Based in Staffordshire, Joe creates a soulful, thought provoking musical experience.
Writing from the heart, unafraid to share life’s experiences but performing with an overwhelming feeling of warmth and humour that drags you in.
Recommended donation – £12.50
“…Telling a story that people can relate to, is so important to me with my songs, but what comes first, every time, is the sound – always searching for open chords, dissonance, resonance, tension… and from that comes an atmosphere, a direction of feeling that the song needs to take, that almost describes the lyrics that follow…”
Influenced by John Martyn, Damien Rice and Nick Drake, contemporary or new-folk has been used to describe Joe’s music.
Whether it’s slow ballads or up-tempo rhythmic songs they are usually confessionary, or observational, but always contemporary in lyrical content…
21st century folk -inspired music from Joe Bayliss.
By his own words…“ the oldest – ‘new kid on the block’ in the folk world in the last 12 years”, he brings a life’s experience, portrayed in a contemporary way , weaving humorous back-stories with sensitive, thought-provoking songs, soothing melodies and imaginative metaphors that intersperse, carefully crafted lyrical pictures.
He can have you laughing at the introduction and crying three minutes later from the beauty of an emotional experience.
A singer songwriter who absolutely, writes and performs from the soul.
Joe comes to us highly recommended by club co-founder, Martin Olyett.
…. If you’re never heard Joe sing , make the effort and go to one of his gigs, His soft mellow speaking voice transcends into his vocal performance, to a soft, yet punctuated high tenor that’s barely a whisper , but can be heard in the back of the room , And in contrast, his baritone – vibrato rich and full, resounds in your chest as you listen…. A headline act that can grace any venue in the country – Birch & Stock folk club
