THE exciting, young trio Jaywalkers are heading for Hanger Farm Arts Centre on Saturday April 29.

These former BBC Young Folk Award finalists are touring their fourth studio release - Songs We Like (EP) - which follows the release in 2015 of their third studio album - Weave - which was met with great acclaim, expanded their musical horizons and established the band as one of the best bands working on the British Folk Scene.

Together they effortlessly fuse elements of Folk, Bluegrass, and Old-Time to create music that is innovative, rooted deeply in tradition, and exhilarating. This will be the second visit by the band to the Hanger Farm.

Their new EP - “Songs We Like” features a collection of five tracks the band did not write. Their previous album - Weave - is now almost a year and a half old and rather than release a full album, the band wanted to release an E.P of non-original music. The idea was to give an insight into some of the songs and artists that have inspired them throughout their lives as well as demonstrate how they put their own unique blend of Folk and Bluegrass to the songs they like. The covers chosen range from the song “Tainted Love”, made famous by Soft Cell in ’81, to a striking traditional murder ballad called “Delia”, which was brought to popular attention by Johnny Cash.

The band is on tour between February and May taking in the length of the country with a live set that consists of a few covers off the new EP, but many original songs inspired by stories and poetry from Mike’s home county of Lancashire. The history of the area starts around the time of the Industrial Revolution when the cotton industry arrived, so there are strong themes running through the set about the trials of life in industrial Lancashire. But, its not all doom and gloom! The band litters their set with blistering, foot-stomping, up-tempo instrumentals and more cheerful traditional songs to entertain the soul and cheer the heart.

They are playing Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Allman Lane, Totton, SO40 8FT.

Doors: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00/£10 (conc). Box Office: 023 8066 7274