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Join us at Cafe #9 for a wonderful and captivating evening of songs and stories combined with intimate, hushed piano interludes. Featuring Stroud-based songwriter, storyteller and performer Mara Simpson as part of her UK tour to promote her new album, ?In This Place?, she will be joined for the evening by Leeds-based pianist & composer Simeon Walker, returning to Cafe #9 to perform his quiet, dedicated piano instrumentals.

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Mara Simpson is a British musician and story-teller. Through her songs and collaborations with artists (Poppy Ackroyd, Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, Jools Owen. Ellie Mason), visual artist (Becky Lu, Gudrun Olsen) and local communities (2018 community choir collaboration tour), she draws on
the sublime and the ridiculous from our everyday.

Her last album, '285 days' was included in Rough Trade's album club. Mara most recently featured on 'We Come from the Sun' by Cerys Matthews and Hidden Orchestra.

?A natural observer, her lyricism contrasts curious narratives and inquisitive character sketches with personal detail? - Clash Magazine
?Soulful, sincere, warm, rich and intimate. The songwriting is stunning.? New Zealand Musician Magazine

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Simeon Walker has quickly emerged as a leading light in the burgeoning Modern Classical scene, following the release of ?Mono? and ?Winnow?, his two albums to date.

In recent years, Simeon has performed and toured across the UK and Europe, including supporting S. Carey, Sebastian Plano & Loscil, whilst also appearing at Latitude and Timber Festival (UK), Q3Ambientfest (DE), FAN Festival (PT) and a range of concerts, shows and live music events.

He has received notable support radio support from BBC Radio 3, BBC 6Music and KEXP, while his music has been streamed 10 million times across platforms. He also founded and curates Brudenell Piano Sessions; an intimate and varied concert series highlighting the diverse music being composed and performed on the piano.

In a busy, scrolling-fuelled world, Simeon's calm, introspective piano-based instrumentals invite the listener to find stillness, beauty and meaning as much in the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves, as musical stories are woven with each tender, intimate performance.

?Beautifully captivating? ? Gold Flake Paint
"Palpable intimacy...sophisticated and elegant" - Piano and Coffee
?A tender-hearted collection of thoughtfully composed pieces in slow bloom, wrapped in hushed intimacy? ? Stationary Travels

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9 Nether Edge Road,

Sheffield,

South Yorkshire,

England,

S7 1RU.