ALAN HAMPTON is a bassist/composer/singer who’s toured, written, and recorded with several leading artists in a variety of genres. In 2023 he worked as Musical Director for Rufus Wainwright’s Folkocracy Tour which included a star studded performance at Los Angeles’s Disney Hall, featuring Chaka Khan, Van Dyke Parks, Susanna Hoffs, among others. He was recruited by Andrew Bird in 2011 and has since played on 7 of his albums, including Grammy Nominated “My Finest Work Yet” and “Hark,” featuring Hampton original “Glad.” Recently Hampton and Bird scored Chris Pine’s highly anticipated directorial debut Poolman, staring Danny DeVito, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Annette Bening. In 2021 they scored the Peabody Award Winning and Emmy Nominated documentary Storm Lake. He performed regularly on Chris Thile’s Live From Here, where he met I’m With Her, with whom he performed the Grammys in 2019. His bass playing is featured on Larry Goldings’s score for the Netflix series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker.
ANA SILVERA is an acclaimed English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose alt-folk tunes are lyrical, intimate and emotive, works of lavish, vivid imagination.
Ana’s latest studio album ‘The Fabulist’ was recorded with award-winning producer Gerry Diver and described as “riveting” (Bandcamp Editorial) and “extraordinary” (Folk Radio UK). The album title, meaning ‘teller of fables’, speaks to Ana’s love of story-telling, each song a vignette, a poignant snapshot in time that deftly weaves poetry and melody to sublime effect. More recently, she has been exploring the Ladino (Spanish-Jewish) music tradition of her roots, performing these songs alongside original work. Her album of Arabic and Ladino songs, recorded alongside Palestinian oud master Saied Silbak will be released in October 2024.
Over the past decade, Ana has performed at prestigious venues and festivals including SXSW, Royal Opera House (UK) and Iceland Airwaves and most recently was featured as an official showcase artist for Folk Alliance International, Montreal. She has toured extensively in the UK and Europe, and has won plaudits from press and radio including The Guardian, BBC Radio 6 & 3, NDR and SWR.
“Stunning…magical story-telling” – The Guardian