After cutting their teeth on the Manchester music scene, Tim and Sam have been plying their trade on the UK folk scene for several years now and with the release of Life Stream they seem set to build upon a fan base that already includes Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens and Tom Robinson.
Tim and Sam’s Tim and The Sam Band with Tim and Sam

Shhh! An All Day Celebration Of Quiet Music – Cecil Sharp House, London 23/01/10
Whilst “quiet music” to some may be synonymous with “boring folk gubbins,” the organisers of Shhh! set out to dispel this notion with, to my mind, a reasonable degree of success.

Bowerbirds – The Borderline, London 26/05/09
Beards, Opera and Smack…just your average Tuesday night out in central London then. TLOBF discovers all this and more as North Carolina’s Bowerbirds play a one off show to showcase their upcoming “Upper Air” album
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- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
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