Ian Cal Ford and the Acoustic Preacher plus Trinity, Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy – Friday 13th April.

Doors: 7pm. Starts: 7.30. Tickets: £10 (from Main Street Music, Pembroke or reservations on 07900 091664) Over the years Ian Cal Ford has released several critically acclaimed albums of his favourite material, recorded both in the UK and the USA – it was in Memphis that he had the privilege of recording with some of Johnny Cash’s former musicians. Connections made there resulted in him being invited to support Tommy Cash on a UK tour and bring his live show to a wider and appreciative audience.

Ian’s live shows never fail to entertain. Whether Ian was performing solo with his Storyteller show, as part of his Johnny Cash influenced rockabilly trio the Railmen, or in the classic country duo White Doves, he always delivered the goods, bringing fresh, knowledgeable, and imaginative interpretations to traditional material yet always staying true to his roots.

He’s now put together a new outfit, the Acoustic Preachers, to tour his latest CD, Wood and Wire, an album of a few of his favourite tunes written by some of the finest roots musicians and singer/songwriters from across the decades, and recorded in a sparse, stripped back, bare bones, acoustic fashion, a fashion unique to Ian and his style. A firm believer that the ‘less is more’ notion is not a cliché, it is a truism, that the best music allows for plenty of space, its often paradoxically what you don’t play that matters, Ian has now assembled the pieces of this deceptively simple jigsaw.

Ian will be performing these songs and many other favourites at Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy on Friday 13th April. Call it country, Americana, roots, bluegrass, whatever you like, it sure is entertaining music played from the heart.

Support comes from female a capella gospel band Trinity – three sisters who have the sort of voices that together only family bands have and which are guaranteed to raise goose pimples on the back of your neck.

Tickets, only £10, from Main Street Music, Pembroke or they can be reserved from 07900 091664.