Half Moon presents:

New Moon - A Night of New Music

Mike Nisbet + Gregory Jay + Samfire + Freddie Yates

Half Moon - Putney, London

£2.50 Adv / Door
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm

A night of new music and discovery. Singer-songwriters, bands, poets, performance artists...

Founded in January 2017, New Moon offers music fans the chance to see the best up-and-coming acts from the UK, Europe, and often from around the globe.

Only £2.50 entry. Food served until 10pm. Doors open 7:30pm. Free Two Tribes Beer for the first 24 customers.

If you would like to perform at a future New Moon please apply via music@halfmoon.co.uk

Line Up

Like many of Nisbet’s peers, Mike has spent most of his 20’s travelling, performing, getting by with stints in Berlin, Bristol, Glasgow & London, working in kitchens, cafes, periodically on the dole, while mining music and using creativity as a means of connection and escape. A means to tell stories, of the struggles and strife.

Sonically conjuring ghosts of those gone before, Dylan, Cave, Guthrie, Mitchell, Mike Nisbet stands securely as a songwriter who has studied and learned from the masters. Now telling his own story, in his own voice, his own language, is creating a unique space and story. 

Like many Scotsmen before him, mike has spent time in bars across Europe, talking till the small hours, listen to tall tales in the Nuremberg, joining the chorus in The Scottish Highland folk clubs, and drinking the bars dry in The Netherlands. 
In these darkened rooms is where the characters, the tales, the victories and failures of mike Nisbet’s songs live. You stay till closing time, spend you last fist full of change on a drink for you and love, then walk the long road home alone.

'One of the most exciting musicians to come out of Scotland in recent years’ Scotland On Sunday ‘A timeless quality to his songwriting, a voice that soothes and shatters hearts’ The Pop Cop ‘Unwittingly possesses a hypnotising aura that is impossible not to become entirely captivated by’ Gigslutz ‘Passionate, poetic and compelling’ The Cultural Pick

Previous Releases BUCKET OF BLOOD 2019 
BALLHAUS 2018 
NO WAY THROUGH / LONG WAY DOWN 2018 FASHION & TRASH 2017 THE BALLAD OF BODY & SOUL 2015 VAGRANT 2011 COFFEE & CIGARETTES 2009

Gregory Jay is a singer/songwriter from the Manx hills - living in London. Influenced by folk rock artists like David Gray, James Morrison, Richard Ashcroft ... he wrote and co-produced his first EP 'Daydreams & Late Sleeps' at the age of 17, releasing his first song ‘Minute of Mine’ during 2021 and his latest release ‘Holiday Blues’ out February 13th. Greg seeks to evolve also drawing influence from electro-dance music inspired by his travels back to half of his heritage in the Mediterranean, aiming to transport you from exotic Maltese caves to the ex-Viking villages of his hometown.

London singer, songwriter and producer Samfire has a fresh experimental sound which is accompanied by her ethereal voice and thoughtful lyrics. She oozes authenticity making her music easily relatable. Her mother working in the classical music industry fueled Samfire’s passion for music early on. After being encouraged by a teacher to take lessons to strengthen her talent, she attended the school choir as a soprano. This filled her with a love for harmonies and a rich epic sound which has translated beautifully in the music that she makes now. Taking her obvious calling for music seriously, Samfire started an indie-pop band with a university friend (who were picked up by BBC Introducing as upcoming artists) called With What Eyes. Now taking on the journey by herself, she is set to release her EP Time, debuting her one-of- a-kind sound.

Influenced by artists such as FKA Twigs (particularly her industrial sounding beats), Lana Del Rey and Kate Bush, you can be assured that Samfire’s music is sonically pleasing. Her music introduces you to a sound that will purposefully provoke your thoughts and move you to feel new extremes of emotion. Although Samfire is spirited and imaginative, she is also quite private. Although, through her music she is able to safely tackle her thoughts and actualize them in a healthy way, satisfying the day-dreamer inside of her.

"A CHARMING, WISTFUL VOCAL" - When the Horn Blows

"AN ARTIST YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO" - It's All Indie

London-based singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Freddie Yates creates an immersive sound that combines elements of indie, alternative and electronic music. Taking influence from Apparat, Thom Yorke and James Blake, his music combines acoustic instrumentation with synthesisers and digital sampling.

Freddie will perform alongside guitarist Guy Pope, bassist Jack Fosberry and drummer Matt Venvell.

His latest single "Out Of Hand" is out on 28th January 2022.

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