Performers at the EAFN Show 2024

Once again we are showcasing excellent musicians from our region for everyone to enjoy at the EAFN Show.  They will be performing live on stage in the lunch time Showcase between Midday and 1.35pm

• 12-12.20 – EllY Tree
• 12.25-12.45 – Soloman Smith
• 12.50-13.10 – Evy Frearson
• 13.15. 13.35 – JUDVH

Elly Tree – Bringing passion and flair to music you can dance, listen, laugh and cry to, Helen Woodbridge, aka EllY Tree, is from Suffolk and writes and sings intelligent and irresistible folk songs performed with a driving rhythm and a voice that seems to “summon up the gods”.Kath Tait. “This is weirdly wonky punk folk.”Finalist at Bury FolkSongwriting Competition 2023 and previous runner-up. Winner of Nightingale Stage competition at Ely Folk Festival 2024.  Vocal comparisons (surprising or otherwise) have been made with Edie Reader, Hazel O’Connor, Mama Cass, Joan Armatrading and Joni Mitchell and the songwriting of David Byrne.  Multiple appearences at FolkEast, Weird and Wonderful Wood, Woodbridge Festival of Arts and Music, WAMfest in Felixstowe, Cosmic Puffin, Ipswich Music Day, the John Peel Centre, Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival, Farmfest in Somerset, pubs and venues throughout East Anglia and beyond. Broadcast on BBC Introducing and local radio.

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Soloman Smith writes and performs songs that are memorable and thought-provoking. His lyrics are laced with a wry intelligence and a sense of humour, and his subject matter is as broad as his musical influences. Folk Roots, Blues, Jazz, Americana, and more. Solo or, in combination with others, he has played Folk/Roots shows across the UK and has appeared on national and local radio/media. His music is available on all major platforms and in CD format. He is based in Cambridgeshire UK. “Soloman has a soulful voice and heart of conscience that are easy on the ear. His songs relate to the moment.” BBC East Regional Radio “Blurring the lines between Folk, Soul and Blues” Atthebarrier “A clear, unaffected voice that really allows the song to stay front and centre ” FATEA

Evy Frearson is a 21 year old British born actor/ singer/ songwriter from Essex who loves to explore storytelling through multiple mediums. Her writing and playing style is inspired by her love of the legends from the 70s and the 90s from Stevie Wonder to Jeff Buckley and then to the more contemporary sounds of Yebba and John Mayer.  Evy has been played on national and international radio. In the UK, BBC 6, BBC Introducing, Future Hits, CCR, Phoenix FM, Planet Rock and others have featured her music and supported her graciously over the last few years . Host Jake Peac h from BBC introducing has exclaimed “The future is incredibly bright, and just making and writing music with this maturity at this stage, I’m just so delighted to see what is on the horizon for Evy in the next few years.”