Bill Malkin & John Sylvester (Monday)

Malkin & Sylvester are a new duo on the local folk scene who are making their first appearance at the Chester Folk Festival this year.Bill is a Chester-based singer songwriter with a growing reputation for crafting a diverse repertoire of fine original songs.He is a regular at both the Raven and The Hungry Horse folk clubs and has collaborated with the cream of Cheshire's folk set including Full House and Graham Bellinger.To quote Nick Mitchell of Full House," many of Bill's songs are tales to fascinate, which create atmospheres to savour and ideas to think about. His writing is crisp, spare and straight to the point, like good songs ought to be''. John Sylvester is an excellent keyboard player with a lifetime of experience playing various genres. They will be show-casing tracks from their exciting new cd 'Hunting with the Hounds', which features musical contributions from Ian Jones (Full House & Time Bandits) Chris Lee and Dave Russell (both members of Full House and Family Mahone) and top South African guitarist Alistair Coakley.