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Music M G Boulter / Neil McSweeney

5th December @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Friday 5th December 2025 sees the return of Matt Boulter to Davenham Players Theatre for his annual pre Christmas show.

M G Boulter

M G Boulter is a singer songwriter living on the Thames coast in Essex, United Kingdom. His songwriting has been described as “Gorgeous, in a word” by Uncut and “Highly Recommended” by the Independent on Sunday. His second full length album With Wolves the Lamb Will Lie was listed as one of the ‘Best Folk Albums of 2016’ by the Daily Telegraph.

M G opened for Eddie Reader on her recent 2025 UK Tour and has been touring with Jon Boden & The Remnant Kingsin the last few months, previously he was a touring member of US groups The Duke and the King and the Simone Felice Group, he has been a member of Blue Rose Code, Emily Portman’s Coracle Band and The Lucky Strikes – he is another person to appear at Davenham Players Theatre via SABADO NFP that has graced the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, opening a few years back for Paul Heaton & Jaqui Abbott.

M G Boulter’s return to Davenham will feature songs from his acclaimed recent albums, Days of Shaking [2024] and Clifftown [2021] alongside other tunes old and new..

Line Up

Matt Boulter Guitar Vocals
Bryan Styles Drums
Paul Ambrose (Bass).

Days of Shaking

“It is a journey that displays stunning levels of conceptual actualisation and a satisfying record to be experienced as a whole, where both the collective mood and thoughts make connections and wrap around the entire excursion with consummate ease. M G Boulter has aimed high with this one and taken time to create a full-length work that demands, as well as rewards, deep immersion” – KLOF Mag

“This is an important album. It shows that there are real songwriters still out there, and real musicians creating images in sung words.

I’m not sure that this society deserves MG Boulter, but I’m so glad he still exists to shake a fist at the ‘content’ pedlars.” – MusicNews 5*****

“Days of Shaking will take the listener on a journey of sheer delight” – Fatea

Clifftown

“He’s a major talent in my opinion. It’s an outstanding album – it’s the best new record I’ve heard all year. Well done M G, you can come play in my kitchen any time” – Andy Kershaw.Ex OGWT Radio1

http://www.mgboulter.co.uk/

You can order M G Boulter’s latest album, Days of Shaking (CD/LP/DL) HERE:

Neil McSweeney
Taken from the Hudson Records website :
Folk singer-songwriter Neil McSweeney emerged from the flowering of Sheffield music that gave the world the likes of Slow Club and Richard Hawley and has since established himself as ‘a songwriter of rare ability’ (R2). Setting lyrics that deal with the contrasts and contradictions of life to romantic melodies as hopeful as they are melancholy, McSweeney’s finely crafted songs have been championed by his peers as well as across national radio and mainstream and specialist press. Since the release of his debut album, Cargo, McSweeney has made increasingly big waves on the English folk scene picking up main stage festival appearances. Folk audiences may recognise Neil from his time touring alongside Bellowhead

In 2016 Neil became co-founder of Hudson Records and alongside his ‘day job’ running a masters course for the music department at the University of Sheffield, Neil still finds the time to collaborate and create with the likes of Jon Boden, Fay Hield, Vera Van Heeringen, Lucy Farrell, M G Boulter and many more great songwriters and musicians.

McSweeney’s fourth album, ‘A Coat Worth Wearing,’ was the second release for Hudson Records back in 2017. Produced by Andy Bell it built on the success of its predecessor ‘Cargo’. Its nine songs were conceived as a piece and subsequently recorded together, largely in full-band live-takes, over seven days in the beautiful Welsh countryside.

“Deeply felt, brooding songs rich in imagery. He has the tools to make a huge impact.” **** The Guardian

“McSweeney is the genuine article. Highly recommended.” **** Daily Express

“Steelier than your average troubadour.’ Q Magazine

“Songs so subtle and well-crafted that you can’t help but be drawn in…they deserve much wider acclaim.”DrownedInSound.com

All monies raised via ticket sales go to the bands and the theatre.

Doors 19.30 Start 20.00 Curfew 22.15

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