Live music at The Acorn Theatre, Penzance on Thursday 23rd January with an exciting double bill of blues and soul featuring the Stompin’ Dave Electric Duo and Adam Sweet.

You might not have had the chance to see Dave in action, but many consider him one of the most exciting and entertaining musicians on the current live music scene. In 2024 Dave was nominated for a UK Blues Award.

A prolific artist in the studio, Dave is a former member of former UK Blues Band of the Year, The Producers. Dave has consistently given over one hundred performances per year across the UK and beyond, including many major festivals.

With his songwriting Dave has engulfed himself in the masters of American roots music, remained true, but managed to produce “not…a sound of yesteryear that should be in a museum but real, modern, and relevant that should be heard live” Blues Matters.

Joining Dave in the electric duo is Lucy Piper on drums “one of the UK’s leading blues drummers” The Guardian. In 2019 and 2020 Lucy worked with double Grammy Award winning label Ruf Records on their annual ’Blues Caravan’. She also appeared on Ryan Perry’s album High Risk, Low Reward which was nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2020. Universally recognised as the highest award in blues music.

Lucy and Dave have been performing regularly together since 2022 with many appearances at various festivals and arts centres. In that time they have released four albums together. “The sound is authentic, with a richness that’s as good as any of the best blues albums” Blues In Britain.

Exeter based Adam Sweet will be doing a solo acoustic spot delivering brooding blues and rootsy rock, balancing richly detailed songwriting with soulful vocals and expert guitar work. Since first taking to the live music scene at age 15 Adam’s consummate ability has been demonstrated in countless live performances.

The Adam Sweet Band was crowned Introducing Stage winners at The Great British Rock and Blues Festival in 2023, since then Adam has been built on this success with triumphant performances at venues and festivals across the UK including London’s 100 Club and support spots with Wishbone Ash and Elles Bailey.

In 2024 the band released ’Live at Crescent Records’ and the accompanying YouTube series has clocked over 80k views in the first months of its release.

Do not miss what promises to be a top night! Music starts at 8pm.