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Folky Owls Presents: Edwina Hayes at Durweston Village Hall
Support by Katie Grace Harris

Edwina's beautifully written songs, charming stage presence and voice of an angel have won her a reputation as a true natural talent of gentle folk-Americana. She has opened numerous shows for Jools Holland and Van Morrison as well as her own gigs playing stages everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to The Royal Albert Hall. Edwina numbers Michael Parkinson and Mike Harding among her fans and the title track of her album Pour Me A Drink was covered by Nanci Griffith who calls her 'the sweetest voice in England'. Her cover of the Randy Newman song Feels Like Home was featured in the Cameron Diaz film My Sister's Keeper and has since had over thirty million plays on You Tube.

Edwina was born in Dublin and grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East coast of Yorkshire, where she has been based ever since. Dividing her time between the UK and America, Edwina's second home is Nashville where she is much loved as a songwriter and artist.

During the Covid pandemic, Edwina recorded over a hundred song request videos for fans free of charge and played 57 consecutive Saturday Night Live Request shows on her facebook page.

Edwina's 4th solo album Ruby Rose was released in December 2021.

'Haunting honeyed solo songwriter' - The Guardian

'A very talented young lady' - Michael Parkinson

'The sweetest voice in England. A wonderful young woman, so gifted and full of song' - Nanci Griffith

'Sweet-voiced songwriter who has a fine line in gentle, country-tinged material' - Time Out

'Like a soft blanket' - Perez Hilton

W: https://edwinahayes.com/
F: https://www.facebook.com/edwinahayesmusic

Opening the evening will be Katie Grace Harris who is a multi-tasking, foot tapping, piano and accordion playing singer and story-weaver.
With a fast-growing reputation in the UK Folk world, her sound has been described as 'earthy, spine tingling English Folk'.
W: https://www.katiegraceharris.com/
F: https://www.facebook.com/KGraceHarris

Venue information - The Hall is situated by a large playing field, in the village of Durweston with its own car park.
Address:
Durweston Village Hall
Church Rd
Durweston
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 0QA

Non-alcoholic refreshments will be available for purchase at this event.
We ask that you do not bring your own alcohol to the event.
Whilst we welcome all ages, we do ask that all under 16s are accompanied by a responsible adult.
Please do visit our Facebook page for more information about this and our other events.
https://www.facebook.com/folkyowls

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Church Road,

Durweston,

Dorset,

England,

DT11 0QA.