Alex Hamilton band
Twenty eight year old Alex Hamilton (formerly Lewis Hamilton) has been part of the British Blues/Rock scene for over ten years. Gaining notoriety on the back of being a talented young guitarist with skills beyond his age, he has since matured and developed a tasteful and subtle guitar technique that has been compared to Robben Ford and Matt Scofield.
His debut album at the age of 18 won the Scottish New Music Award in 2011 and his subsequent albums have all been nominated for awards including the British Blues Awards, several years running.
With multiple award winning albums, a strong fanbase, growing online presence, endorsements form some notable manufactures and continuous radio play across the world Alex Hamilton's music is starting to be heard.
Emma Wilson (Acoustic set)
Emma won the UK Blues Awards 2022 "Emerging Artist of the Year" category in May 2022 and has been to Sedgefield before with her full band. Emma's new release "Wish Her Well" is her much anticipated studio album and will be playing acoustic tracks from this acclaimed new album.
The lyrics deal with love, death, lust,
rejection, empowerment and simple painful heartbreak. The music on the record arcs over
Blues, Northern Soul, Rock & Gospel, Emma's influences being Ann Peebles, Aretha, Mavis
Staples, Little Feat, Robert Cray, The Faces.
However this is Emma's own record, she has
created a body of work referencing her influences brilliantly and maintaining her own unique
sound.
