FOLLOWING the release of their acclaimed second album Sing A Full Song Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston have embarked on a hectic run of more than 40 gigs, including a visit to Garway Village Hall on Friday, March 13.

With an enviable pedigree, Miranda is known as the stand-out bass player and spine-tingling vocalist who has brilliantly enriched the Show of Hands sound for the past decade while former Scoville Units band member Rex is recognised as one of the finest young mandolin players in the UK.

One of the few female double bass players in England, Miranda has been playing bass since she was nine and started out with a college country rock band but was lured back to her folk music roots and went on to tour Europe and America with folk-rock band, Pressgang.

Rex Preston, who has been dubbed “the best mandolin player in the UK”, he co-produced The Scoville Units debut album, has featured in a Cara Dillon session for BBC Radio 2 and guests on The Ravishing Genius of Bones - the solo album from Ireland’s Brian Finnegan.

On tour, Miranda and Rex will be showcasing Sing a Full Song as well as material from their next album, due out later this year.

Unhindered by genre boundaries, the album weaves a magical mix from folk to bluegrass, trad to Americana and jazz tinged numbers with sensitive and skilful instrumentation, warm, engaging vocals and a totally enveloping sound.

Garway Live! presents Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston on Friday, March 13 at 8pm. To book, call 01981 580056.