Cheshire singer/songwriter Tom Seals is among the headline acts for this year’s Words & Music Festival in Nantwich, along with his band CC Smugglers.
Tom, who attended Ruskin High School in Crewe, made his name as a musician with The Tom Seals Band, before supporting the Bedfordshire-based band CC Smugglers and later joining them.
CC Smugglers have a unique sound, featuring a piano, double bass, harmonica, drums, violin and banjo.
They cite influences from a wide range of backgrounds, including jazz, country and blues.
The band, recently referred to as the “best live band on the scene” by Cerys Matthews, will be closing Words & Music Festival 2018.
With the band, Tom has performed all over Europe, but says he is looking forward to returning to Nantwich and performing to the local audience.
He said: “I’m so grateful to the local following, many people from Crewe or Shavington will come up to me at gigs over the country and say that they’ve seen me perform in Crewe.
“I’m sure that local following will trust me enough to know that the music will be good with CC Smugglers.
“The show is incredible and the band is unique. I’m so looking forward to the show.”
Festival director Nigel Stonier commented: “The finale to this year’s festival with CC Smugglers is going to be amazing.
“This band have shared bills with likes of Bruce Springsteen and Old Crow Medicine Show and so we look forward to welcoming them to Nantwich for our final night of the festival.”
Words & Music Festival is now in its eleventh year, offering a week’s worth of live original music across a number of venues in the market town of Nantwich.
Among the other headlining acts this year is: British Sea Power (sold out), Steve Hogarth of Marillion (sold out), Horse McDonald and Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young.
For the full line-up, visit www.wordsandmusicfestival.co.uk
