Ryan's Gig Guide - January 2019

With her striking voice and strong Russian and Ingush heritage, "bold, exotic, impressive" Daria Kulesh is a rising star and a unique character on the UK folk scene. Daria's intrepid quest to ex- plore her family roots in the multi-award-win- ning album Long Lost Home - LCM Album of the Year - has led her from the folk clubs of Hertfordshire to the mountains of Caucasus; from Cadogan Hall in London to Gradsky Hall in Moscow. Expect powerful, timeless human stories beautifully told in an eye-opening and profoundly uplifting musical experience. Daria Kulesh: Long Lost Home Wolverhampton Literature Festival 1st-3rd Feb  Sunday 3rd February 5:30pm Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton  Friday 1st February 7:30-9:30pm Bantock House Tractor Shed Kate Innes & Whalebone: Flocks Of Words Award-winning acoustic trio Whalebone and award-winning writer Kate Innes are touring the region with their fascinating new collabo- ration. TRACEYTHORN - ONANOTHER PLANET 5.45-6.45pm Tracey Thorn, singer-songwriter and Sunday Times best- selling author of Bedsit Disco Queen, talks about her forthcoming memoir about suburban childhood. STEVE LAMACQ - GOING DEAF FORA LIVING 8-10pm DJ and journalist Steve Lamacq celebrates 30 years in the music industry with a new, intimate one man-show of anecdotes and observations, clocked up over three decades of championing new music.  Sunday 3rd February Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton  www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk 6 rgg Jan 2019 www.ryansgigguide.com