Jamie Webster

Music with rare meaning, ‘people’s poet’ Jamie Webster has built a movement around songcraft that distils struggle, finds hope and the tugs at the ties that bind. Creating pin-sharp pictures of people he sees around him striving and failing, through no fault of their own, to make better lives, Webster’s motivations and inspirations are unambiguous.

Singing for the downtrodden, dispossessed and ill-advised with fists-aloft, smile-wide songs that invite, if not demand the release of communal celebration, Webster’s story has a cast of thousands. Rooted in Liverpool, yet finding the same faces with different accents singing every word back at him, from London to Glasgow, Manchester to Belfast, every moment of Webster’s success is shared. Scoring a UK Official Albums Chart Top Ten and UK Official Folk Chart Number One with his debut album, We Get By, Webster is held up by the enthusiasm of people just like him: those who simply love music and see the cracks in people’s troubles that serve to let the light in.

Still just about in their teenage years, The Cheap Thrills' achievements stand out above the rest in Liverpool, playing rammed headline 02 Academy shows, winning the coveted Liverpool Sound City Youth Live Award and playing the Calling Out stage of Kendal Calling. Since, the band has played gigs in several successful stints in London, as well as supporting breaking international touring bands.

"Messy tumble of garage rock and nifty turn of phrase, a blast live too." The Guardian.