ALBUM LAUNCH NIGHT: ANDI SKELLAM, RACHAEL DADD, THE HAND AND WIG SMITH (Fri 16th/ 8pm/ £5)

Four Bristol acts will preview material from their new albums.

ANDI SKELLAM (aka The Fingerless Hoodlum)
Andi used to regularly wander past the school gates to go and play guitar in a meadow. His style has echoes of Bert Janch, Nick Drake and John Fahey. www.myspace.com/mrfingerless

RACHAEL DADD
Performing on banjo, piano and guitar, Rachael will regale you with songs from her third album and preview Elliot Dear’s animation to ‘The Wires’. www.myspace.com/rachaeldadd

THE HAND
Rachael and Wig, ferry co-workers, bonded over singing Diane Cluck and Jolie Holland and have joined forces on kora and banjo forging their own breed of new folk. www.myspace.com/thehandand

WIG SMITH
Wig will play a set of kora and guitar songs from his debut album about dead spiders, sentient toes and sprigs of tansy. www.myspace.com/wigsmith