands Neds Atomic Dustbin and Power of Dreams, Dan on drums for the Neds and Craig as the charismatic frontman of POD, their shared passion for music has now culminated in a thrilling new project.
Dublin born singer/songwriter Craig Walker began his recording career whilst still in his teens with the acclaimed Dublin band Power of Dreams. In the preceding years he has been a songwriter/frontman for Archive, Them There, Booka Shade, Mineral, Craig Walker And The Cold. Releasing multiple albums, singles, EP’s across a career spanning four decades. Craig has also written for and with a number of prominent artists including The Avener, who’s worldwide hit, “Fade Out Lines” was co/written by Craig and Phoebe Killdeer.
Dan Worton is an English drummer and founding member of the indie/ alternative band Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. The band formed in the late 1980s and went on to have 5 Top 40 hit singles and a Top 5 album Godfodder which sold more than half million copies in 1990. The band continued with two further albums Are you normal ? and Brainbloodvolume and the popularity continued with television, film and radio coverage. Throughout the 1990s the band toured extensively around the world before splitting in 1995. In 2008 the original band members reformed and they continue to perform at festivals and venues throughout the U.K. with other Indie bands from the 90s.
With over 30 years of camaraderie under their belts, Dan’s musical prowess as a versatile multi-instrumentalist harmonizes seamlessly with Craig’s captivating lyricism and soulful vocals. Together, they are poised to unleash their debut album in late 2024, promising a sonic masterpiece that embodies the essence of indie rock at its finest.
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Friday 3 April 2026
Sink or Swim presents Charlie Parr
Saturday 23 May 20267:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Early bird £18 | Advance £20 (+ booking fee) The Tin At The Coal Vaults
In the music of Charlie Parr, there is a sincere conviction and earnest drive to create. The Minnesota-born guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter of traditional music has released 19 albums over two decades and has been known to perform up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to the road between shows, writing and rewriting songs as he plays, fueled by a belief that music is eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. The bluesman poet pulls closely from the sights and sounds around him, his lyrical craftsmanship built by his influences. The sounds from his working-class upbringing—including Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie—imbue Parr’s music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of decades past. Parr sees himself merely as a continuer of a folk tradition: “I feel like I stand on a lot of big shoulders,” he said in an interview. “I hope that I’ve brought a little bit of myself to the music.”
With a discography simultaneously transcendental in nature and grounded in roots music, Charlie Parr is the humble master of the 21st century folk tradition.
In his 2024 release, Little Sun, Parr weaves together stories celebrating music, community, and communing with nature. Putting forth an ambitious and raw album that exemplifies the best of Parr’s sound: a blend of the blues and folk traditions he continues to carry with him and the steadfast originality of a poet.