LIVE AT THE BEDFORD

8:00pm MYCHELLE

Born and raised in Hackney, Mychelle first picked up a guitar aged 10, but put it back down again shortly after, before returning to the instrument at 17, when she quickly began making a name for herself busking around the capital. In 2019 she was spotted by Idris Elba who invited her to his studio to write and sing on his Yardie Mixtape project, the soundtrack to his directorial film debut of the same name.

Fast-rising Hackney singer songwriter Mychelle dropped her stunning debut single ‘The Way’, via FAMM / The Orchard. ‘The Way’ arrived alongside a video directed by photographer Michaela Quan (Vogue, The Face), and shot on Hackney Downs, near her London home. The track was welcomely received from Digital Streaming Platforms which placed Mychelle in leading playlists such as ‘New Music Friday’ (Spotify), ‘New Music Daily’ (Apple Music) and
‘UK DSCR Surface’ (Vevo).

In May ‘Closure EP’ was released and was a four track EP which included ‘The Way’. The EP was celebrated across the BBC networks and racked a health number of plays from various  DJ’s ranging from DJ Target to Adele Roberts too Jamz Supernova. Jamz went on to make ‘Closure EP’ her EP of the week, along with DJ ACE requesting Mychelle to perform a ‘RNB1 Take’ on his show. To celebrate the release of her debut EP Mychelle did a string of impromptu shows across the capital over the last May bank holiday period. These shows where in the true nature of her busking and free spirit, with Mychelle revealing full show details just 12-24hours prior to performance.

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8:30pm LUKE WHITE

Luke White is a singer-songwriter whose guitar-based music and heartfelt words mirror his influences John Mayer, Dermot Kennedy, Ben Howard, Tracy Chapman, Damien Rice, and James Blunt. Luke surprisingly started out as a blues and rock guitarist and transferred over to the songwriting world at the age of 16! After getting a break up message he thought he’d try to write a song which he now describes as “wet and sad”…he never looked back. He has been writing and releasing music since 2018, and has gigged all over the UK. During the pandemic he has taken time to write new material and record ready for release. On his recent single ‘Keep Holding On’ he worked with Billy Lockett in production, and the song was about the pandemic. He then went on to support Billy on one of his tour dates and has had support from radio stations such as BBC Introducing and Soho Radio. He has multiple plans for releasing over the coming months in 2021 including “Doesn’t Matter What They Say” a song about the negatives of social media, but giving the message of “just do you” and ignore the negativity you see online.

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9:30pm LYRA

Lyra is a London Neo Soul – Electronic pop group combining epic and sweeping vocals, driving and rhythmic guitar lines, with a euphoric rhythmic sound. Lyra have been hard at work shaping a style and groove that can’t be ignored. In an age of recording artists, it is truly refreshing to find a band that is as good, if not better live than on recording. Lyra comprises Craig Norford’s drum beats with funk edge aplenty, George Price’s smooth base lines, James Skingle’s R+B licks to his heavy solos, Ejike Nnodi’s Jazzy Keys, Jenna Naylor-Tymon and Manon Vix’s soulful yet haunting vocals. Their neo-soul originals ooze an irresistibly euphoric rhythm.

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