Picnic Club: Live Americana Music at Station South

Long-running acoustic/ Americana showcase, now at its new location in Levenshulme, 7.30pm, adm free. The artistes: Picnic Area, Taylor Giacoma, Emma Ellis. Admission is free but this is a WE SHALL OVERCOME event and we ask you to bring groceries for the Levenshulme Foodbanks please if you can. Please note: children are allowed if accompanied by an adult.

Alt country renegades Picnic Area are the hosts of this long standing musical evening. They have already released 3 studio albums which have received very enthusiastic reviews from the likes of Americana UK. Their most recent album, 2018’s “No country for young men”, was largely an emotionally intense reflection on the social and political upheaval of the times. For this gig they will be concentrating on their most countryish material! www.reverbnation.com/picnicarea

Taylor Giacoma is the organiser of the wonderful Semitone Sessions music nights in Marple and the musical side of the Marple Food & Drink Festival. A genuine American, she is also an extremely talented keyboardist, singer and songwriter, and as George Borowski has noted she channels the spirit and inspiration of Laura Nyro and Stephen Sondheim. www.youtube.com/user/taylorgiacoma

Emma Ellis started out making dance music, some of which was released on Ministry of Sound compilations. She then reinvented herself as an acoustic blues/ soul singer-songwriter, who has been compared to the likes of Janis Joplin, and possesses one of the most amazing voices you’re ever likely to hear. www.reverbnation.com/emmaellis