Welcome, Busk In Worthing this August 2021. A day of co-ordinated Busking throughout Worthing. From the Beach, the Pier, Steyne Gardens, the Train Station and throughout Worthing - a programme of new & emerging live music talent, playing in open-air spaces, all day, check out the line up below…
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Acts Announced:
Abi Flynn is a UK singer and self proclaimed Artist of Heart. With her radiant, soulful voice that weaves it’s golden tones through influences of jazz, soul and RnB, Abi’s music ignites something deeper in the heart of the listener.
The product of their fading pleasure harbour and seaside resort hometown, Littlehampton, in West Sussex, gloo speak for timeless day-to-day drudgery and angst. Modern life’s niggling problems, from unconquerable debt-mountains to living in “a shit hole” - and the lack of opportunities therein – are all fair game for their abrasive, high energy output.
An artist who commands comparisons to an ostensibly motley crew of musicians such as Brett Anderson, Neil Finn, and Paul McCartney is bound to stop listeners in their tracks. Indeed, an artist who’s gained the direct support of heavy hitters like Chris Difford of Squeeze and the legendary Jackson Browne, in turn, deserves some serious attention. Meet Chris Simmons.
“Brighton’s Garage Rockers are back! With the release of their debut single gaining support from over 70 countries in the bands first 6 months!
Their mind melting riffs and psychedelic presence is back with another single; ‘Free Your Mind’. Released 06/04/21
FFO: The Black Keys, L.A WITCH, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees + King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard.”
Tom Brennan is the singer and guitarist for Worthing-based band NEKO, specializing in hard-hitting riff-based rock music. Tom has collaborated and performed with James Simpson of Indoor Pets, and Pete Maher (U2, Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes). He has released 3 singles and one EP with NEKO, gaining air play on BBC radio, and has recorded and released several singles as a solo artist.
Nova Soon (aka Noah de Grunwald) is a 25-year-old Norwich-based classical guitarist & writer of 'space folk' songs: fingerpicked, quietly jazzy, literary ballads of mortal (& occasionally immortal) lives lived under the unknowable stars (& sometimes out among them). Following 2019's lavish debut album, You Are Alive — which led to airplay on BBC Radio 6 & KEXP, plus festival slots at Oxjam, Extinction Rebellion, Wild Paths & Trunchonbury — new music lands in 2021, this time home-recorded & stripped back, with the ultra-meticulous narrative songwriting front-and-centre.
Izzie likens herself to artists such as: Ray LaMontagne, Laura Marling and Ben Howard. Her music is rooted in Folk, but has gone so much further than that, with elements of Country, Blues, Jazz, Rock and even Funk in there too.
Every song offers a different feel and a different message, but you always know when you’re listening to Izzie Derry, by the voice that could only be hers, the vibe that could only be her band and the honesty that could only be her lyrics.
Elijah Pailthorpe-Peart, better known as Nelson Navarro, is a rapper and producer based in Brighton. His futuristic music style is rooted in hip-hop & cutting edge electronica. Focusing on messages of positivity, empowerment & optimism he has been telling stories with music since 8 years old.
Supporting respected artists such as Dizraeli, Kymara & Rodney P with his live band (The Blind Mice) 2020 is proving to be an exciting year for the young storyteller. Project no. 2 in his 'Star Trilogy' series is in production and is set for release this summer.
Worthing based Singer/Songwriter/Musician
Kymara will take you on a journey through her life. Her music is a combination of Nina Simon’s storytelling songs, D’Angelo’s soulfulness and the purity and rawness of Jani Joplin.